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Bok Bok, I love the shit outta you man! Muwahahahahahaha. I know you probably weren't even talkin to me, but at least you got a chance to see that we actually love the fuck outta the girl unit track. In reality, I don't think anyone on here is worried about nightslugs or headhunter doing anything with the tracks, I think we're all just worried about suburban kids from Connecticut hearing it, being inspired, and turning juke into the next wah-wah sounding bulshit that, and having 5 weak as fuck hollertronix records off of it. I know you work with Mad Decent, so you can't comment on my Hollertronix comment, but I don't! DIPLO IS WEAK AS FUCK, AND DESTROYS EVERY GENRE OF MUSIC!!!!! In reality, we consider Night Slugs our fuckin UK Brothers from ugly mothers, muwahahaha. I can clearly hear the Girl Unit track, and say I'm fuckin blown away as to what you guys were able to do with certain principles of our genre. I even tell you this shit in my e-mails son!
Now all the peanut butter jelly lovin I have for Bok Bok aside, here's the main problems with talkin about juke and footwork, and trying to claim they are different, or the same.
Since the early days of ghetto house, DJ PJ, DJ Deeon, DJ Slugo, etc, there have been footworkers. Footwork groups such as the House-O-Matics, U Phi U, Gutter Thugs, and Wolf Pac have about 20 tracks to their names by every artist I just listed above. Footworking as a dance has existed as long as women were scrubbin the ground to this music. The music itself just got faster, more bass heavy, more reliant on the crazy ass tom patterns, and became a bit simpler.
Now the problem with saying that they are two different genres of music is simply the fact that besides the differences in their snare and kick patterns, they often times sample, pattern, and even use the instruments the same way. Whenever there's a new style of doing tracks in say, the "juke genre", you'll hear the exact same things happenin in the "footwork genre". Additionally, there are still a shitload of juke tracks that you would classify as juke that people footwork too all the time. Clent is a master of having tracks that can be used for both jukin, and footworkin parties.
here's an example:
When most people think of juke, they think of claps on the 2 and 4, simple tom lines, and hilarious hooks. Basically, tracks that either speak the idea to shake that ass, party your ass off, and don't give a fuck. Really, the tracks often times have the attitude of, "FUCK THE WORLD! I'M SHAKIN MY DICK IN THE AIRRRRR! IT'S PARTY TIME!!!" "Traditional" juke is nothing more than just sped up booty house, except a wee bit more ghetto. Here's some classic juke tracks:
Now, what most of you, from what I have seen on this page, have been commenting on are footwork tracks. These are the ones that have crazy ass sample patterns, often times only use claps, kicks, or snares on just the 4th beat, and are often more spacey. I will admit that the tracks sound completely different when I first heard them. However, once you go into the production of the tracks, and hang around the dancers, producers, and the parties for damn near 9 months, you'll start seein these things as the same. I say 9 months because that's how long it's taken me to realize the similarities between the tracks...and to this day, I'm still understanding more and more of this music! Believe me, I'm not an expert, I'm just probably the foremost expert outside of the black community, haha.
But really, the way they cut up the music, the use of the toms, and the patterns of their tracks are often are interchangeable, simply because the people who make juke tracks are the same people who make footwork tracks. They often times interchange what they use in either genre, and make music.
This is in not me saying that the two are exclusive, or saying that they're the same. This is me posing the arguments on both sides of the fence.
I would probably claim that lilg has the closest correct answer. However, there are numerous times when the difference between a song being footwork, and being a juke track is simply the atmosphere you're in.
oh yeah, and to clarify, footwork is a dance, but can also be used to refer to the music played at footwork parties, hence footwork tracks.
PEACE OUT PEOPLE!
