I think there are large differences in the sets/styles i've heard between the two leading exponents of ghetto bass.
dj assault may not have the hip hop styled skills of godfather - ie he doesn't double and scratch as much but listen to some of his sets and the genres that he covers are amazing. i've heard him play old italian stuff like kano, mixed in with poison clan/2live crew, old disco (albeit on 45), old hard to find house like zigzag and jesse saunders, old freestyle and electro (eg newcleus), r&b and old rave tracks alongside daft punk etc. it takes balls to play like this - it's a real history lesson, and many people fail to look and listen past the superficial 'ass and titties' and don't realise what they're listening to to my mind ghetto tech is not so much a new genre - as a new way of playing old genres. many music journalists with short term memory loss seem to forget this. the sets i've heard from godfather are not as broad when it comes to genres covered but his skills are amazing. he works extremely hard and usually doesn't let 4 bars pass without a trick of some kind. he does tend to stick more within the electro/booty selection, rather the reaching into other styles. either way - dj skills involving scratching, working doubles and hotmixes are essential to the sound - it's not ghetto if you can't do these things. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
