Pitchfork

Got to have those sticky hands when your ass is broke. And when your ass can't get any ass... Canadian electro-rap duo Thunderheist seem to mean "Jerk It" as a sort of synonym for "work it", so to get too hung up on potential double entendres would be ultimately as clueless as saying you'd need a third hand to clap to "Hey Ya!" if you also want to shake it like a Polaroid picture. Bright, uncomplicated jock-jam synths and muted, subterranean percussion underpin hypnotic female chanting, for a combination not too far off from Simian Mobile Disco's "Hustler"-- only about dancing rather than stealing records, and closer to crunk than to Justice. Getting more regionally specific: "Jerk It" distills the essence of the electro-fixated hip-hop and funk of Montreal neighbors A-Trak and Chromeo, or like-minded Chicagoans like Kid Sister, Flosstradamus, and Cool Kids. Or let Thunderheist tell it, putting it something like this: "Booty rockin'/ Show stoppin'/ Everybody back hoppin'/ Knee jerkin'/ Girl, work it/ Work it till your stomach's hurtin'." Broad strokes, for a broad range of folks. 'Scuse them while they touch themselves.

Bonus! And here's a remix by Nasty Nav and MSTRKRFT's J F K.

MP3:> Thunderheist: "Jerk It (Nasty Nav and J F K Remix)"
[from the Jerk It EP; out now on Nasty Mix]