| Ghetto house | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Late 1980s,Chicago,Illinois, United States[1] |
| Derivative forms | |
Ghetto house orbooty house[1][2][3][4][5] is a subgenre ofhouse music which started being recognized as a distinct style from around1992 onwards.[1] It features minimal808 and909drum 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 minimalequipment with little or noeffects. It usually features either a "4-to-the-floor"[7]kick drum or beat-skippingkick drums such as those found in the subgenre "juke" (full sounding, but not too long or distorted) along withRoland808 and909synthesizedtom-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"verses andchoruses.
Ghetto house music artists include:DJ Deeon, Jammin' Gerald,DJ Funk, DJ Milton, DJ Slugo, Waxmaster, Traxman, and Parris Mitchell.[8][9]
The late 1990s saw a rise injuke music (also known asjuke house orChicago 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) insyncopation with 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]
