Ghetto house or booty house is a subgenre of

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which started being recognized as a distinct style from around

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onwards. It features minimal

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and

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-driven tracks and sometimes sexually explicit

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. The template of classic Chicago

(primarily, "It's Time for the Percolator" by

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) was used with the addition of sexual lyrics. It has usually been made on minimal

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with little or no

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s. It usually features either a "

4-to-the-floor Four-on-the-floor (or four-to-the-floor) is a rhythm used primarily in dance genres such as disco and electronic dance music. It is a steady, uniformly accented beat in time in which the bass drum is hit on every beat (1, 2, 3, 4)."The Dance ...

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or beat-skipping

s such as those found in the subgenre "juke" (full sounding, but not too long or distorted) along with

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and

synthesized

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s, minimal use of analogue synths, and short, slightly dirty sounding (both sonically and lyrically)

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s, often repeated in various ways. Also common are 808 and 909 clap sounds, and full " rapped" verses and

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es. Ghetto house music artists include:

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, Jammin' Gerald,

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, DJ Milton, DJ Slugo, Waxmaster, Traxman, and Parris Mitchell.

Subgenres

Juke music

The late 1990s saw a rise in ''juke music'' (also known as ''juke house'' or ''Chicago juke''), as a faster variant of ghetto house. Juke songs are generally around 150–165 BPM with

s, pounding rapidly (and at times very sparsely) in

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with crackling snares, claps, high hats, samples in very short increments and other sounds reminiscent of old drum machines. The production style is often markedly

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, much like

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. Juke evolved to match the energy of

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, 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.

References

External links

From Jack to Juke: 25 Years of Ghetto HouseGhetto Tracks Documentary
* * * {{House music-footer House music genres

Subgenres

Juke music

See also

References

External links