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This week, as a palette-cleanser for the non-disco-fans after all the disco of recent weeks, is a mixtape of Booty Bass. The term "booty bass" really comprises a lot of genres (Miami Bass, Freestyle, Hip Hop Electro, and Detroit Electrofunk to name a few), but they're all pretty much tied together by big, 808-driven drum machine breaks topped off with raps about ass-shaking. The key differences between this stuff and, say, ghettotech/ghetto house/juke would be the breakbeats, and the hip-hop song structure.
It's easy to forget how HUGE this stuff was in the states in the '90s, but looking back on it a lot of these tracks were Top 40 mega-hits here. I've been told by a few people that this stuff never really made it across the pond, which is a shame. I guess this was our cultural equivalent of UK Garage, perhaps? Anyway, for this tape I've left out the Detroit Electro / Electrofunk stuff, which... (full text at http://yearofmixtapes.blogspot.com/20...) Uploaded 2 years ago - Featuring tracks by Cybotron, Ghost Town DJ's, Johnny Moog, DJ Kizzy Rock & DJ Smurf, Jock-D and more Report this Cloudcast |  Listeners also enjoyedEnjoying Mixcloud?Join with Facebook Do you like us? |
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