Fri 17 Jun 2011
Kid Sister x Kelly Rowland “Motivation (Chicago Juke Remix)”…Plus Insane Juke Dancing
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Earlier this week I stopped by the really cool pop-up market W+K Shop, put together by friend Phil Chang and Wieden+Kennedy (ad agency for Nike, Target, Levis, etc.). They had amazing gear and accessories (Clae shoes, A Peace Treaty scarves, A-Morir sunglasses and more) and its open to the public ’til Mon. I also got a chance to catch up with DJ Nick Catchdubs at the Fool’s Gold table…he and Atrak have some big moves coming next week, but he also mentioned that our girl Kid Sister is working on a new EP and and album follow-up to UltraViolet.
He knows that I loved the Kid Sister x Gucci Mane “Gucci Rag Top” record….so Nick sent over a dance remix of Kelly Rowland’s monster “Motivation” that combines a juke beat (via Chicago’s DJ Nehpet) and a new Kid Sister verse!
Now if you aren’t familiar with juke music….its like Chicago house music on amphetamines, lol. Super fast, raunchy, and thumping. And juke dancing will either give you a seizure or get you impregnated!
If you don’t know what I mean….watch this:
Dirty dancing on a whole ‘nother level.
Watch the different battle tactics (feet vs butts) on the dance floor in Chicago…
After the jump
Juking has been around for years but now it’s serious business with competitions and professional dance crews and theme songs. Recently the folks at Red Bull’s Bulletin magazine covered Chicago juke group BBU (big up to my old writer pal Soren Baker, and RedBull’s Raymond Roker). Now I know there are tons of specific names for moves, and offshoot dance genres, but I notice that for the guys, juking seems to tend more towards insanely fast footwork. For the gals….they perform magic feats of hip-rolling, butt-bobbing, and squat-thrusting!
Two Chicago juke teams battle: FootWorKingz and FootWork Godz. They even brought stageprops!
Another battle of backbreaking pelvis popping….
This is a little different, apparently there are also “hip-rolling” slow-jam battles. I think these girls are all megadosing Glucosamine for joint flexibility.
Related:
Kid Sister brings J.J.Fad-style boom with Gucci Mane “Gucci Rag Top”, off her new Kiss Kiss Kiss mixtape
New Music: Kelly Rowland feat. Busta Rhymes, Fabolous & Trey Songz “Motivation (Remix)”
Kelly Rowland feat. Lil Wayne “Motivation” Video
Things I Love: Atrak x Armand Van Helden “Barbra Streisand” video (Directed by So-Me)
Dirty Dancing aka Sign #2 that the world is coming to an end: A boy named Spectacular
The Converse Band of Ballers: Hipsters, Rappers, Girls and Trash Talk
June 18th, 2011 at 12:22 am
thats crazy fefe flexibility is insane and they battle lol
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June 18th, 2011 at 1:01 am
…meanwhile… america has literally millions of unfilled jobs requiring math and science degrees…
i know, i know. “shut up”…
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equalizer Reply:
June 18th, 2011 at 2:34 am
yea im glad you know, told yourself to shut the fuck up, thanks
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BxBomber Reply:
June 18th, 2011 at 9:44 am
Are you familiar with the often forgotten, yet oh so common astronomical rate of gang violence in Chicago? As a black male with a professional degree, I totally understand where you are coming from. However, I would much prefer to see these kids dancing than participating or being innocent victims of Cook County’s infamous summers of violence.
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valuesoversecurity Reply:
June 18th, 2011 at 8:46 pm
sounds more like “busy time”…something to occupy the kids time while offering nothing beneficial to their future..(i suspect). this country is reaching a tipping point, hell the world for that matter, maybe dancing is a release but do we really have time for that? the roof is on fire!
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June 18th, 2011 at 1:01 am
kid sister is like techno mixed with r an b , sumthing dif
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June 18th, 2011 at 1:26 am
Aaight im feelin it..???
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June 18th, 2011 at 2:37 am
those girls are fine as hell, the way they move makes my dick extra hard, shit, i feel like fucking now
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June 18th, 2011 at 9:46 am
Call me old school, but the fellas remind me of a young Savion Glover or even Bojangles on Red Bull AND Four Loko!
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Miss Info Reply:
June 18th, 2011 at 10:02 am
LOL!!!! also, kind of like riverdance, but less vertical hopping.
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June 18th, 2011 at 10:10 am
Missinfo u late ass hell! Plus they’re amateurs.
Detroit created techno which hip-hop producers created a sub-genre in The D (think J. Dilla-Plastic Dreams). Dances came along with that fast paced music.
Hit up youtube for ‘Detroit OG’s’. A dance back in the 70′s was created the dance called “the jit”. For a up-to-date version check youtube for ‘Jittin Jesus’ he’s one of the best young cats doin’ it.
Hip-Hop have slept on Detroit for a minute. But Chicago got what they call “jukin”…its like a hood thing Hip-Hop aint ready for…but give Detroit our credit!
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Miss Info Reply:
June 18th, 2011 at 10:37 am
just because I never blogged about it, doesnt mean I didnt know about it. FYI I’ve never blogged about the magical effectiveness of prunes, but i’m definitely familiar.
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We're in the Sahara Yo! Reply:
June 18th, 2011 at 10:59 am
Info u late ass hell. Prunes are for amateurs. Green tea is where it’s at.
China started that shit 4000 years ago. Then Oprah say some shit about green tea and now errbody on it.
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Miss Info Reply:
June 18th, 2011 at 11:01 am
Disagree! Green Tea is soothing and sure it helps your digestion and skin…..but have you ever eaten a stewed prune dessert at a fancy italian restaurant?!?!? Needless to say….don’t plan on partying afterwards without stopping at home first!
AWSOMENESS!!! THANKS Reply:
June 19th, 2011 at 12:28 am
CALM DOWN.lol!!! As black guy, I never knew about these different forms of black culture either. I love footworking!
Infact, I only recently discovered styles such as jukin and turfing this year. And that black people in Chicago and Detroit and Invented House and Techno, this week!
This is how culture is created and we should be proud. Even with poverty or lack of opportunities we always create beautiful things.
In no time it becomes popular and White and Asians etc will be COPYING, IMITATING, RIPPING OFF, WHITEWASHING and STEALING from it as usual. SMH!!!
This time round they should get their BUSINESS GAME UP so they can atleast reap fruits of their Creativity unlike so many in the past!
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AWSOMENESS!!! THANKS Reply:
June 19th, 2011 at 12:36 am
LOL. I have to say, even with being black, I never knew about these different forms of black culture either.
Infact, I only recently discovered styles such as jukin and turfing this year and that black people in Chicago and Detroit. Invented House and Techno, this week!
This is how culture is created and we should be proud. Even with poverty we always create beautiful things.
In no time it becomes popular and White and Asians COPYING, IMITAING, RIPPING OFF, STEALING and even EXLUDING us from us as usual. SMH!!!
This time round they should get their BUSINESS GAME UP so they can atleast reap fruits of their Creativity!
Miss Info Reply:
June 19th, 2011 at 12:54 am
wow….I’m sorry you feel like the many crews of “Whites and Asians”…who devote their lives to training and performing different types of dance that was created by Africans, African-Americans, and others are “stealing” or “ripping off.” I’m sure there are cases where motives aren’t pure, but I think there are easier ways to make a buck than urban dance. Do you think any of those ABDC kids are rich? And it doesn’t seem excluding….it seems like homage.
Everyone could use some business savvy….but it seems to me that dancers (of ALL ethnicities) more often than not, do it for the love.
equalizer Reply:
June 19th, 2011 at 11:06 am
miss info you shouldn’t let evil racial comments like the one from this asshole “awesomeness” on your website, i think you have the best site on the net when it comes to hip hop, and i want to say thank you for loving and holding down this thing we call hip hop, but please keep the evil away from the site lol, delete and block all racist comments, matter fact i really think you should delete the comment from awesomeness, that shit was uncalled for and disrespectful
WTF!!! Reply:
June 24th, 2011 at 7:16 pm
THANK YOU!!!! I SOO AGREE WITH YOU!
WHEN WHITE SINGERS START SINGING R&B/SOUL THEY GET ALL THE PROMOTION AND EVEN CALLED POP BUT WHEN A NIGGA DOES IT THEY GET IGNORED. KINDA LIKE THE BRISH GIRLS NW. THE SAME SHIT HAPPEND WITH ROCK IN THE 60S.
NOW THESE NIGGAS TRYINA SIGNA ANY MOTHERFUCKA THAT CAN RAP AND CLUB SHIT …CHECK OUT FAR EAST MVMENT AND KREASHAWN!!
NIGGA RACISM STILL ALIVE!!! HIP HOP IS DEAD!!!
HI MISS INFO!! Reply:
June 19th, 2011 at 4:37 am
SOWWY!!! I LEFT MY COMMENT BELOW (DIDNT CLICK REPLY)! IM NOT RACIST.
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HI MISS INFO!! Reply:
June 19th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
@EQUALIZER!
I said I’m not a racist. Please dont call me tthat. I was just stating facts.
I’m a big fan of Missinfo, I read her blog daily!
Plus, she’s fine as hell. If only she was in London *sigh*.
Being “pro-black” doesnt mean you are “con-non-blacks”. I elaborated on what I meant in a comment below!
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June 18th, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Sorry to bust the Chi town bubble, but this looks like dancing I have seen down here in Florida for years and what I saw in Africa for centuries…dances just repeat themselves… Geico voice “Is Chicago Juking a re-do of other earlier dances? Do you live under a rock?!”
But those dancers are putting in work in the paint Rodman style!
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June 18th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Um Chicago house? Um, that’s nothing like house music at all, let alone Chicago house. That’s like crumping and daggering-based freestyles or something. Everybody’s doing all of this Ginuwine and Usher and Chris Brown esque pop and locking isht. Can we stop being so derivative of Michael Jackson already and come up with some new dance styles?
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no.1 Reply:
June 19th, 2011 at 3:18 am
I’m going to call like it is, Just
more A22 shaking.First person was right, too much going on these days for b.s., but if your handling your biz, then go ahead and shake your butt like a hoe on the weekends.lol
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June 19th, 2011 at 2:10 am
I’m sorry if my message offended you. I’ve only recently been studying these things due to a clash of YOUTUBE boredom and WIKIPEDIA curiosity. Its just my opinion.
1)”Black Culture is popular. Black people are not”
Historically, with countless musical styles from Ragtime to Rock and countless dance styles from the Lindy hop to Breakdancing, it always happens. Its usually goes along the lines of Disregard, acceptance, imitation, commercialization, exclusion.
2)You would be suprised how much money can be made through television and live dance shows, dance competitions,plays, dance films (from old hollywood to Step up 3D), merchendising, sponsorship, dance classes and studios etc.
3)Even though people are not LEGALLY excluded doesnt mean it doesnt happen. In the past blacks had song credits stolen, paid less, had whites get famous of covering their songs, banned from performing in venues and had whole genres renamed (ROCK n ROLL) just so it wasnt associated with them. They were excluded from dance halls,movie roles and broadway shows were those very dances were created and less qualified dancers had copied from.
4)Today, countless great black performers are overlooked and under-promoted on radio, television, shows,movies, etc by one or two equally good or inferior white or asian performers who can simply imitate being black culture best in music (Adele, Amy Winehouse, Justin Bieber, Jessi J, Backstreetboys, NSYNC, NKOTB and countless more), in dance (“Step up” movies, ABDC, tv spots,commercials, disney shows etc) just to put a non-black face on it. Most recently, the spoof-like, ghetto-imitaton, Kreayshawn, gets signed. *throws hands up in the air*
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June 19th, 2011 at 2:28 am
5)Many Black-Americans have become ENTERTAINERS due to lack of access to other Opportunities. Entertainment is one of the most accessible “clean/legal” proffessions to train in and it isnt simply “For the Love”. Its the ONLY option for many.
#NORACIAL All I meant was Now that good Education is available freely for blacks and racism dying, they have no excuse. They should get “business savvy” on and fianance and promote their work to the masses, and gain from it unlike many who came before them whole died Peniless.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ON YOUR BLOG. I LAAAV IT
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June 19th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
IM Glad Miss Info Took The Time To Put Chicago Juke Music On HEr Website.Chi-Town Stand Up!!! Thanks Miss Info!!! DJPiezo
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June 20th, 2011 at 8:08 pm
In Chicago we have many forms of Music When i was Spinning at that time “Geto House” it had Evolved into “Juke” in the 90′s. FootWorking & all these Dances have been in Chicago since the early 80s. Detroit is Diffrent thier Dance is Called “JIT” 2 different styles. Music: Chicago Westside (JUKE aka GETOHOUSE a Splash of Tracks & Disco) The SouthSide Always Embraced DISCO.So for those trying to Knock where this came from all our Black Asses are originally from AFRICA. Now BEAT that DRUM.
peace ScrapDirty @ViolatorDJs
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June 20th, 2011 at 11:04 pm
The footworking is cool AF. The rest is just regular twerking/ass shaking.
This would be so cool if it catches on. Its like african dance updated. I can see myself working up a sweat to this!!
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say what? Reply:
June 20th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
The footworking is cool AF. The rest is just regular twerking/ass shaking.
This would be so cool if it catches on. Its like african dance updated. I can see myself working up a sweat to this!!
And @awsomness/hey.missinfo nigga…I kinda agree witchu on some points. these niggas need to hustle theyre talent as well. But “hip hop” is global and moved outta the hood aand thats
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June 29th, 2011 at 10:13 am
black people white people and green people can make beats
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