# Steve Poindexter

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**Steve Poindexter** (born 1965) is an American [house](/source/House_music) producer and DJ. He is best known for his 1989 track "Work That Mutha Fucker", which is considered to be one of the first Chicago [ghetto house](/source/Ghetto_house) tracks.

## Early life

Poindexter was born in 1965. His father was a [jazz](/source/Jazz) drummer and his mother was a backup singer for [Mahalia Jackson](/source/Mahalia_Jackson).[1]

In 1975, at the age of ten, Poindexter started DJing for Saturday night parties held at Mendel High School on the South Side of Chicago.[2]

## Career

Inspired by [Jesse Saunders](/source/Jesse_Saunders)' "On and On", Poindexter and his cousin John Hunt started experimenting with [drum machines](/source/Drum_machines) and began creating [edits](/source/Remix) to play at parties.[1]

Poindexter's first record, the *[Work That Mutha Fucker](/source/Work_That_Mutha_Fucker)* EP, came out in 1989 as the first release on his and [Armando](/source/Armando_(producer))'s label Muzique Records.[1] The title track, built on the [Casio](/source/Casio) RZ-1 drum machine[1] and featuring Poindexter's repeated "work that motherfucker" vocal [sample](/source/Sampling_(music)), is considered to be an iconic [ghetto house](/source/Ghetto_house) track[2] and hugely influential on the genre.[3] Ghetto house producer [DJ Deeon](/source/DJ_Deeon) listed "Computer Madness" from the EP as one of his five top ghetto house tracks, describing Poindexter as "a leading legend in this shit" for his generation of house producers.[4]

## Discography

**Albums**

- *Man at Work* (1996)

**EPs**

- *[Work That Mutha Fucker](/source/Work_That_Mutha_Fucker)* (1989)
- *Short Circuit* (1989)
- *Phase II* (1991)
- *Chaotic Nation* (1991)
- *190 Octane* (1993)
- *Demolition Man* (1997)
- *Rise* (1999)
- *The State of Shock EP* (2010)
- *Street Fighter EP* (with Johnny Key and Trackmaster Scott (2015)
- *Classic Collection, Vol 1* (2016)

## References

1. Arnold, Jacob (September 12, 2014). ["Steve Poindexter: That Raw Basement Sound"](https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2304). [Resident Advisor](/source/Resident_Advisor). Retrieved September 6, 2018.

1. Galil, Leor (March 3, 2015). ["Decades later, Steve Poindexter's raw house 12-inch Street Fighter is finally released"](https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2015/03/31/decades-later-steve-poindexters-raw-house-12-inch-street-fighter-is-finally-released). *[Chicago Reader](/source/Chicago_Reader)*. [Sun-Times Media Group](/source/Sun-Times_Media_Group). Retrieved September 6, 2018.

1. Galil, Leor (January 24, 2018). ["Mark Grusane has forgotten more about dance music than you'll ever know"](https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mark-grusane-real-sound-mr-peabody-boogie-modern-funk/Content?oid=39556350). *[Chicago Reader](/source/Chicago_Reader)*. [Sun-Times Media Group](/source/Sun-Times_Media_Group). Retrieved September 6, 2018.

1. ["The Five Most Bootylicious Ghetto House Tracks Ever, According to DJ Deeon"](https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-five-most-bootylicious-ghetto-house-tracks-ever-according-to-dj-deeon/). *Thump*. [Vice Media](/source/Vice_Media). January 31, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2018.

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