Put Your Hands Up!
Put Your Hands Up! | ||||
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Released | August 20, 2002 | |||
Venue | The 9:30 Club Washington, D.C. | |||
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Length | 1:57:34 | |||
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Put Your Hands Up! (also titled as Put Your Hands Up! The Tribute Concert to Chuck Brown, named by Jahi Banks through a local contest held by TMOTTGOGO. ) is a double-live-tribute album released on August 20, 2002, by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go musician Chuck Brown. The album was recorded live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., and is a continuation of the 2001 album Your Game...Live at the 9:30 Club. The live performances was a collaboration between Chuck Brown and some of the musicians that were influenced by his works. The album consists of go-go renditions of classic neo soul, go-go, hip hop, and blues songs.
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Contributing artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Let the Party Begin" (Chuck Brown) | Experience Unlimited | 3:49 |
2. | "I Want You Back" (Berry Gordy/Alphonso Mizell/Freddie Perren/Deke Richards) | Experience Unlimited and Maiesha | 3:53 |
3. | "Say Hey" (Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott) | Experience Unlimited | 0:46 |
4. | "E.U. Freeze" (Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott) | Experience Unlimited | 4:49 |
5. | "Dog Star" (George Clinton) | Experience Unlimited | 1:59 |
6. | "Gimmie Dat Beat" | Experience Unlimited | 1:32 |
7. | "Let's Freak-A-Deek" | Experience Unlimited | 4:22 |
8. | "If You Like Go-Go Music" | Experience Unlimited | 3:22 |
9. | "Da Butt" (Marcus Miller/Mark Stevens) | Experience Unlimited | 4:13 |
10. | "Come Back in One Piece" (Stephen Garrett/Earl Simmons/Irving Lorenzo/Rob Meys/George Clinton/William Collins) | BackYard Band | 4:20 |
11. | "Wind Me Up G" | BackYard Band | 5:33 |
12. | "Thong Song" (Mark Andrews/Tim Kelley/Bob Robinson/Eric Frankenberg/David Askew/Desmond Child/Robi Rosa) | BackYard Band | 3:17 |
13. | "Skillet" | BackYard Band | 6:29 |
14. | "Ready for Love" (Blue Miller) | 911 Band | 2:27 |
15. | "Time to Party" (Donnell Floyd) | 911 Band | 3:13 |
16. | "911" | 911 Band | 4:54 |
17. | "Brown & White" | 911 Band | 4:31 |
18. | "Uh Oh/You Don't Know Me" | 911 Band | 4:59 |
No. | Title | Contributing artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mister Magic" (Ralph MacDonald/William Salter) | Chuck Brown | 7:34 |
2. | "LaDiDaDi" (Doug E. Fresh/Slick Rick) | Chuck Brown | 2:14 |
3. | "Get Your Hands Up!" | Chuck Brown | 0:37 |
4. | "Country Boy" (Muddy Waters) | Chuck Brown | 6:16 |
5. | "Family Affair" (Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart) | Chuck Brown | 5:57 |
6. | "Are You Ready for a Little Benny?" | Little Benny | 3:07 |
7. | "Back Up Against the Wall" (Michael Hughes) | Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson | 3:09 |
8. | "Keepin' it Gangsta" | Big G | 2:52 |
9. | "Get Ur Freak On" (Melissa Elliott/Tim Mosley) | Little Benny | 2:51 |
10. | "It Don't Mean a Thing / Midnight Sun / Moody's Mood for Love / Woody Woodpecker theme" (Sonny Burke/Duke Ellington/Lionel Hampton/James Moody) | Chuck Brown | 11:23 |
Total length: | 1:57:34 |
Personnel
[edit]- Chuck Brown – lead vocals, electric guitar
- John M. Buchannan – keyboards, trombone
- Leroy Fleming – tenor saxophone, vocals
- Curtis Johnson – keyboards
- Donald Tillery – trumpet, vocals
- Ricardo D. Wellman – drums
- Rowland Smith – congas, vocals
- Glenn Ellis – bass guitar, percussion
- Cherie Mitchell – keyboards
- Louie Oxley – keyboards
- E.U. – guest artist
- Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott – bass guitar, guest vocals
- Kent Wood – keyboards
- Tony Fisher – guest artist
- 911 – guest artist
- BackYard Band – guest artist
- Little Benny – guest artist
- Byron "B.J." Jackson – bass guitar
- Brad Clements – trumpet
- Dave "32" Ellis – guest vocals
- Glenn Ellis – bass guitar
- Robert Green – percussion
- Jim McFalls – trombone
- Bryan Mills – keyboards, saxophone
References
[edit]- ^ Kristel, Todd. Chuck Brown: Put Your Hands Up! > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
- ^ "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers [extended]". Robert Christgau. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
- ^ "Put Your Hands Up!: Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 January 2017.