This week we have a mixtape of a genre very dear to my heart—Juke. It's a type of uptempo dance music from Chicago that grew out of Ghetto House, much like ghettotech from Detroit. The two scenes have a lot in common—same musical heritage, same big hit tunes, and a lot of the same dance styles (juke/jit, footwork, bob, percolator, spongebob, 40s), but actual juke & ghettotech are different in some key ways:
1. Juke is (usually) from Chicago, Ghettotech is (usually) from Detroit.
2. Juke uses a lot of tom tom drums, Ghettotech doesn't.
3. A lot of juke tracks use the bass drum as a melodic element as well as a rhythmic element, pitching it up and down to define the chord structure of the track. Ghettotech as a rule doesn't do this either.
4. Ghettotech tends to adhere either to a four-on-the-floor rhythm pattern or a Miami Bass / Booty Bass / Electro rhythm pattern. Juke is a lot more all-over-the-place.
The lines between the two are blurry, and certain things are a bit of both. Still, they are very different styles, and a lot of people miss that. Anyway, here is a tape to catch you up on the last ten (or so) years of juke.
- DJ Nephets; Juke N Money
- Paul Johnson / DJ Puncho; Get Get Down Low (DJ Gant-Man Remix)
- DJ Nephets; Down To The Ground
- DJ D-Man; One, Two, Three, Four
- DJ Deeon; Per-Cu-L8
- Parris Mitchell Project feat. Waxmaster; Ghetto Shout Out
- M.A.W. feat. India; I Can't Get No Sleep (DJ Gant-Man Remix)
- DJ Nephets; Wanna Party
- DJ Deeon; Freak U Rite
- Juketastrafe; Work Baby
- Beta SP; Bacteria (Chrissy Murderbot Remix)
- Green Velvet feat. Russoul; Walk (DJ Gant-Man Remix)
- N.O.R.E.; Nothin' (DJ Nephets Remix)
- Waxmaster; Footwork
- DJ Nephets; Juke Somebody
- DJ Nephets & Lil Wish; Pop Drop
- DJ Gant-Man vs. BBD; Poison (Juked Out Remix)
- Mike Love; Nappy Headed Hoes
- Chrissy Murderbot & DJ Gant-Man; I Nutted In You
- Justice; Let There Be Light (DJ Funk Bounce That Ass Remix)
- DJ Rashad & DJ Gant-Man; Juke Dat Juke Dat
- Mic Terror; Juke Dem Hoes (Maddjazz Remix)
- DJ Chip; Do The 40s
- Twista; Pimp Like Me
- DJ Lil Tal; Pop Yo Back
- Kid Sister; Damn Girl (DJ Gant-Man Remix)
- DJ Chip; Juke Slide
- R. Kelly; Through The Hood (DJ Nephets Remix)
- Waxmaster; Work Out
- DJ Deeon; The Freaks (Remix)
- DJ Slugo; Where The Rats
- Chrissy Murderbot feat. Tha Basix; Red Bone (The Yoshi Track)
- Dude N Nem; Watch My Feet (Remix feat. BNC)
- Waxmaster; You Big Dummy
- DJ Rashad & DJ Chi Boogie; Ay Yo Yo
- DJ Pillsbury; Sugar Plum Fairy Dance
- DJ Rashad; Get It Shorty
- DJ Chi Boogie; 1,2,3,4
- Three 6 Mafia; Don't Call Me No More (DJ D-Block Remix)
- Traxman; Pac-Man
- DJ Spinn & DJ Rashad; Bob It Low
- Juketastrafe; Juke Dat Juicy Booty
- DJ Rashad; Roy Ayers Show
- DJ Spinn; Bounce N Break Yo Back
- DJ Solo; Let Me See You Bounce
- DJ Remi; Get Down On Tha Ground
- DJ Rashad; Deep Inside '06
- DJ Rashad; In Da Club Before 11 O'Clock
- DJ Deeon; Like We Do
- Maddjazz; Beeper Juke Remix
- DJ Diamond; Footwork Twist Em Up
- DJ Gant-Man; Juke Dat Girl From The Back (DJ Rashad Remix)
- DJ Spinn; Feelin' U
- Juketastrafe; Get Retarded
- DJ Deeon; Debo Juke Slide
- DJ Spinn & DJ Rashad; That Booty
- DJ Spinn; Mario Revenge
- Traxman; Newports
- DJ Slugo; 114799 (The Godzilla Track)
- Mariah Carey; Always Be My Baby (Thunderous Olympian Remix)
NEXT WEEK: Synth-Pop.