Ghetto house or booty house is a subgenre of house music which started being recognized as a distinct style from around 1992 onwards. It features minimal

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drum machine-driven tracks and sometimes sexually explicit

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. The template of classic Chicago house music (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"

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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 Roland

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: DJ Deeon, Jammin' Gerald, DJ Funk, DJ Milton, DJ Slugo, Waxmaster, Traxman, Parris Mitchell.

Subgenres

Chicago juke

The 2000s saw a rise in footwork/juke music, as a faster variant of ghetto house. Chicago juke songs are generally around 150–165 BPM with beat-skipping

s, pounding rapidly (and at times very sparsely) in syncopation with crackling snares, claps, and other sounds reminiscent of old drum machines. The production style is often markedly

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, much like baile funk. Chicago Juke evolved to match the energy of footwork, 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
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghetto House House music genres

Subgenres

Chicago juke

See also

References

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