The journey opens with interlectra's 'Come On And Love Me': three and a half minutes at 126 BPM in E minor, more a statement of intent than a warm-up. Then comes the first detour: 'Hit That Shit Just Right' by Den...iS, the longest cut on the record at 7:13, tagged at half tempo (66 BPM) while everything else lives between 122 and 130. This sixteenth instalment of the Jackin' Beats series signals early on that it wasn't built as a straight line.
From Dallas to the heart of the record
The middle stretch settles into the style's classic groove: Mike Chenery's 'A Wonderful Thing' draws out the tension for nearly seven minutes, and at track ten the weightiest name of the batch appears: Demarkus Lewis with 'There's A Way'. The Texan has been producing since 2000, founded Grin Music in 2005 and has released on labels like Robsoul; here he turns in six and a half minutes in A minor that put everything around them in order. Soon after, the record's only two remixes land almost back to back: Delgado rebuilds Rich Martinez's '4 On Da Floor' and Raffaele Ciavolino reworks 'Let's Celebrate' by DJ Mes and Turntables Night Fever.
The final stretch accelerates without warning. Chemars, another repeat name, dims the lights with 'Don't Kill My Vibe' before 'I Wanna Be Your Freak' —Chenery's second appearance— hits the 130 BPM ceiling, with Orter B's 'Seasons' and Kidd Island's 'A Celebrar Sin' holding 128. Nothing But, a label that has turned its numbered series into a relentless house-compilation machine, closes smartly here: Disco Shakerz's 'Close To Me' runs just 3:03, the shortest cut of all, as if the record knew that after a good two hours of music the elegant move is a quick goodbye. Heard in sequence, the volume works as a single session with its valleys, its central figure and its final sprint; cherry-picked, it loses exactly that.
Sources: Beatport · RA
