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Detroit Ghettotech

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 – running time 06:13
XLR8R TV's Vivian Host goes backstage at Detroit's Movement Festival to discuss the finer points of down-and-dirty booty bass beats with the 313's ghettotech hero, DJ Godfather. Along the way, she gets a ghettotech primer and learns the difference between the Detroit jit and the Chicago juke dances from some of those cities' hypest DJs.

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XLR8R Magazine

DJ Godfather

Databass Records

Highlights
electronic music ( 0:32, 0:32 ) acoustic guitar ( 2:35, 2:35 ) electrifying ( 2:11, 2:11 ) Elizabeth smart ( 3:51, 3:51 ) electronic music ( 0:32, 0:32 ) acoustic guitar ( 2:35, 2:35 ) electrifying ( 2:11, 2:11 ) Elizabeth smart ( 3:51, 3:51 )

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" Yeah."

" Hi my name is Vivian -- from accelerator and I'm standing here with Brian -- father and it's great president. My name yes I'm paid to know these -- We're standing here at Detroit movement festival and here -- electronic music festival that happens every year in Detroit if somebody didn't know like what what I'm just gonna have very basic things that you need to have."

" The beats the -- really really really broad enough and polished. What a lot of people get too is that is that they think to get a tech record is just talk about sex when they don't and don't. Now nodded off and actually. I got it twisted. You got to solicit. Get a second more like it cause this is the weight -- to know where the only the edges that can do battled thick that on the -- permit. You know when a lot of needed to do the tricks we do they do tonight from they DMC battle between them but that so. Well you know we're -- it twice the speed. Does not listen you like the joy because we got our own attitude. I don't know understand a lot of people that don't have the same attitude is I mean. And we got to own attitude and that's been -- day and that -- grimy and ask me that's my personality."

" Even before house and -- like the wizard Jeff mills and electrifying mode so you know these guys were taken any record they're mixed in techno that brings -- where where a new wave records that. But everything you know Detroit has this. There's laws the record follow that a certain elements you know you can put anything in this that you know when a lot of other cities and a lot of the DJ is you know. If your house the needle place I didn't do only stick to house more acoustic guitar and bass and I'll see you it's -- we mixed it off. And the thing is the way we produce our records do it here. And the records did you hear elements from different these views together. -- legal and political. And intentionally. Yeah. Yeah on the case I've put you represented got to take this is great Chicago and that we do -- music house -- you attracts national database records. And -- There was just Chicago go to -- database right. And I'm here."

" the video -- an event legendary good could be ailment revenue and some of the week of record -- you you know it."

" Okay Chicago. And god that's and you. Right and it did right -- martz now related right."

" It's even more big movement and -- is more like a full work. Like -- dad passed them to."

" Let's look at that much more -- but the bad -- it. You'd be surprised how much of that you have to -- I didn't Elizabeth smart and so Marlins it is more elaborate more. The folks that thing is the SS is that with the engine and duke and we're from Detroit. I'll never -- with -- and several Chicago down their -- But. So does Ali come over the song does -- did and -- that rhymes it. Initially I did. I Egypt next. -- sometimes think about an attack like evening but it's really light. -- Because when people see me DJ did they think. This is mean that's my own style and size. I'm one out of you know that the other guys -- I mean is this -- better than me you know that that would add in has been around."

" Forever yeah."

" You music whether it's in Detroit Chicago overseas Monday France Europe everything it's -- regardless everywhere you go. And right now it's like you know this is was taken over this is new to people overseas. Everybody out there have been new to this I mean but no one is two years and over there it's new for the games. And we put them all you know basically it was a new house music that's -- That's you know like a fast -- forty house music. Like the new Everett 2007 through house which would say probably out of Baghdad overtaken the level. You know let -- in almost Williams who knows a little. --"

" Yeah."

" Hi my name is Vivian -- from accelerator and I'm standing here with Brian -- father and it's great president. My name yes I'm paid to know these -- We're standing here at Detroit movement festival and here -- electronic music festival that happens every year in Detroit if somebody didn't know like what what I'm just gonna have very basic things that you need to have."

" The beats the -- really really really broad enough and polished. What a lot of people get too is that is that they think to get a tech record is just talk about sex when they don't and don't. Now nodded off and actually. I got it twisted. You got to solicit. Get a second more like it cause this is the weight -- to know where the only the edges that can do battled thick that on the -- permit. You know when a lot of needed to do the tricks we do they do tonight from they DMC battle between them but that so. Well you know we're -- it twice the speed. Does not listen you like the joy because we got our own attitude. I don't know understand a lot of people that don't have the same attitude is I mean. And we got to own attitude and that's been -- day and that -- grimy and ask me that's my personality."

" Even before house and -- like the wizard Jeff mills and electrifying mode so you know these guys were taken any record they're mixed in techno that brings -- where where a new wave records that. But everything you know Detroit has this. There's laws the record follow that a certain elements you know you can put anything in this that you know when a lot of other cities and a lot of the DJ is you know. If your house the needle place I didn't do only stick to house more acoustic guitar and bass and I'll see you it's -- we mixed it off. And the thing is the way we produce our records do it here. And the records did you hear elements from different these views together. -- legal and political. And intentionally. Yeah. Yeah on the case I've put you represented got to take this is great Chicago and that we do -- music house -- you attracts national database records. And -- There was just Chicago go to -- database right. And I'm here."

" the video -- an event legendary good could be ailment revenue and some of the week of record -- you you know it."

" Okay Chicago. And god that's and you. Right and it did right -- martz now related right."

" It's even more big movement and -- is more like a full work. Like -- dad passed them to."

" Let's look at that much more -- but the bad -- it. You'd be surprised how much of that you have to -- I didn't Elizabeth smart and so Marlins it is more elaborate more. The folks that thing is the SS is that with the engine and duke and we're from Detroit. I'll never -- with -- and several Chicago down their -- But. So does Ali come over the song does -- did and -- that rhymes it. Initially I did. I Egypt next. -- sometimes think about an attack like evening but it's really light. -- Because when people see me DJ did they think. This is mean that's my own style and size. I'm one out of you know that the other guys -- I mean is this -- better than me you know that that would add in has been around."

" Forever yeah."

" You music whether it's in Detroit Chicago overseas Monday France Europe everything it's -- regardless everywhere you go. And right now it's like you know this is was taken over this is new to people overseas. Everybody out there have been new to this I mean but no one is two years and over there it's new for the games. And we put them all you know basically it was a new house music that's -- That's you know like a fast -- forty house music. Like the new Everett 2007 through house which would say probably out of Baghdad overtaken the level. You know let -- in almost Williams who knows a little. --"