V/a / Ghettoteknitianz

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The Ghettoteknitianz are a formidable clique of footwork DJs who count Rashad and Spinn among their members, as well as veterans such as Traxman, Gant-Man and younger producers like DJ Manny and DJ Earl. This incredible EP runs the gamut of styles, demonstrating footwork’s connections to house music’s past while pushing things forward in a way that hasn’t been done on a footwork release before. DJ Rashad and Gant-Man start by taking things right back on their amazing track “Heaven Sent,” inspired by P-funk’s synth flares and funky worm energy. DJ Earl’s classic bittersweet house strings and synth trumpet fanfare feature prominently on “Enlightenment.” Check the reversed acid line and hectic feel on DJ Spinn’s “Don’t Shoot,” which rides over a tough soca beat, or Rashad and Manny’s superb redefinition of their house, using Chuck Robert’s legendary speech from “My House.” Traxman echoes the juke period on the sparse “We Are Da Best” with its boastful, repeated rhyme over snapping, syncopated drums and swirling fretless bass. DJ Manny finishes the EP with the straight-ahead weed anthem of “All I Do Is (Smoke Trees)” with tight drums wrapped around repeated vocals and half-speed jazz fusion.

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