Strictly Jaz Unit Muzic
82 releases tracked · 37 producers · latest aug 2026
15 tracks · 5 charting artists · 11 days on genre charts per track, on average · on the charts since Jul 2026 · active
Based in Chicago, Illinois, Strictly Jaz Unit Muzic is a sub-label of Strictly Jaz Unit Music. Glenn Underground, the founding member of the Strictly Jaz Unit, has produced deep house music for three decades. He was inspired by Chicago house pioneers Larry Heard, Ron Hardy, and Lil' Louis, and raised on disco classics and freeform jazz.
◢ what the catalogue measures
sound
65% one genreSoulful House, then Deep House and House
65% of the 82 releases we can tag · 8 of the last 12 we could tag
career stage
13 yrs medianProducers here had a median 13 years of releases before their first record on the label
across 7 producers whose earlier history we can follow
format
78% solo/duoSolo and duo records alongside multi-artist releases
counting compilations too, 65 of 83 · 1 various-artists compilation
◢ how often the roster changes
0.5
new names a year
averaged over the last 24 months, counting producers whose earlier history we can trace
8.5
releases a year
17 records in 24 months
◢ first records here, by year
Grey counts releases that year. Full colour counts producers whose first record on this label falls in that year — including producers with no traceable earlier history, a wider population than the per-year rate above.
◢ on the charts, week by week
new entries
week of 7 sep: 4 new entries · 2 top-20 placements · avg rank ▼ 16.1 places
◢ where the roster releases
labels this roster released on before their first record here
- Nervous Records3 shared
18 producers here have released on no other label we track, of 37
◢ who's on it
5 artists charted on this label in the last 8 weeks · 3 have pages here
- Work That Mutha (Dj Beloved Mix)
- Earland Hammond (Main Mix)
- That Jam (Glenn Underground's Main Mix)
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