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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 284 pages) : illustrations. |
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data file rda |
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American Music |
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American music series (Austin, Tex.)
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| Contents |
Intro -- 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 |
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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 and 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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 "chop" 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. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest, viewed on March 21, 2022). |
| Subject |
DJ Screw, 1971-2000.
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DJ Screw, 1971-2000 -- Homes and haunts.
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DJ Screw, 1971-2000. (OCoLC)fst01758430
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African American disc jockeys -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography.
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Rap musicians -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography.
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Chopped and screwed (Music) -- History and criticism.
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MUSIC / General.
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African American disc jockeys. (OCoLC)fst00799138
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Chopped and screwed (Music) (OCoLC)fst02009140
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Homes. (OCoLC)fst01353235
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Rap musicians. (OCoLC)fst01089960
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Texas -- Houston.
(OCoLC)fst01205077
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Walker, Lance Scott. DJ Screw. Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2022 9781477325131 |
| ISBN |
9781477325148 (electronic book) |
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147732514X (electronic book) |
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