A legend of the Chicago house scene, DJ Deeon (aka Deeon Boyd) first plied his trade playing small house parties and selling mixtapes in local parking lots in the early '90s on Chicago's South Side, where he had grown up. Boyd started to produce his own tracks after getting hold of a Roland 606 and 303, taking the sound that had defined Chicago house and adding erotically charged lyrics to his tracks, creating what would be known as "ghetto house."
His first release, the Funk City EP, appeared in 1994 on the inspirational Chicago house label Dance Mania -- home to the likes ...