''Go-Go Crankin (also titled as ''Go-Go Crankin': Paint the White House Black'') is a

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originally released in 1985. The compilation consist of ten original songs by prominent

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–based go-go bands of that time period. The music is heavily influenced by the popularity of go-go in the mid-80s in Washington, D.C., and throughout the

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. The album has been considered to be influential to the growing popularity of

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and go-go music in the 1980s.David Toop, ''Rap Attack'', 3rd. ed., London: Serpent's Tail, 2000. (p. 213)

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{{Trouble Funk 1985 compilation albums 4th & B'way Records albums Go-go albums Island Records albums

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