Work That Mutha Fucker Explained

Work That Mutha Fucker
Type:ep
Artist:Steve Poindexter
Cover:Work_That_Mutha_Fucker_label.jpg
Genre:
Length:19:56
Label:Muzique Records
Producer:Steve Poindexter
Next Title:Short Circuit
Next Year:1989

Work That Mutha Fucker is the debut EP by American house producer Steve Poindexter, released in 1989.

Release

The EP was the first release on Muzique Records, a sub-label of Armando's Warehouse Records. The title track was played by DJs in Chicago "a year and a half" before the vinyl release came out, Poindexter recalled in a 2014 interview.[1]

It was re-released in 2013 on Dance Mania.[2]

Composition

The title track was built on the Casio RZ-1 drum machine and features Poindexter's repeated "work that motherfucker" vocal sample. The sample was recorded onto a DOD sampling foot pedal, which was triggered by the high tom from the Casio drum machine.[1]

Reception

The EP has been cited as a classic release of Chicago house music,[1] [3] and hugely influential on the ghetto house genre.[4]

In 2015, ghetto house producer DJ Deeon listed "Computer Madness" from the EP as one of his top five ghetto house tracks. Deeon described the track as "the classic foundation and inspiration for underground music from Chicago's Southside" and recalling that "it made me want to make tracks like that".[5]

"Computer Madness" was featured on Warp 10+1: Influences, a 1999 2-CD compilation of music that influenced artists on the record label Warp.[6]

Personnel

Adapted from the Work That Mutha Fucker label.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Steve Poindexter: That Raw Basement Sound . Arnold . Jacob . . September 12, 2014 . September 6, 2018.
  2. Web site: Steve Poindexter - Work That Mutha . . September 7, 2018.
  3. Web site: Decades later, Steve Poindexter's raw house 12-inch Street Fighter is finally released . Galil . Leor . . . March 3, 2015 . September 6, 2018.
  4. Web site: Mark Grusane has forgotten more about dance music than you'll ever know . Galil . Leor . . . January 24, 2018 . September 6, 2018.
  5. Web site: The Five Most Bootylicious Ghetto House Tracks Ever, According to DJ Deeon . January 31, 2015 . Thump . . September 6, 2018.
  6. Warp 10+1: Influences . 1999 . liner notes . Warp.
  7. Work That Mutha Fucker . . 1989 . label . Muzique Records.