Ghetto house

Ghetto house
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsLate 1980s, Chicago, Illinois, United States[1]
Derivative forms

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.

The template of classic Chicago house music (primarily, "It's Time for the Percolator" by Cajmere) was used with the addition of sexual lyrics.[1] It has usually been made on minimal equipment with little or no effects. It usually features either a "4-to-the-floor"[7] kick drum or beat-skipping kick drums such as those found in the subgenre "juke" (full sounding, but not too long or distorted) along with Roland 808 and 909 synthesized tom-tom sounds, minimal use of analogue synths, and short, slightly dirty sounding (both sonically and lyrically) vocals samples, often repeated in various ways. Also common are 808 and 909 clap sounds, and full "rapped" verses and choruses.

Ghetto house music artists include: DJ Deeon, Jammin' Gerald, DJ Funk, DJ Milton, DJ Slugo, Waxmaster, Traxman, Parris Mitchell.[8][9]

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  3. ^ Mueller, Gavin (2014). "Ghettotech and ghetto house". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.a2256635. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  4. ^ "Interview: Parris Mitchell". Fact Magazine. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  5. ^ "Deep Inside: 'Hardcore Traxx: Dance Mania Records 1986-1997'". XLR8R. 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  6. ^ Matos, Michelangelo (3 May 2012). "How Chicago house got its groove back". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
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  8. ^ "The Five Most Bootylicious Ghetto House Tracks Ever, According to DJ Deeon". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  9. ^ "The Essential... Dance Mania". Fact Magazine. 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2021-05-05.