- Detroit performs.

Welcome to the show.

My name is JunesFlow ♪ Back when seven miles we lit ♪ cars bumper to bumper ♪ east Jefferson was off the hook ♪ ♪ I mean Jefferson was smothered ♪ ♪ but then you hit the bridge ♪ crossed over to Belle Isle ♪ We've been on the rock for two hours ♪ ♪ but only drove a mile ♪ Been working hard all week ♪ couldn't wait to get to Friday ♪ ♪ And my CD player Anita Baker ♪ Guy Jodeci and Sade ♪ Aw, man's your system bumping, ♪ ♪ your speakers sounding loud.

♪ But these fifteens in my trunk, ♪ ♪ said they came to show it all down.

♪ ♪ Now dances come and go.

♪ We know they changed like the weather ♪ ♪ but we started something decades ago.

♪ ♪ We can't, nobody do it better.

♪ ♪ And I would never lie to you.

♪ ♪ It ain't that easy to get, ♪ but pay close attention.

♪ Detroit long lived Jit.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

(music continues) - Somebody out there said this, ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit Let me hear y'all ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ The 1 time for the culture ♪ 2 times for the love ♪ 3 times for all a falling soldiers ♪ ♪ the greats up above ♪ I'm a slave to the drums ♪ Mama, look what I become ♪ I try looking for competition ♪ ♪ but there seems to be none ♪ 6 AM in the morning ♪ we don't stop to the sun ♪ It's coming up my number's up ♪ ♪ And we just here to have fun ♪ You might not believe it ♪ You might not even buy it ♪ but when you see the people move ♪ ♪ you might go home and try it ♪ I knew it like I was psychic dope ♪ ♪ since flip phones and sidekicks ♪ ♪ The rhyme here is classic ♪ and the moves you see are timeless ♪ ♪ And I would never lie to you ♪ It ain't that easy to get ♪ paying close attention ♪ long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Somebody said Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Ah Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit ♪ Long live Jit what up sonic ♪ Long live jit ♪ Long live jit ♪ Long live jit what up Juju ♪ Long live jit ♪ Long live jit ♪ Long live jit ♪ Detroit performing for you ♪ Uh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Uh uh one more time ♪ Long live jit ♪ Long live jit ♪ Long live jit ♪ Long live jit ♪ Long live jit ♪ Long live jit One time for yourselves.

One time for Detroit dance culture.

Once again, shout to Detroit performs.

My name is JunesFlow.

♪ Yeah yeah ♪ Long live jit need some more mic ♪ Long live jit ♪ Come on, come on.

♪ The club was lit last night.

♪ I mean, everybody was there.

♪ Adult DJ no drama bottles everywhere.

♪ ♪ But then the music has fed up ♪ ♪ and everybody formed this circle.

♪ ♪ The younger dude told the old school watching it easy.

♪ ♪ I won't hurt you.

♪ The younger dude had the moves.

♪ ♪ That was a shock of big Sean with the old school began.

♪ ♪ The dude made everybody turn.

♪ ♪ They cameras on his feet was going crazy.

♪ ♪ I mean, how fast can they get?

♪ ♪ I seen this dance before back home.

♪ ♪ We called this the jit ♪ Jit jit jit jit jit jit jit jit jit jit jit jit jit ♪ ♪ Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

♪ ♪ Hold up.

♪ It's something that I can explain.

♪ ♪ You just gotta see it done.

♪ We used to battle for money ♪ but now we just do it for fun.

♪ ♪ It's like a secret society.

♪ Pass down through generations.

♪ ♪ You get your routine down.

♪ We'll see if you are ready for graduation.

♪ ♪ And everybody's waiting ♪ while that pace is earthquakin ♪ ♪ We all do it a little different.

♪ ♪ So there is no relation ♪ and your feet be going crazy.

♪ ♪ I mean, how fast can they get ♪ ♪ Seen the dance before ♪ In Detroit we call this the jit ♪ ♪ Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on ♪ ♪ come on, come on, come on, come on.

♪ ♪ Yeah.

Yeah.

♪ Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

♪ ♪ jit jit jit jit jit jit jit jit jit jit jit ♪ ♪ Shout to the east side.

♪ West side, up side, Southwest ♪ ♪ East side, west side, north side ♪ ♪ Southwest east side, west side.

♪ ♪ North end.

♪ Southwest.

Yeah ♪ Detriot culture come on ♪ jit jit ♪ jit jit ♪ jit jit ♪ jit ♪ Let's go.

Let's go.

Lets go now ♪ ♪ One time for the ladies in the house now ♪ ♪ one time for the ladies in the house now ♪ ♪ here we go now ♪ let me see your foot work.

♪ I said, let me see your foot work.

♪ ♪ Come on, come on.

♪ Jit.

Jit, Jit, Jit, Jit ♪ East side west side Southwest ♪ ♪ East side west side Southwest ♪ ♪ East side West side North end Southwest ♪ ♪ all over the globe ♪ Long live jit ♪ Long live jit ♪ Long long jit ♪ long live jit ♪ one time What up doe Let's go Juju (music continues) ♪ jit jit jit ♪ Detroit Detroit Detroit Detroit ♪ ♪ Somebody say Detroit Somebody say long live jit peace Detroit performs.

My name is JunesFlow.

We out - Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow we Did it give you energy?

It gave me energy.

I just feel woo.

And I'm sitting here.

I'm honored to be sitting here with JunesFlow.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

- Thank you for being here.

- Me too.

Me too.

- I gotta calm down.

Calm down.

- I know a little bit.

- So tell us about the dance form Jit, how you got involved, and what is your Vision?

- It's it's started in, in like the seventies shout to the Jitterbugs techno ghetto tech beats is what is pretty much done to and me being an MC it felt pretty natural to just try to provide new music for the dance culture.

- And what would you say your role as the MC is with the dancers?

- Mine is just, again, just to provide new music to a lot of the people in the dance culture.

It is definitely more than just a dance like it's coming off of, of, of techno and ghetto tech and predominantly the urban cities, urban areas of Detroit.

And, but it's spread out.

I mean, it's all cultures involved now.

It is sometimes release a lot of guys.

Talk about how they're going through something.

Dance is what, what helps them get through it?

- Like therapy?

Yeah, like therapeutic and for the city of Detroit it's a new generation now, you know, shout out to Jit Masters though, because they are teaching kids.

It's good for the fact that Detroit gets to see Detroit dance culture with present day music, new music.

- And what, what do you write about?

- So there's a song called the Circle, uh Long Live Jit 1 that was for me personally influenced by going to a particular Sunday event shout to Ron hall, shout to Dotso.

but they had a weekly event where it was just straight dancing.

They used to just get around a circle and go crazy.

That was the vision of one song.

Long Live Jit is the title song from the first album Long Live Jit.

And we did budget.

Both of those or actually one song was produced by Mark Cooper.

And the second song was produced by DJ EDT.

- So thank you JunesFlow for being here and sharing your art.