Many of the cars were “slabs,” or brightly painted customized cars that were slow, loud and banging. In the cars were fans seeking music — DJ Screw’s homemade underground cassette tapes. At one point he was raking in an estimated $15,000 per day from cassette sales, sometimes more than that, selling between 10,000 to 15,000 copies in a single day.

Nov 15, 2010 · The Houston rap scene is synonymous with hopping in your candy-painted slab and riding around bumping DJ Screw’s music, so we guess it only makes sense that Screw bought his first...

Jul 17, 2022 · Sunday’s Community Celebration and Slab Parade, the first that Screwed Up Records and Tapes has hosted, was the latest installment in the shop’s ongoing “Screw Week,” a weeklong tribute to the...

Nov 2, 2016 · The late DJ Screw pioneered the technique, which involves putting the same record on two turntables but a beat apart, slowing down the song and using the crossfader to repeat certain beats and...

Jun 27, 2024 · Houstonians host car shows on June 27, showcasing the city’s beloved SLAB culture—customized cars with candy paint, swangas, and neon lights. Some of these cars are decked out with tributes to...

Robert Earl Davis Jr. (July 20, 1971 – November 16, 2000), better known by his stage name DJ Screw, was an American hip hop DJ based in Houston, Texas, and best known as the creator of the chopped and screwed DJ technique. [1] He was a central and influential figure in the Houston hip hop community and was the leader of Houston's Screwed Up ...

Aug 18, 2022 · It’s an inimitable down tempo, bass heavy, ambient and pseudo psychedelic strand of hip-hop named after its originator and sizzurp enthusiast, DJ Screw.

Dec 28, 2021 · As artists like DJ Screw and members of the iconic Screwed Up Click (S.U.C) shaped the landscape of Houston rap, cars became essential to the material culture of hip hop.

Jul 23, 2021 · DJ Screw’s production style is influential and created a culture all its own within Houston as Chopped and Screwed music was dedicated to cruising slow in big car slabs on large Texas freeways or to lounge outside on summer evenings in the sweltering summer heat.

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