The term booty bass can refer to several different, loosely related genres of music:
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Miami bass – largely based in
Miami
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, but also found throughout Florida and elsewhere in the south. It is essentially the second form of hip hop to come into existence, but was relatively unknown until the 1990s, when the music had become stigmatized because of its explicit lyrics; notable acts include
2 Live Crew
2 Live Crew is an American hip hop group from Miami, Florida, which had its greatest commercial success from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. The group's most well-known line up was composed of Luke Campbell, Fresh Kid Ice, Mr. Mixx, and ...
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Ghetto house – refers to later period
Dance
Mania Records recording artists. This is a brand of new school
house music
House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ...
performers who loop often X-rated lyrics over house beats. Chicago
ghetto house and Juke Music have started becoming very popular in other parts of the world.
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Baltimore club
Baltimore club, also called Bmore club, Bmore house or simply Bmore, is a fusion of breakbeat and house genres. It is often referred to as a blend of hip hop and chopped, staccato house music. It was created in Baltimore, Maryland, United State ...
– Also known as Baltimore breaks, this genre is popular mostly in Maryland, and sounds somewhat similar to Chicago
ghetto house, with the exception of being based on
breakbeats
Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that tends to use drum breaks sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as hip hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and UK ...
instead of
house music
House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ...
. The tempos are far faster than either genre, and it maintains the repetitive nature of modern post-rave global electronic dance music.
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Hyphy
The term hyphy ( ) is Oakland slang meaning "hyperactive". More specifically, it is an adjective describing the hip hop music and the culture associated with the area. The term was first coined by Oakland rapper Keak da Sneak.
History
The hy ...
– largely based in
San Francisco, California
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, considered a fusion of
Miami bass with new school San Francisco
electro, despite not resembling either.
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