ESG

ESG

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ESG (Emerald, Sapphire, & Gold), an American band from the South Bronx, New York, was formed in 1978. The group initially included sisters Renee Scroggins (vocals, guitar), Valerie Scroggins (drums, vocals), Deborah Scroggins (bass, vocals), Marie Scroggins (congas, vocals), and their friend Tito Libran (congas, vocals). ESG's breakthrough came when they were discovered by Ed Bahlman during a talent show. Their first recordings, including "Moody" and "You're No Good", were produced by Martin Hannett. The debut EP ESG was released in 1981. The band's early work, particularly the song "UFO", became highly influential, being sampled over 300 times by artists such as TLC and Public Enemy. ESG disbanded in 1983 but reunited periodically for various projects, including A South Bronx Story (2000) and Step Off (2002). Their album, What More Can You Take?, was released in 2017.

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U.F.O
ESG
The Moody EP
02:57
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Dance
ESG
Dance
04:34
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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Step Off
ESG
Step Off
05:14
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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You Make No Sense
ESG
Come Away with ESG
02:22
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
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Erase You
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
04:10
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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My Love for You
ESG
Come Away with ESG
02:57
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
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Moody (Spaced Out)
ESG
Come Away with ESG
04:18
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
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The Beat
ESG
Come Away with ESG
02:19
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
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Talk It
ESG
Step Off
03:59
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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Come Away
ESG
Come Away with ESG
03:16
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
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Tiny Sticks
ESG
Come Away with ESG
03:05
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
07
Parking Lot Blues
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
02:55
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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It's Alright
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
02:40
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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You Might Be the One (Album Mix)
ESG
What More Can You Take?
02:58
Composers: Renée Scroggins
03
Moody
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
02:49
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
01
You're No Good
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
03:13
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
04
Gangstas Anthem
ESG
Everyday Street Gangsta
04:06
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Hold Me Right
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
02:57
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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Get Funky
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
02:37
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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Dance to the Beat of Moody
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
06:55
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Six Pack
ESG
Step Off
04:16
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Chistelle
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
01:56
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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You're No Good (Alternate Version)
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
02:47
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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A New Day
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
03:37
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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Six Pack (Original Version)
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
04:15
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
01
I Can't Tell You What to Do
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
04:08
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About You
ESG
Come Away with ESG
02:07
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
03
In the Streets
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
03:38
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Erase You (Puppy to Your Side)
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
04:51
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Moody (A New Mood)
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
03:31
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
09
Strange Creatures Dance (Bonus Track)
ESG
Closure
06:16
Composers: Renée Scroggins
09
I Wanna Dance
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
05:31
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
03
Keep On Moving
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
04:16
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
01
My World Is You
ESG
What More Can You Take?
02:40
Composers: Renée Scroggins
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Bam Bam Jam
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
03:42
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Standing in Line
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
04:30
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I
ESG
ESG
05:08
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14
Like This
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
04:35
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
12
There Was a Time
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
07:54
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
02
Insane (Tambourine Mix)
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
02:59
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
03
Esg Thing
ESG
What More Can You Take?
03:16
Composers: Renée Scroggins
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Not My First (Rodeo)
ESG
Not My First (Rodeo)
02:09
Composers: Nicholas Dimitri Nicholas
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Crash
ESG
ESG
03:58
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The Jam
ESG
The Jam
01:52
Composers: Renée Scroggins - Nicholas Dimitri Nicholas
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Fffake the Funk
ESG
What More Can You Take?
03:16
Composers: Renée Scroggins

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  • Discography
Albums
What More Can You Take?
2017 Renee Scroggins
18-09-2017
What More Can You Take?
01
My World Is You
ESG
What More Can You Take?
02:40
Composers: Renée Scroggins
02
Watching
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What More Can You Take?
04:16
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03
Esg Thing
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04
End of It
ESG
What More Can You Take?
02:21
Composers: Renée Scroggins
05
Keep It
ESG
What More Can You Take?
03:42
Composers: Renée Scroggins
06
You Might Be the One (Album Mix)
ESG
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02:58
Composers: Renée Scroggins
07
Fffake the Funk
ESG
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03:16
Composers: Renée Scroggins
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Closure
2013 Renee Scroggins
21-08-2013
Closure
01
Thump
ESG
Closure
02:55
Composers: Renée Scroggins
02
The Pain
ESG
Closure
03:09
Composers: Renée Scroggins
03
S House Blues
ESG
Closure
02:50
Composers: Renée Scroggins
04
U Did Me Wrong
ESG
Closure
03:01
Composers: Renée Scroggins
05
I Feel Tonight
ESG
Closure
02:59
Composers: Renée Scroggins
06
In Town
ESG
Closure
03:01
Composers: Renée Scroggins
07
Closure (R-Mix)
ESG
Closure
03:00
Composers: Renée Scroggins
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Dance to the Best of ESG
℗ 2010 Fire Records
01-01-2010
Dance to the Best of ESG
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You're No Good
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
03:13
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
02
Tiny Sticks
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
03:05
03
Moody
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
02:49
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04
Come Away
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
03:16
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05
U.F.O
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
02:57
06
Dance
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
04:34
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
07
Parking Lot Blues
ESG
Dance to the Best of ESG
02:55
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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Step Off
℗ 2002 Fire Records
01-01-2002
Step Off
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Be Good to Me
ESG
Step Off
03:54
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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Talk It
ESG
Step Off
03:59
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03
Its Not Me
ESG
Step Off
03:55
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04
Six Pack
ESG
Step Off
04:16
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Step Off
ESG
Step Off
05:14
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Sensual Intentions
ESG
Step Off
05:19
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07
My Street
ESG
Step Off
04:39
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ESG
℗ 2011 Fire Records
01-07-1991
ESG
01
Standing in Line
ESG
ESG
04:30
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
02
Erase You
ESG
ESG
04:10
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
03
Get Funky
ESG
ESG
02:37
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
04
Moody
ESG
ESG
02:49
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
05
A New Day
ESG
ESG
03:37
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
06
I
ESG
ESG
05:08
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07
Hold Me Right
ESG
ESG
02:57
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
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Come Away with ESG
℗ 2010 Fire Records
01-01-1983
Come Away with ESG
01
Come Away
ESG
Come Away with ESG
03:16
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
02
Dance
ESG
Come Away with ESG
04:34
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
03
You Make No Sense
ESG
Come Away with ESG
02:22
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
04
Parking Lot Blues
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Come Away with ESG
02:55
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05
Chistelle
ESG
Come Away with ESG
01:56
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06
About You
ESG
Come Away with ESG
02:07
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
07
It's Alright
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Come Away with ESG
02:40
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
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EPs
The Moody EP
℗ 2016 Fire Records
22-11-2016
The Moody EP
01
You're No Good
ESG
The Moody EP
03:13
Writer: Renée Scroggins / Composers: Renée Scroggins
02
U.F.O
ESG
The Moody EP
02:57
03
Moody
ESG
The Moody EP
02:49
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
04
Moody (Spaced Out)
ESG
The Moody EP
04:18
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
Singles
Don't Dance on Glass
2024 RENEE SCROGGINS
17-06-2024
Don't Dance on Glass
01
Don't Dance on Glass
ESG
Don't Dance on Glass
02:46
Composers: Renée Scroggins - Nicholas Dimitri Nicholas
The Jam
2022 Renee Scroggins
06-05-2022
The Jam
01
The Jam
ESG
The Jam
01:52
Composers: Renée Scroggins - Nicholas Dimitri Nicholas
Not My First (Rodeo)
2022 Renee Scroggins
07-04-2022
Not My First (Rodeo)
01
Not My First (Rodeo)
ESG
Not My First (Rodeo)
02:09
Composers: Nicholas Dimitri Nicholas
Watching
2013 Renee Scroggins
13-05-2013
Watching
01
Watching
ESG
Watching
04:16
Composers: Renée Scroggins
Erase You
℗ 2012 Fire Records
01-01-2012
Erase You
01
Erase You
ESG
Erase You
04:10
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
02
Erase You
Las Kellies
Erase You
02:26
You're No Good
01-03-2010
You're No Good
01
You're No Good
ESG
You're No Good
03:11
02
U.F.O
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You're No Good
02:55
03
Moody
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You're No Good
02:47
Dance
℗ 2010 Fire Records
01-01-2010
Dance
01
Dance
ESG
Dance
04:34
Writer: ESG / Composers: ESG
02
Tiny Sticks
ESG
Dance
03:05
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Bigtyme Recordz '95 - '99 (Screwed)
℗ 2010 Bigtyme Recordz/SoSouth Music Distribution
07-01-2010
Bigtyme Recordz '95 - '99 (Screwed)
01
Intro [3 ‘N The Mornin’ Pt 1 (Screwed)
DJ Screw
Bigtyme Recordz '95 - '99 (Screwed)
01:02
Writer: Robert Earl Davis Jr / Composers: Robert Earl Davis Jr
02
Bangin Screw (Screwed)
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Bigtyme Recordz '95 - '99 (Screwed)
08:34
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03
Pimp Tha Pen (Screwed)
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03:13
Writer: Robert Earl Davis Jr / Composers: Robert Earl Davis Jr
04
South Side Groovin (Screwed)
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07:07
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05
Tight With Da Blanksta (Screwed)
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Bigtyme Recordz '95 - '99 (Screwed)
06:17
Writer: Robert Earl Davis Jr / Composers: Robert Earl Davis Jr
06
Watch Yo Screw (Screwed)
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01:54
Writer: Robert Earl Davis Jr / Composers: Robert Earl Davis Jr
07
Short Texas (Screwed)
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04:33
Writer: Robert Earl Davis Jr / Composers: Robert Earl Davis Jr
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