Genre of house and dance music
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Scottie Barnes .
Baltimore club Other names Bmore club Bmore house Bmore Stylistic origins Cultural origins Early 1990s, Baltimore , Maryland , United States Derivative forms
Baltimore Club , also called B'more Club , B'more House or simply B'more , is a music genre that fuses breakbeat and house . It was created in Baltimore, Maryland in the early to late 1990s by 2 Live Crew 's Luther Campbell , Frank Ski , and DJ K-Swift , among others.[1]
Baltimore club is based on an 8/4 beat structure, and includes tempos around 130 beats per minute.[2] [3] trap , bounce , ghetto house and ghettotech and is a sample-based form of breakbeat . Samples used include theme songs from shows like Sanford and Son SpongeBob SquarePants Elmo's World [3] call and response stanzas[4] go-go music of Washington, D.C. The most prominent breakbeats sampled include "Sing Sing " by disco band "Gaz"[5] [6] Think (About It) " by Lyn Collins .[7] [6]
^ Deveraux, Andrew (December 2007). "What You Know About Down the Hill?": Baltimore Club Music, Subgenre Crossover, and the New Subcultural Capital of Race and Space". Journal of Popular Music Studies . 19 (4): 311–341. doi :10.1111/j.1533-1598.2007.00131.x . ^ Reid, Shaheem; Paco, Matt (2007). "Young Leek & the Baltimore Scene" . MTV Networks . Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-19 . ^ a b Bernard, Patrick (2006-07-03). "Scottie B and Baltimore Club" . The Wire . Archived from the original on 2008-01-12. Retrieved 2008-01-19 . ^ Hiaasen, Rob (21 August 2005). "Breaking Out" . baltimoresun.com . Retrieved 2021-01-09 . ^ Host, Vivian (September 7, 2014). "Sing Sing: A Loop History" . Red Bull Music Academy . Retrieved April 13, 2015 . ^ a b Embert, Casey (21 June 2016). "We Made All This Shit! The history of Unruly Records, which just celebrated 20 years, tells the history of Baltimore club music" . Baltimore City Paper . The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 8 January 2021 . ^ Shipley, Al (2006-01-19). "The Best Of Both Worlds" . Baltimore City Paper . Retrieved 2008-01-19 . 
