This is a follow up to my piece on Latin Freestyle, which has not had a proper comeback or resurgence & I think that it’s a genre whose influence is ripe for the picking.
Growing up in the Chicago radio market there was another style of music that was popular on commercial FM radio right next to Michael Jackson, and that was Chicago House Music, and more specifically (for this piece), Hip House.
Hip House combined the uptempo bass thump of House Music combined with Hip Hop rhymes and influences, and sometimes breaks alongside 4/4 house rhythms.
It never occurred to me that these records weren’t playing nationally. They played in a few urban markets, and I think I vaguely knew it was also popping in the UK.
In fact the UK really are the ones who embraced the Chicago House sound and who brought our Chicago artists over and treated them like rock stars on Top Of The Pops, while they sometimes toiled away in semi-obscurity at home.
I’ll include some universally agreed upon all timers of the genre, but also some cuts you might not see on every other list.
I’m also going to include recent examples of Hip House, because unlike Freestyle, House and Hip House have resurfaced.
Tyree Cooper featuring Kool Rock Steady – Turn Up The Bass
Turn Up The Bass on Top Of The Pops
Fast Eddie ft. Sundance – Git On Up (DJ International Records 1989)
Git On Up (Video)
Fast Eddie – Get You Some More (Tyree Cooper Mix)
Trilogy – Love Me Forever Or Love Me Not
Musto & Bones – Dangerous On The Dancefloor
Dangerous On The Dancefloor on New Dance Show
Tommy Musto and Frankie Bones Interview in Dance International Video Magazine
Queen Latifah – Come Into My House (Julian ‘Jumpin’ Perez” Mix)
Twin Hype feat DJ King Shameek – Do It To The Crowd
Wee Papa Girls – Heat It Up on Top Of The Pops
Heat It Up on New Dance Show
Mellow Man Ace – Welcome To My Groove
Jungle Brothers – I’ll House You
Maurice – This Is Acid
Doja Cat – Games
Vic Mensa – Down On My Luck
Megan Thee Stallion – Her
Missy Elliot featuring Eve – 4 My People
Fast Eddie – Yo Yo Get Funky
Yo Yo Get Funky on New Dance Show
Monie Love – Down To Earth featured on a UK program called Dance Energy, it’s the first performance.
