Sorry for the silence. It’s that time of spring — all mango-con-chili in the park and classes to finish up and articles & anthologies to tie together and whatnot. More soon, tho, I promise.
Meantime, for an early summer bubble fix, I meem you Cajmere‘s classic Chicago house, maximinimal, proto-juke joint, which was apparently a big chune in the Bmore scene way back, and moreover, is a living, breathing, downright YouTubospheric phenom, vying with the Wu-Tang in Philly and who knows what else & where —
// 2011 update //
imeem got nuked a long time ago (and all I got was that lousy orange ad), so here’s a YouTube —
high school dances in North Jersey. that’s what’s up!
It was huge in Bmore
huge. but not as good as Cajmere’s remix of U Got me up by DaJae. man, that was a tune. Still play it nowadays!