More than 20 years after the dawn of booty music, South Florida clubgoers are still shaking that ass
Madame Turk, a 24-year-old DJ who spins booty tracks at hipster clubs such as Purdy Lounge in Miami Beach, observes, "I can always pull out the booty music and then, I have the people. I think it's the region. When I was growing up, I was getting into booty music. … I think that this music brings people back the memories of our high school days, when everyone wanted to go to Amnesia foam parties."
"Back in the late '90s, it was bananas," GQ recalls. "DJ Laz and Uncle Al were running that scene. On Tuesday nights, DJ Laz would do booty contests and they would play Uncle Al songs or Jam Pony Express, and girls would literally take their clothes off."
Mr. Mixx has a theory about why booty music drives women wild: "It just became a thing that the music brought out the best in the women who would come out and dance. A lot of times, it wasn't our group that was actually trying to do the stuff; they were just doing it on their own. They want to do it, you know. It's like you got a little liquor in you and you're feeling good about whatever is going on and happening, and you want to bring a little attention to yourself. That's what it mostly is."
