Ghetto house
Ghetto house | |
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Stylistic origins | |
Cultural origins | Late 1980s,Chicago,Illinois,United States[1] |
Derivative forms |
Ghetto houseorbooty house[1][2][3][4][5]is a subgenre ofhouse musicwhich started being recognized as a distinct style from around1992onwards.[1]It features minimal808and909drum machine-driven tracks[6]and sometimes sexually explicitlyrics.
The template of classic Chicagohouse music(primarily, "It's Time for the Percolator" byCajmere) was used with the addition of sexual lyrics.[1]It has usually been made on minimalequipmentwith little or noeffects.It usually features either a "4-to-the-floor"[7]kick drumor beat-skippingkick drumssuch as those found in the subgenre "juke" (full sounding, but not too long or distorted) along withRoland808and909synthesizedtom-tomsounds,minimal use ofanalogue synths,and short, slightly dirty sounding (both sonically and lyrically)vocalssamples,often repeated in various ways. Also common are 808 and 909 clap sounds, and full "rapped"versesandchoruses.
Ghetto house music artists include:DJ Deeon,Jammin' Gerald,DJ Funk,DJ Milton, DJ Slugo, Waxmaster, Traxman, Parris Mitchell.[8][9]
Subgenres
[edit]Juke music
[edit]The late 1990s saw a rise injuke music(also known asjuke houseorChicago juke),[6]as a faster variant of ghetto house.[10]Juke songs are generally around 150–165 BPM[7]withkick drums,pounding rapidly (and at times very sparsely) insyncopationwith cracklingsnares,claps, high hats, samples in very short increments and other sounds reminiscent of old drum machines.[10][11]The production style is often markedlylo-fi,much likebaile funk.Juke evolved to match the energy offootwork,a dance style born in the disparate ghettos, house parties and underground dance competitions of Chicago.RP Boo,a former footwork dancer, is generally credited with making the first songs that fall within the canon.[12]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^Barat, Nick (26 January 2007)."Feature: On the Floor with Chicago's Juke DJs".Fader.The Fader, Inc.Retrieved11 February2013.
- ^Mueller, Gavin (2014)."Ghettotech and ghetto house".Grove Music Online.doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.a2256635.ISBN978-1-56159-263-0.Retrieved2021-05-05.
- ^"Interview: Parris Mitchell".Fact Magazine.2016-01-08.Retrieved2021-05-05.
- ^"Deep Inside: 'Hardcore Traxx: Dance Mania Records 1986-1997'".XLR8R.2014-02-19.Retrieved2021-05-05.
- ^abMatos, Michelangelo (3 May 2012)."How Chicago house got its groove back".Chicago Reader.Retrieved28 September2013.
- ^abSheffield, Hazel (27 May 2010)."Footwork takes competitive dancing to the Chicago streets".The Guardian.Retrieved11 February2013.
- ^"The Five Most Bootylicious Ghetto House Tracks Ever, According to DJ Deeon".vice.Retrieved2021-04-21.
- ^"The Essential... Dance Mania".Fact Magazine.2013-08-13.Retrieved2021-05-05.
- ^abKerr, Stephen (16 August 2014)."A Love Letter to Chicago Juke".DANOEF.Retrieved25 August2015.
- ^Yenigun, Sami (14 December 2010)."Chicago's Footwork Music And Dance Get A Transatlantic Lift".
- ^Quam, Dave."Bangs & Works Vol. 1 Liner Notes".Planet Mu. Archived fromthe originalon 13 May 2012.Retrieved14 May2012.