3/10/2023 0 Comments Hip hop evolution![]() Photo Credit: Thaddaeus McAdams/WireImage Louisiana Rap As his genre migrated into the city’s various neighborhoods, collectives inspired by his musicality - spearheaded by OG Ron C and The Chopstars - have carried on his traditions through their “ Chopped Not Slopped ” mixes, favored by Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins and Grammy winner Thundercat. Screwed Up Records, his retail store, started in 1998, was transformed into a cultural landmark in the city of Houston and holds his original catalog of mixes. ![]() ![]() “The Screw sound is…to feel the music…so you can hear what the rapper is saying…I may run it back two to three times to let you hear what he is saying- so you can wake up and listen, because they are trying to tell you something” said DJ Screw in an issue of Rap Pages magazine. Screw’s mixing created an avant-garde portal of time travel, which stood out against the fast-paced rap of the 1990s. Screw possessed the ability to transform music through a series of precise yet detailed executions - insertion of slowed, melodic beats that merged into a hypnotic aura where vocals slithered across a psychedelic beat. “ Without the DJ, it ain’t Screw! ” is a verbal honorific of DJ’s Screw legacy in Houston. is the only one to have achieved critically and universal acclaim, a solidification of his positionality as a new pioneer in Mississippi rap history. Out of his counterparts - PyInfamous, Tito Lopez, and Tha Joker - Big K.R.I.T. brought back “ Country Shit, ” alongside Ludacris and Bun B, legends of their respective regional sounds in Atlanta and Houston. Banner was the only one who achieved mainstream success, with signature hits like “ Like a Pimp” from Mississippi: The Album and “ Play” from Certified. Reese & Bigalow, Queen Boys, 601 Playas, I-55, Triple Threat, and Jewman pioneered the sound of Mississippi hip-hop. Decades later, as the regional sounds of Memphis buck, and New Orleans bounce infiltrated into the state, rap collectives infused the regional influences into a distinctive sound spearheaded by Crooked Lettaz - the rap duo composed of Kamikaze and David Banner. That song sampled “ Get Up and Dance” by Freedom, a band from Jackson, Mississippi. Contrary to popular belief, Mississippi provided the musical instrumentation utilized by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - hip-hop forefathers - on “ Freedom,” their first Sugarhill Records release.
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