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Welcome to Frank Fridays, where every time out we let a professional let you know what you should be listening to this weekend and beyond.

Chicago DJ/producers duo Fancy Fux is comprised of Gio Sandz and Bibby Bombshell. The two grew up in Logan Square and their background reflect the neighborhood’s Puerto Rican and Cuban heritage. They also had older family members who were heavily involved in the city’s dance music scene. Fancy Fux carry on that tradition at the monthly one-offs they throw in Chicago (the next one happens on August 26) and their sets on the road. “If you go to a Fancy Fux party, it’s probably the only party where you’re going to go from tech house, to some juke shit, to some drill Chicago trap shit,” says Sandz. “People that come to our parties know that we love to get ratchet, but also get very groovy.”  

Here Sandz breaks down three tracks he’s currently excited about playing out.

The Martinez Brothers, “Stuff in the Trunk”

Usually when we throw Fancy Fux parties, we like to make it a statement that’s it’s very, very heavy electronic music, as far as juke and house. The Martinez Brothers’ “Stuff in the Trunk” works out perfectly. It sounds like newer age Chicago juke, with a fast BPM that goes to about 135. We would drop a song like that, since it’s so high energy, at primetime, right at the climax when we’re trying to get all the girls shaking ass on the floor. It’s a song that will get them to do that.

King Louie, “How We Settle That”

We’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of hip-hop shows. We have a track with Katie Go Bandz coming out in about a week or two, it’s a juke remix that we’ve done. We had the chance to do a show with King Louie and Katie Got Bandz in Philadelphia about a year ago, so we linked up with King Louie and have just been huge fans of him. He’s easily our favorite rapper. We rock with him because he is the definition of drill Chicago, straight bars. Whenever we’re in Chicago and we have a show, we play King Louie on some, “We’re going to turn up.” And for the most part people in Chicago know that. It’s dope to play somebody who’s underground to the rest of the world, but Chicago knows it word for word.

DJ Deeon, “Yo Mouf”

That’s one of those songs you know if you grew up in Chicago and you listen to everything from old Chicago house to old ghetto house. DJ Deeon was awesome because he incorporated dope lyrics and recorded his own rhymes over grimey juke beats. And that was fucking epic. That’s what we’re about, combining two genres and making it underground and super gutter in Chicago.

Welcome to Frank Fridays, where every time out we let a professional let you know what you should be listening to this weekend and beyond.

This Friday night, long-running and beloved New York City party The Rub welcomes SoSuperSam and Siik of LA’s 143 night for a team up at Coney Art Walls by the beach in Coney Island. We got The Rub’s DJ Ayres to discuss what he’s going to play at the end of what has been an incredibly difficult week.

I’m in a really conflicted headspace right now, sitting at home on Facebook and Twitter promoting a party I booked three months ago while public discourse is in a very serious place. Beyond the feeling that it’s in bad taste to be pushing a party right now, a lot of our fans’ heads are miles away too. Who is the audience for a “Big party this weekend!” tweet when violence is weighing so heavy on everyone’s minds?  But baby needs new shoes, and maybe taking our minds off the heavy stuff for a few hours isn’t the worst idea in the world either.  

J Dilla, “Fuck The Police”

“Now tell me who protects me from you?/ I got people that buy tecs and weed from you/ And all a nigga see in the news/ Is cop corruption/ Niggas getting popped for nothing/ And niggas get stopped for nothing/ And cops pull out the Glock and bust ’em/ Y’all need to get shot for nothing.”

So much hurt and anger expressed over such a pretty loop. This is a great warmup song. It’s fairly danceable and gets underground hip-hop heads involved early in the night without going too hard musically or losing the rest of the crowd.  

I got into DJing in 1996, inspired by Stretch and Bobbito, Spinbad, PF Cuttin, and Green Lantern. For me it started with collecting a solid crate of hip-hop singles from Fat Beats and Footwork and Rock & Soul before branching out into classics, house, and dancehall once I figured out I wanted to play parties. So even if I didn’t know it at the time, I was playing lots of Dilla productions—Pharcyde’s “Runnin’” and “Drop,” A Tribe Called Quest’s “1nce Again,” and “Stressed Out,” De La Soul’s “Stakes is High”—and I’m still more a fan of Dilla’s rap songs than the beat tapes released after his death.  

Christina Milian featuring Fabolous, “Dip It Low”

We’re in a weird place right now with dancehall. There hasn’t been a huge hit by a Jamaican artist in a long time, with maybe the closest being Kranium’s “Nobody Has To Know” last year. And at the same time, dancehall beats are the backbone of a ton of radio hits: Drake, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Major Lazer & MØ, Tyga, and so on. These songs get played at The Rub every time and make it easier than ever to transition seamlessly from hip-hop and R&B into a classic dancehall set. They also open the door for earlier dancehall hybrids, and in the last year my secret weapons have been R. Kelly’s “Snake,” Beyoncé and Sean Paul’s “Baby Boy,” and Christina Milan’s “Dip It Low.” (All three also reflect a very un-PC early-2000s obsession with “Eastern sounds,” from Jay Z & UGK’s “Big Pimpin’,” to Erick Sermon’s “React,” to Jay Z and Panjabi MC’s “Beware of the Boys” remix.) I love bringing back songs from around 2004, right before Serato came out—songs that were played out and didn’t make the leap into DJs’ digital crates, so they still have a little bit of a surprise element when I drop them now.

ILOVEMAKONNEN featuring Santigold and 1st, “Forever”

What an absolutely perfect pop song! I’ve been swimming upstream with this one all year, selfishly forcing it on crowds because it lights my brain up like ASMR when I hear it on big speakers. How long can I hear this on repeat before I get sick of it? FOREVER.  I heard it on Hot 97 a few months ago and got really excited that it might cross over, but it didn’t. And maybe that’s for the best, because it won’t turn into “Tuesday” where every time I hear it now it just reminds me of work.  

Welcome to Frank Fridays, where every time out we let a professional let you know what you should be listening to this weekend and beyond.

Coming out of Cleveland, artist v1984 recently released his Becoming N(one) EP via Glacial Industries (formerly known as Glacial Sound). The future-minded electronic music composer is currently touring Europe. He will be performing in Dublin, Manchester, and Bristol in the coming weeks.

Abu Hajar, Halil Altindere & NGUZUNGUZU, “Homeland”

This is the politically charged anthem of the summer, executive produced by Total Freedom. This track is part of a compilation for the ninth edition of the Berlin Biennale, whose songs will be released throughout the summer on limited edition vinyl.

Rabit, “Cruel Winter”

I’m at some random coffee shop in Berlin right now. It’s hot and humid, much like this disruptive edit of Kanye’s “Cruel Winter” by Rabit. I don’t listen to Kanye, but when I do, it’s through the filter of this Houston producer/composer.

DJ Scream (featuring 21 Savage, Juicy J, & Young Dolph), “Lit”

It’s lit.

Que, “Too Much (v1984 remix)”