- Da Jit is a collection of tracks, first released in the early '90s, by a Detroit rap group called K.O.T., or Kings Of Thoughts. It was produced by Anthony Shakir, and the title track samples "Technicolor" by Channel One, a Juan Atkins alias. The music on the sleeve is described as "techno from da bottom of da mitten"—meaning Michigan—but it's unlike the sort made by the city's first wave of techno artists. Da Jit is uniquely mucky and dystopian, thanks to its Miami bass-style boom, the urgent raps and the SP-12 on which it was recorded. "That was one of Juan's pet peeves with my music," explained Shakir, who'd recorded the tracks at Metroplex Studios. "'It just sounds dirty,' but I was like, 'That's all I got.'"
The A-side is dedicated to the "new dance craze," the jit. It's a frenetic routine often mentioned on the ghettotech records that emerged in the years after this EP. Its shrill synth tone and lyrics—"Our show is too damn hype / No time to fight / Just dance all night"—generate an anxious energy and a dead-serious mood. The jit is a dance, the track suggests, but it's not a game. "Wett"'s sex raps, 808 one-shots and porno hook gesture to acts like 2 Live Crew, but it's drained of colour. Free of funk samples and cartoonish film dialogue, "Wett"—whose monotone riff jabs like an accusatory finger—shares the A-side's tense atmosphere. Da Jit's unpolished feel won't be to everyone's taste, but there are few records like it.
TracklistA1 Da Jit (Vocal)
A2 Jitstrumental
B1 Wett (Vocal)
B2 Wettstrumental