By Anupa MistryWHAT IS IT? Also know as chopped and screwed, slowed not throw and chopped not slooped, screw was fathered in late '80, early '90s Houston, TX by now-deceased DJ Screw. It's a subgenre of hip-hop remixing largely defined by a slowed tempo.
WHY IS IT CALLED THAT? Delaying BPM and altering records through scratches and beat-skipping, gave Screw's pioneering experiments a "chopped" up sound.
WHO'S DOING IT? Once just a Houston thing, it filtered out via rappers like Three 6 Mafia, David Banner and Paul Wall. OG Ron C remixes popular releases, like DJ Khaled's anthem "I'm On One" and Frank Ocean's Nostalgia, Ultra.
WHERE SHOULD I START? One of DJ Screw's 250 Screw-Tapes ('1994 to 2000), if you can find them. Swishahouse's screw of 8Ball & MJG classic, Space Age 4 Eva (2000). Chamillionaire's The Sound Of Revenge, screwed and chopped by OG RON C (2006).
WHAT'S NEXT? Emerging artists – from Vancouver's Babe Rainbow (pictured) to the Weeknd to Harlem rapper ASAP Rocky – all use chopped and screwed techniques.
POP & ROCK: Beach House - Bloom
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