Walker Lance Scott Walker

DJ Screw (eBook, ePUB)

A Life in Slow Revolution

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

DJ Screw, a.k.a. Robert Earl Davis Jr., changed rap and hip-hop forever. In the 1990s, in a spare room of his Houston home, he developed a revolutionary mixing technique known as chopped and screwed. Spinning two copies of a record, Screw would "e;chop"e; in new rhythms, bring in local rappers to freestyle over the tracks, and slow the recording down on tape. Soon Houstonians were lining up to buy his cassettes-he could sell thousands in a single day. Fans drove around town blasting his music, a sound that came to define the city's burgeoning and innovative rap culture. June 27 has become an unofficial city holiday, inspired by a legendary mix Screw made on that date.Lance Scott Walker has interviewed nearly everyone who knew Screw, from childhood friends to collaborators to aficionados who evangelized Screw s tapes millions of which made their way around the globe as well as the New York rap moguls who honored him. Walker brings these voices together with captivating details of Screw s craft and his world. More than the story of one man, DJ Screw is a history of the Houston scene as it came of age, full of vibrant moments and characters. But none can top Screw himself, a pioneer whose mystique has only grown in the two decades since his death.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781477325155
• Artikelnr.: 72430641

Autorenporträt

Lance Scott Walker is originally from Texas and is now based in New York. He is the author of Houston Rap Tapes and collaborated on the companion photo book Houston Rap. He has written for the Houston Chronicle, Houston Press, Red Bull Music Academy, Vice, Wondering Sound, Fader, and The Wire.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
1. Screw York City
2. Robert Earl
Houston, Texas
"Bunnytown"
Harris Street
Radio
The Glove
The Hands
Z Force Crew
The Next Episode
3. Smithville to Houston
Southside
Night People
MacGregor Park
Houston Rap Attack
The Meadows
Ghetto Boys! Geto Boys!
4. 10201
3-4 Action
White Insides
Almeda
IMG/Nation
Blast
Gulfgate
Screw Tapes
Telephone Love
Rebel Rap Family
Kings
5. Broadway
Triple Threat
Smoke One / Smoke Two
Southside Connection
Michael Price
6. The Wood Room
Swangin' and Bangin'
Herschelwood
Welcome to the Ghetto
The Drank Man
Screw the World
So Real
All Screwed Up
3 'N the Mornin'
June 27th
Ridin' Dirty
7. Screwed Up Click
The Gate
Floss Mode
Don't Mess with Texas
Outlaws
Ghetto Dreams
8. South Park
The Southside Reunion
Screwed Up Records & Tapes
In God We Trust
So Many Ways
Screw Dub
Dead End Representative
9. New Territory
It's Gonna Get Better
All Work, No Play
Uncle Earl
99 Live
Strawberries
The Day Hell Broke Loose
The Ring
Platinum
City of Syrup
Four Corners of the World
Pitch Control
Commerce Park
2000 Tears
10. The Legend
Codeine
Southside Still Holding
Ida Mae
Boys in a Daze
The Five-Star General
Screw's House
University of Houston
Screwed Up Headquarters
The Slab
Bow Down
Poppa Screw
DJ Screw Day
Floyd
Screw Luv
Acknowledgments
Oral History Guide
Bibliography
Index