Week 34: Booty Bass

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 I'll cover some other week. I've decided to focus on classics from the 90s (some well-known, others more underground), with a few 80s proto-anthems and a couple of more recent tunes as well. Enjoy!

Chrissy's Year of Mixtapes Week 34: Booty Bass.

1. MC Zeus; It Ain't A Crime
2. Jock-D; Partytime '91
   
3. Cybotron; Clear (Jose "Animal" Diaz Remix)
   
4. The 69 Boyz; Tootsie Roll
   
5. Danny D & DJ Wiz; Get On Up And Dance (Remix)
   
6. Ghost Town DJs; My Boo
   
7. Model 500; Night Drive (Time, Space, Transmat)
   
8. Sir Mix-A-Lot; Baby Got Back
   
9. Tag Team; Whoomp! (There It Is)
   
10. E.V.I.A.N. & The Atlantis Posse; Techno City
    
11. DJ Laz & Danny D; Miami El Negro (Club Mix)
    
12. Sabo; La Negra Chula
    
13. Sammie; I Like It (Remix)
    
14. Freak Nasty; Da Dip
    
15. 2 Live Crew; Get It Girl
    
16. DJ Funk; Get The Hoe
    
17. DJ Smurf; Shakin'
    
18. Splack Pack; Shake That Ass Bitch!
    
19. Playa Poncho; Whatz Up Whatz Up (A-Town Mix)
    
20. 2 Live Crew; Come On Babe (Doo Doo Brown Mix)
    
21. Quad City DJs; C'mon Ride The Train
    
22. Luke; Scarred
    
23. Splack Pack; Scrub Da Ground
    
24. Half Pint; One Leg Up
    
25. DJ Kizzy Rock & DJ Smurf; Let Me See U Ride
    
26. DJ Smurf; 4 Pt. Stance
    
27. Creep Dogg; Bounce Tha Bootie
    
28. Disco & The City Boyz; Wiggle Wiggle
    
29. Johnny Moog; Dope Love (Chrissy Murderbot Remix)
    
30. DJ Smurf; Pop That Thang Girl (Remix)
    
31. Godz Of The Quad; 2 The Flo
    
32. Luke f. No Good But So Good; Raise The Roof
    
33. Bone Thugs N Harmony; Crossroads (DJ Magic Mike Remix)
    
34. DJ Marquis; Rock This
    
35. Godz Of The Quad; Can U Feel It

NEXT WEEK: A Farewell to Dubstep.