The Crack Capone, by DJ Roc

The Crack Capone

by DJ Roc

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1.	One Blood 02:47	buy track
2.	Let's Get It Started 03:25	buy track
3.	They Can't Fuck Wit Me 02:13	buy track
4.	Phantom Call 02:13	buy track
5.	King Of The Circle 03:00	buy track
6.	I Make Her Say 02:13	buy track
7.	I Can't Control The Feeling 03:00	buy track
8.	Fuck Dat 02:12	buy track
9.	Make Crack Like Dis 03:27	buy track
10.	Take His Ass Out 02:36	buy track
11.	DJ Roc Symphony 02:24	buy track
12.	Lost Without U 02:24	buy track
13.	Girl Wen U Dance 03:00	buy track
14.	Ball Em Up 03:01	buy track
15.	I Don't Like The Look Of It 03:12	buy track
16.	Get Buck Jones 02:13	buy track
17.	Gun Smoke 02:36	buy track
18.	Kill Da Bitch 03:06	buy track
19.	Shot Down 03:37	buy track
20.	Break It Down 03:40	buy track

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DJ Roc, known to his mother as Clarence Johnson, was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago better known as the low end.

The crack in ‘Crack Capone’ refers to his style of production. Like an underground chemist, DJ Roc produces variant strains of Chicago Juke music, the ‘crack’ referring to the synapse snapping, potentially ankle cracking manipulation of rhythms and the sampling, hijacking and ultra-rhythmic micro-editing of black American pop’s dominant forms into a style that’s been developed and tested on the streets of Chicago.

One of the most popular and respected DJ’s on the Chicago Juke scene, DJ Roc grew up listening to house music and was inspired to make people dance, especially in the up and coming footwork scene. In 2001 he started to produce Juke via an introduction to the production programme fruityloops by his friend DJ Darkchild. Around 2004 he became more confident with his track making and became very popular in his local area by throwing parties, playing his own tracks and making personal tracks for people to footwork to. From this he co-formed a group of DJs and party promoters called ‘Bosses of the Circle’ and built up his fanbase, garnering interest from the likes of Chicago Juke legend DJ Slugo who helped him make his first mix cds. This first CD grew into 3 volumes of the 'Juke City' mix albums and got support from the various footwork cliques in the city and attention for his production nationally and internationally.

Over the course of the album’s 20 tracks, DJ Roc shows off his brilliant high-speed sparse manipulations of rhythm, space and sound; as in the dancehall influenced tracks such as opener ‘One Blood’ or 'Kill Da Bitch' to tracks which mix a heavy techno influence like ‘Make Crack Like Dis‘ or mix it with Hip hop samples like ‘King Of The Circle. Then there are tracks that mix smooth soul with double-speed like ‘I Can’t Control The Feeling’, to tracks which have more of a classic Juke feel like ‘ Get Buck Jones’ and ‘DJ Roc Symphony’. The album is full of brilliant production and original ideas.

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released October 18, 2010

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The crack in ‘Crack Capone’ refers to his style of production. Like an underground chemist, DJ Roc produces variant strains of Chicago Juke music, the ‘crack’ referring to the synapse snapping, potentially ankle cracking manipulation of rhythms and the sampling, hijacking and ultra-rhythmic micro-editing of black American pop’s dominant forms into a style that’s been developed. ... more

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