DJ Screw : : A Life in Slow Revolution / / Lance Scott Walker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Walker, Lance Scott,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: American Music Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 16 b&w photos

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Screw York City 1999 -- 2. Robert Earl 1971 -- 3. Smithville to Houston 1986 -- 4. 10201 1989 -- 5. Broadway 1992 -- 6. The Wood Room 1994 -- 7. Screwed Up Click 1997 -- 8. South Park 1998 -- 9. New Territory 1999 -- 10. The Legend -- Acknowledgments -- Oral History Guide -- Bibliography -- Index