For an international audience reawakening to the influence of Chicago house… Read Full Bio ↴For an international audience reawakening to the influence of Chicago house during the 1990s, Curtis A. Jones acted as quite a renaissance leader. Besides donning his straightahead house guise Cajmere and a flamboyant, neon-haired acid-house alter-ego named Green Velvet for several of the most memorable underground house tracks of the decade (including "Preacher Man," "Answering Machine" "Brighter Days" and "Flash"), Jones helmed the two most respected labels in the new school of Chicago house, Cajual and Relief. Though artist-owned labels had become the norm in Detroit, Chicago occurrences were frustratingly rare, despite the fact that the two major house imprints of the 1980s, Trax and DJ International, had continually bilked their artists out of money. Cajmere went a long way towards rectifying that situation, releasing records by a diverse cast of producers old and new: DJ Sneak, Glenn Underground, Paul Johnson, Gemini, Tim Harper and Boo Williams, among others.
The Chicago native began clubbing and buying records while studying at the University of Illinois. He later graduated with a degree in chemical engineering (and even attended several years of grad school at UC-Berkeley), but then returned to his hometown in 1991 with a drive to begin recording and DJing around the area. His first track "Coffee Pot (It's Time for the Percolator)" was released in 1992 as Cajmere on Clubhouse Records. That same year, Cajmere worked on production for "Get With U" by Lidell Townsell, then hooked up with another Chicago vocalist, Dajae. After the pair recorded a breakout single named "Brighter Days," Cajmere decided to form his own Cajual Records to release it. "Brighter Days" ascended to the number two position on the dance charts and became an international smash; it was the perfect remedy to Chicago's quickly deteriorating fortunes, a track which looked back to the '80s boom years but updated the sound with heavier beats, low-end synth and up-to-date programming.
Subsequent Dajae/Cajual collaborations like "U Got Me Up" and "Day by Day" followed, and Cajmere eventually set up his Relief label in 1994. After deciding that the house scene needed a bit more showmanship, he created the alias Green Velvet for live gigs and DJ events. A kind of digital-age Bootsy Collins with impeccable fashion sense, Green Velvet hit the club charts with a trio of anthems from 1995 to 1997: "Flash," "The Stalker" and "Answering Machine." While no full-length appeared from either Cajmere or Green Velvet during those years, Cajual/Relief compilations like The Many Shades of Cajual, A Taste of Cajual and Relief: The Future Sound of Chicago collected all of his best productions.
The Chicago native began clubbing and buying records while studying at the University of Illinois. He later graduated with a degree in chemical engineering (and even attended several years of grad school at UC-Berkeley), but then returned to his hometown in 1991 with a drive to begin recording and DJing around the area. His first track "Coffee Pot (It's Time for the Percolator)" was released in 1992 as Cajmere on Clubhouse Records. That same year, Cajmere worked on production for "Get With U" by Lidell Townsell, then hooked up with another Chicago vocalist, Dajae. After the pair recorded a breakout single named "Brighter Days," Cajmere decided to form his own Cajual Records to release it. "Brighter Days" ascended to the number two position on the dance charts and became an international smash; it was the perfect remedy to Chicago's quickly deteriorating fortunes, a track which looked back to the '80s boom years but updated the sound with heavier beats, low-end synth and up-to-date programming.
Subsequent Dajae/Cajual collaborations like "U Got Me Up" and "Day by Day" followed, and Cajmere eventually set up his Relief label in 1994. After deciding that the house scene needed a bit more showmanship, he created the alias Green Velvet for live gigs and DJ events. A kind of digital-age Bootsy Collins with impeccable fashion sense, Green Velvet hit the club charts with a trio of anthems from 1995 to 1997: "Flash," "The Stalker" and "Answering Machine." While no full-length appeared from either Cajmere or Green Velvet during those years, Cajual/Relief compilations like The Many Shades of Cajual, A Taste of Cajual and Relief: The Future Sound of Chicago collected all of his best productions.
Chit Chat
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A$AP Rocky & French Montana Let's have a chit chat Dramatic, nigga (D-D-Dramatic) Life …
Alma You're wearing all the coolest brands You've got diamonds in…
Beach Weather Give me (...) 'cause I'm dying to (...) your lips Always I'm…
Beach Weather - Topic Hey there drama, are you into karma? 'Cause I'm dying to…
D&P тут всё наоборот ka seven fourty будто в аниме я захавал…
French Montana Let's have a chit chat Dramatic, nigga (D-D-Dramatic) Life …
Hannah Georgas What's it like for you On your own,what do you do Do…
HannahGeorgas What's it like for you On your own,what do you do Do…
Keron Thought you were coming right at me now It was just…
Mad Clip Fly Lo Gang You know What it is When we say we…
Mattela Better close your mouth, Cause you won’t get that lick…
Mr.K I ain't here for the chit chat Slide on a bitch Like…
Pi'erre Bourne & TM88 Pi'erre Balmain, Balmain Haha, all this chit chat, all this …
SahBabii CashMoneyAP Ho we the chit chat Mothafucka we the chit chat …
SKAMP Tu turi drąsos kalbėt apie mane Man už nugaros aš žinau…
Susu & Luxopolis Una bossa nova con ligeros toques electrónicos, con una deli…
T.M.G Spook Told my dawg yes we can We was on the road…
TM88 Pi'erre Balmain, Balmain Haha, all this chit chat, all this …
Token Red (Oh my God, Ronny) Sit on the couch, ho Pimp shit, intr…
Tranell Me not into this chit-chat, me no entertain it Do it…
Wowie Shawty wanna come over Yea I'm with that Gotta be with the…
Yaminah I ain't with the small talk Nigga you can get…
ʙᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴡᴇᴀᴛʜᴇʀ Hey there drama, are you into karma? 'Cause I'm dying to…
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