Baltimore club

"Scottie B" redirects here. For the American basketball player, see Scottie Barnes.
Baltimore club
Other names
  • Bmore club
  • Bmore house
  • Bmore
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly 1990s, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Derivative forms
Other topics

Baltimore club, also called B'more club, B'more House or simply B'more, is a music genre that fuses breakbeat and house. It was created in Baltimore in the early 1990s by Frank Ski, Scottie B, Shawn Caesar, DJ Technics, DJ Class, DJ Patrick, Kenny B, among others.[1]

Baltimore club is based on an 8/4 beat structure, and includes tempos around 130 beats per minute.[2][3] It combines repetitive, looped vocal snippets similar to trap, bounce, ghetto house and ghettotech . The instrumental tracks include heavy breakbeats and call and response stanzas[4] similar to those found in the go-go music of neighboring city Washington, D.C. The most prominent breakbeats sampled include "Sing Sing" by disco band "Gaz"[5][6] and "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins.[7][6]

  1. ^ Deveraux, Andrew (December 2007). "What You Know About Down the Hill?": Baltimore Club Music, Subgenre Crossover, and the New Subcultural Capital of Race and Space". Journal of Popular Music Studies. 19 (4): 311–341. doi:10.1111/j.1533-1598.2007.00131.x.
  2. ^ Reid, Shaheem; Paco, Matt (2007). "Young Leek & the Baltimore Scene". MTV Networks. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  3. ^ Bernard, Patrick (2006-07-03). "Scottie B and Baltimore Club". The Wire. Archived from the original on 2008-01-12. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  4. ^ Hiaasen, Rob (21 August 2005). "Breaking Out". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  5. ^ Host, Vivian (September 7, 2014). "Sing Sing: A Loop History". Red Bull Music Academy. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Embert, Casey (21 June 2016). "We Made All This Shit! The history of Unruly Records, which just celebrated 20 years, tells the history of Baltimore club music". Baltimore City Paper. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  7. ^ Shipley, Al (2006-01-19). "The Best Of Both Worlds". Baltimore City Paper. Retrieved 2008-01-19.