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  • Summary: The highly influential, frequently sampled, and little-known New York no-wave rap group, founded by sisters Renee, Valerie, and Marie Scroggins in 1978, return with a new album, their first in ten years.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Uncut
    80
    Seven tracks, 31 minutes, and not a duff second in sight. [Oct 2002, p.104]
  2. Vibe
    70
    Endearingly anachronistic. [Jan 2003, p.128]
  3. Mojo
    70
    ESG are still creating music of eerie austerity. [Oct 2002, p.108]
  4. Q Magazine
    60
    White it can still sound like samples waiting to be made into songs, on It's Not Me and Six Pack they reveal a canny knack with almost Motown-esque pop hooks. [Oct 2002, p.107]
  5. Blender
    60
    Brilliantly restrained throughout, ESG's sparse, mechanical funk remains unique and vital. [#12, p.142]