serious question: when and where did house music stop being cool amongst black Americans?

[Abstract83]

Cant forget about Baltimore.
I used to pick up them DJ Rod Lee mixtapes from Club Kings when I used to get visit there from 2008-2011. And pick up some Baltimore club 12"s too. I still fukk with Bmore/Jersey/Philly club heavy.

Word up breh. Yup jersey has always held down the house seen. Damn near grew up on it. But my girl is the one that introduced me to the underground house seen.

 

[feelosofer]

It's still pretty big amongst the 35+ crowd in Jersey but basically by the late 90's European dudes took it sped it up and it basically became an artform ruled by whites to the extent where even Black DJ's were getting blackballed.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Has House/Techno EVER been that big amongst black ppl outside of Detroit and Chicago ?

I fukk with it but I'm from the D.I've always assumed that House/Techno/Juke/Jit was always some regional Detroit/Chicago shyt while every other nikka from different regions went the hip hop route.

Chicago and detroit are legendary but a lot of black cities had thier own brand of black dance music in the 90s. Every nikka in bmore above 30 fukks with bmore club heavy.

Same with dc cats and their gogo, and new jersey was doing their thing too.

 

[ridedolo]

Think it's a generation thing my older cousin used to always play house but she's in her early 40s now

 

[Unknown Poster]

Has House/Techno EVER been that big amongst black ppl outside of Detroit and Chicago ?

I fukk with it but I'm from the D.I've always assumed that House/Techno/Juke/Jit was always some regional Detroit/Chicago shyt while every other nikka from different regions went the hip hop route.

The whole juke/jit regional thing is crazy
Both 160bpm
But chi doesnt fukk with jit
And detroit doesnt fukk with juke.

The name jit comes from the clubs in Detroit
They would have signs on the clubs back in the day that said "no jits allowed".
Basically meant "no hood nikkas".
And jit is pretty much sped up techno mixed with ghetto house.

 

[FSP]

I love Chicago house. I'm bout to start making it. We need to make a comeback these cacs ain't doing it right since Giorgio

 

[Unknown Poster]

Chicago and detroit are legendary but a lot of black cities had thier own brand of black dance music in the 90s. Every nikka on bmore above 30 fukks with bmore club heavy.

Same with dc cats and their gogo, and new jersey was doing their thing too.

This!!!!

 

[philmonroe]

Was it in the 90s?
Was it in the 00s?
Let me put this is context.
I got into house music when I was 5 in 1990 from the TMNT original motion picture soundtrack.

The period between 88-92 was emphasized by new jack swing, the running man, the afrocentricity movement, african medallions, ankh necklaces, dashikis, jordans, black bart simpson t shirts, R&B/UK Soul, cross colours, shows like A Different World, Fresh Prince, Family Matters, and The Cosby Show being on the air, HBCUs were being represented and more black people were going to college.

Then something happened.

I dont know if it was the gangsta rap movement that made house too "unmascline" and "too gay" for black men to fukk with....
Or if it was the fact house & techno were still very regional in NYC, NJ, Chicago, Detroit back then.
Or that before the internet we didnt even know what mosr of those producers who's records were selling overseas looked like.
Somehow the blackness got removed.

I'm going to keep it real with you fam you be starting some wild thesis threads. We aren't a monolith. Some listen some don't and its as simple as that. Personally I do like it (I like different genres anyway) but I have friends that never listened and some that used to listen now they don't. Things change and sometimes that's just not the type of music folks are into. On something like this to each his own

 

[Unknown Poster]

I love Chicago house. I'm bout to start making it. We need to make a comeback these cacs ain't doing it right since Giorgio

Chicago house is my lifeblood man!
Larry Heard especially.

 

[TEH]

One reason


C & C Music Factory

 

[Unknown Poster]

I'm going to keep it real with you fam you be starting some wild thesis threads. We aren't a monolith. Some listen some don't and its as simple as that. Personally I do like it (I like different genres anyway) but I have friends that never listened and some that used to listen now they don't. Things change and sometimes that's just not the type of music folks are into. On something like this to each his own

Philly has always had its own unique culture with house and electronic music.

Lol. I feel ya though. Its not for everyone.

 

[FSP]

Chicago house is my lifeblood man!
Larry Heard especially.

It still holds up. Other than the recording techniques chicago house could still be relevant today. Its special

 

[BigMan]

Chicago and detroit are legendary but a lot of black cities had thier own brand of black dance music in the 90s. Every nikka in bmore above 30 fukks with bmore club heavy.

Same with dc cats and their gogo, and new jersey was doing their thing too.

Yup every city has their own subgenres of black music IMO

 

[Larry Lambo]

Damn I'm getting school.

Do anyone know the earliest house song???

This wasn't the first house song but one of most popular joints in the initial phases.

 

[Rozay Oro]

True, but isn't that a derivative of house music anyway, or am I off?

@Sagat shyt you know breh?
He called secrets by the weeknd, house. I think it's synthpop, but i have no problem admitting to be wrong