{"id":3353,"date":"2014-02-02T22:31:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T21:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2014-02-02T22:31:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T21:31:08","slug":"sunday-sounds-chicago-juke-footwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/sunday-sounds-chicago-juke-footwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Sounds: Chicago Juke & Footwork"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The West Side of Chicago – image from here<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two weeks ago, Sunday Sounds looked at Chicago’s drill music scene<\/a>, it’s own particular local spin on the trap sound that has dominated American hip-hop over the last few years. <\/p>\n

Of course, over the last thirty years Chicago has been much better-known internationally for its contributions to electronic music than for the produce of its rap scene (even though Chicago has produced one of the most famous rappers of them all in the douche-tacular shape of Kanye West). So today I just wanted to throw up a few mixes of Chicago juke music, the hyper-speed polythythmic sound that has inspired producers all over the world in the last few years. It’s also been the soundtrack to a unique style of dancing called footworking, which was born in Chicago’s ghettos and is, frankly, pretty amazing to watch (as well as mind-bogglingly complicated) – I’ve also posted a documentary on that, too.<\/p>\n