The 'Some Cut' bed-squeak sample functions as a sonic tell identifying Jersey club

Jersey club has recognisable stock samples that act as genre markers for listeners. The most identifiable is the ‘bed squeak’ sample, derived from Trillville’s 2004 track ‘Some Cut’; gun-cock sounds and ‘heyy’ vocal stabs are additional Jersey club tells. Repeated use of such a recognisable sound is a form of sonic signposting—it tells the listener what genre they are in before the full rhythmic pattern is apparent. Drake’s 2022 album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ deploys the bed-squeak on ‘Currents’ (and the Baltimore Club five-beat pattern on ‘Sticky’), showing how these tells travel into mainstream pop.

Examples

When a track pairs the bed-squeak sample with a tresillo bounce kick at 130-140 BPM, you are almost certainly hearing Jersey club or a Jersey club-influenced production.

Assessment

Name the song that is the source of the Jersey club bed-squeak sample. What function do genre-specific stock samples serve as sonic tells? Name one mainstream artist who used the bed-squeak sample in 2022.