Kicking off the new year is the Backyard Band which has had a tremendous impact on the go-go world ever since they came on the scene in 1991. Like the bands before them, they started out with amateur equipment and little money. In their early years they hit us with songs like the famous '91 Dope Jam and I Got Five On It. Backyard began a new style of go-go where they would take popular rap songs and hook them up with a phat go-go beat. This new style is what most young bands use today.