Essential early tracks from Chicago producer Paul Johnson feature on the third Dance Mania warehouse find, with five ghetto house cuts from 1994. The A-Side sees two contrasting sides of the producer, as “2 Smooth” switches on his deeper mode, as dusty organ chords and subtle marimbas play off against spoken word vocals, while “On My Own” goes in with a harder ghetto cut. On the flip, “U Flat” sees strained horn samples and minimal stabs coming together with syncopated rhythms in a stripped back, proto-footwork arrangement, “With You” combines an overdriven kick with the titular vocal cut-up into a crafty DJ tool, while “Swing Side” sees him indulge his humorous side with a stop-start track full of oddball samples