Planet Mu’s current mission, it seems, is to provide Chicago’s underground juke and footwork scene with properly distributed physical releases. And good on them.
An evolution of the city’s ghetto house and booty house sound, juke is fast (usually 150-160bpm) with stripped back drum machine beats, hip-hop and R’n’B samples looped and chopped up, and plenty of explicit lyrics. Both DJ Nate and DJ Rashad, key artists of the scene, have signed deals with Mu, and the former will release his full-length this October.
Titled Da Trak Genious [sic], it features 25 DJ Nate cuts, one of which, ‘Hatas Our Motivation’ already features on the six-track Hatas Our Motivation EP, also on Mu. Given the fact that that EP’s ‘See Into My Eyes’ featured a heliumed-up Evanescence sample, we’re eager to see what album cuts ‘Turn Back Time’ and ‘Sexual Healing’ have in store. You can hear full album samples here.
Tracklist:
1. Back Up Kid
2. U Aint Workin Wit Nuthin
3. Footwurk Homicide
4. Turn Back Time
5. Hatas Our Motivation
6. Call Me When You’re Sober
7. My Heart
8. You’re Gonna Luv Me
9. It’s Impossible
10. Below Zero
11. Fade Da Black Trak
12. Halloween Wurks
13. Ga Ga Lord R.I.P.
14. 3 Peat
15. Let Me Show U Girl
16. May Be Sum Day
17. Go Hard
18. A+ Mayhem
19. Let Da Beat Build
20. Sexual Healing
21. He Ain’t Bout It
22. Free
23. Lil Mama Bad as Hell
24. Give Dat Man Room
25. Poetry
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