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20 Best Chicago House Records

In honor of the legendary Frankie Knuckles, the 20 greatest singles from the booming movement he helped create

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Fast Eddie - "Acid Thunder" (1988)

Fast Eddie Smith was a pioneering house DJ with radio shows on Chicago's WGCI and WBMX, and his track "Hip House" would later pioneer the oft-disparaged dance-rap style of the same name. On this earlier track, he made the most of the modulated Roland TB-303 bass squelch dominating house at the time, making it clear why they called it "acid." Acid thunder may not be as corrosive as acid rain, but its ominous enough to cause the timid to take shelter from as the vocals cry out "Your kind of lovin' is stormin'" in ecstatic terror.

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