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That night he tore Phonox apart and we forgave him for his absence in the city. Before the show he'd told me that, "the UK crowds always seem appreciative of me and my music. I like it here. There's a better atmosphere here than there is in Chicago," which made me feel pretty smug. Ghetto house (aka "booty-house") is a distinct genre that began in the early 90s when Chicago producers, inspired by Miami bass and their city's house scene, started making basic Percolator-esque house tracks with some often filthy and crude club chants added. DJ Deeon’s influence on dance music and club culture is monumental. Born October 6, 1967, Deeon Boyd began his career sending bass booming through the speakers of housing project parties in Chicago’s South Side and selling his DJ mixtapes in parking lots. Ghetto house or booty house[1][2][3][4][5] is a subgenre of house music which started being recognized as a distinct style from around 1992 onwards.[1] It features minimal 808 and 909 drum machine-driven tracks[6] and sometimes sexually explicit lyrics.
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In the last couple of years, however, this seems to have changed. Back when France's Ed Banger label was seen as the coolest thing in the world, they commissioned DJ Funk to remix Justice's Let There Be Light, with brilliant results. At the start of the year, Switch and Sinden booked DJ Funk for their Get Familiar night at Fabric. And Glasgow's Dress 2 Sweat (which I wrote about last week) put out some DJ Deeon tracks a few months ago. This week, I saw DJ Mujava's Township Funk described as "booty-house" in DJ magazine (I get sent it free each month, honest) and I have previously seen the same song labelled as "ghetto house" in Fact magazine.
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We were told many stories about the history of the various parts of the hood that we visited, and what various areas were known for. Figueroa Street, for example, is known for its “ho-stroll”. It’s where you go for prostitution and where Hodari used to sell drugs.
I used to distribute them via Ray Barney, and he'd sell them all over. With us Dance Mania guys it was a local thing that caught the wave. In the first few years, DJ Rush and myself would hang out, and he got his deal with Dance Mania and he blew up.
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It was a disappointment because A) I was really hungry and B) I was going to call this piece Here's What Happened When I Had a Delicious Dinner with Dance Mania's DJ Deeon. Yes, America and the rest of the global economy may have come to a halt during this year, but thank God DJ Deeon was there to put a smile on broke dancer's faces! This vulgar anthem would’ve definitely sent your grandmother into cardiac arrest if you chose to have a money saving, at-home boogie, with its infectiously catchy bopping bassline and beautiful breakbeat inclusions. Another irresistible track that oscillates between electro techno and boom-clap Chicago house.
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"I've been playing this track in my sets since the early 90s. It's the classic foundation and inspiration for underground music from Chicago's Southside. From the 12" he put out with "Computer Madness," at least four tunes off that were really rare. For our generation of producers, Steve is a leading legend in this shit. "Computer Madness" is also a motivation for me—it made me want to make tracks like that. The way he goes from the high to the lows in the bassline, catchy instrumentals, no vocals—he's just really good at what he does with that funky sound. Definitely a favorite amongst all the DJs in the city, period."
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The third release on footwork pioneer Traxman's label, Factory Music Chicago, sees two OG ghetto house heavyweights linked up again to transport us back to ‘96 with this Chi-town heavy-hitter. Many children, including David McNeill, who grew up in the neighborhood in the 1970s and ‘80s, came back to Baldwin Hills after college and young adulthood to raise their own families. According to the Los Angeles Times, in 2000, of the around 45,000 people who lived in Baldwin Hills, View Park, Windsor Hills and Ladera Heights, 76% were Black, 9% were Latino and 6% were white. The abandoned Baldwin Hills Dam site (now part of the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area) was also a popular place for neighborhood kids.
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I mean, we’ve seen a slew of unprecedented things happen. Hall hopes to use the Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s resources to give more diverse range of artists and filmmakers access to the tools they need to make their films, podcasts and shows. “I emphasize a lot in what the artist wants to show, express, and make people feel when they’re wearing it.
I’d heard of Crips and Bloods before, but even though I knew the stories, it’s different when you can actually put a place to all of the things you’ve heard. These gangs still exist, and James pointed out various gang members as we drove around during the day, identifiable by their colours. He told us of people he knew who had been killed simply for wearing the wrong colour.
Producers like DJ Deeon, DJ Funk, DJ Slugo, Traxmen, DJ Chip and Eric Martin churned out amazing releases on the prolific Dance Mania label, which was central in the rise of ghetto house. "As I got older, I got to respect that a good DJ works around the profanity. People don't wanna hear that all the time, and there are kids out here who listen to the radio. That style of music has its place, I would like for it to stay underground." This single comes in as part of a ‘Juke.com’ mixtape with fellow ghetto housers DJ Slugo and Doc Slump. Synth-led progressive melodies layered with punchy, clappy juke rhythms and Deeon’s instructive lyrics form a great underground banger. No DJ Deeon list would be complete without referencing this absolute club classic. The legacy this track left upon dancefloors should definitely be studied as some sort of higher education module; there are probably an infinite number of remixes of this ‘96 Chicago house beacon, let alone the songs using it as a sample.
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