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.
We Can Make It
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Anemoi I've been taking time off, Slacking in my mind Falling throu…
B.O.P. We can't make it baby We can't last another year We can't…
Black Stalin WE COULD MAKE IT IF WE TRY By Black Stalin So the…
Boston I would do anything, anything a man can do You're my…
Code Red AAAW I know we can make it I know we can make…
Evans & Fisher Why can't we make it through after all these years…
F.E.N. Oh, oh Whoa, whoa Shordy wanna fall in love But we're friend…
George Jones We can make it The world is rough But we can take…
H.Y.R.A [Intro: Angie Martinez (N.O.R.E. in background)] Yea, ok... …
JM-N [Intro: Angie Martinez (N.O.R.E. in background)] Yea, ok... …
Lil Romeo We can make it right for us We can make it…
Lobo Well I have known you A long long time you You have…
M.O.B.Stars Started out today in the usual way. Then I saw…
Mike feat. Lorraine Life is changing real fast but we gone make it Don't…
Nancy Sinatra You are my baby, I am your lady I needed to…
Nick Kamen Yesterday was like any other day My work is so gruelling M…
Orient Pearl Marami ang sa iyo′y nanggigipit Dahil marami nang taong kina…
Peters & Lee Boy I know that something ain't right Between me and…
Ray Charles 6/8 1/3 5/4 number four |1/5 | 6- |2 | Girl, I'm so…
Romeos We can make it right for us We can make it…
Roulette Rolling down the highway We just leave it all behind We are…
Sheree Brown Love me for who I am Don't have to understand…
Sound of Su Can you feel the pain I know you feel the same Please…
T.J. Johnson Band I know the Lord, will make a way He will make…
The Marble Index It's been a long week And I'm losing my mind Cause I…
The Originals (Oh baby) haven't got much to give (Hey babe) and don't…
The Pierces When we were young, love was an ocean Now that we've…
Wadz I want the world to be happy Let all these people…
Witt Lowry I know we can make it only if we try…
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