11/10/2022 0 Comments Dj screw june 27th mix![]() ![]() Screw created the beat for the “June 27” cypher from a fragment of the Kriss Kross track “Da Streets Ain’t Right,” which has Notorious B.I.G.’s voice from “Warning” threaded into the fabric of the beat (“It’s the one’s that smoke blunts with ya / see ya picture / now they wanna grab they guns and come and get ya”). The lineup for the track includes Houston MCs Key-C, Yungstar, Big Pokey, DeMo, Haircut Joe, and Kay-Luv, along with the inimitable Big Moe (rest in peace) serving as the de facto hook man, providing interludes and introductions between each rapper. In honor of George Floyd and the recent celebration of June 27, I've selected ten key tracks from Screw’s virtually bottomless catalog that define, in some small part, the classic Screwed Up sound.Ī 35-minute freestyle odyssey recorded in Screw’s living room at a party to celebrate rapper DeMo’s birthday, “June 27” captures so much of what has made Screw and Houston hip hop in general resonate with so many listeners for over two decades. And Big Floyd's death was one of many tragedies that have galvanized the Black Lives Matter movement in the last few months, drawing international attention to the systemic racism that affects Black Americans and the cruelty that Black citizens of the world in general face on a daily basis. His freestyles form an essential chapter of the S.U.C. Starting in 1994, Floyd was an MC in the ranks of the Screwed Up Clique, recording under the name Big Floyd. This year’s June 27 came weighed down with extra significance in the wake of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police in late May. ![]() ![]() rapper DeMo’s birthday, Screw’s most popular tape represents a true holiday marked on the calendar for Houston hip-hop heads. ![]() Recorded on June 27, 1996, in honor of S.U.C. While Screw’s influence has been deeply saturated into hip hop, R&B, and even fringe styles such as Vaporwave (a genre built on the slowing-down and re-structuring of music in a fashion analogous to Screw’s work), his shadow looms heavy over this time of year thanks to one of his milestone recordings: the June 27 freestyle. As a DJ operating his decks, Screw’s live input looped and re-structured tracks into his own new permutations, often chopping samples of a given song and playing them back in stuttered repeating phrases – the classic “Screw technique.” Above all, Screw’s art shined through in his network of collaborators and his ace sense for curation and sequencing, as featured on the roughly 350 individual tapes and mixes, each marked with a “Chapter” number, that constitute his catalog. But Screw’s artistry was more than merely slowing down tracks. In the most simple terms, Screw’s chopping and screwing resulted in edits that were, well, slow as hell, melted into molasses, and played back so the vocals and the production hit us at a lower pitch, weighted heavy with boosted bass. Screw’s work extends far beyond the boundaries of Houston, however, to encompass a catalog of music sourced from major-label pop, R&B, and hip hop, all of which Screw remixed in his trademark chopped and screwed style. One of the most influential exponents of Houston rap during his lifetime, Screw and his crew of MCs banded together under the Screwed Up Clique (or S.U.C.) moniker, and pumped out a neverending stream of home-dubbed cassette tapes that captured an untold number of freestyle cyphers and reworks of underground Houston jams. SPACESHIP- WOOD 22.Robert Earl Davis Jr., better known to the world as DJ Screw, passed away nearly 20 years ago in the year 2000, but his legacy and the diaspora of his musical trademarks remain as strong as ever. CHINCHILLA FRESH (REMIX)- MELO MONTANA FT. MIND GOES BLANK (REMIX)- LO TRILLINGER 5. SHOUT OUT- QUEEN OF THE S.U.C.- ENJOLI 32. KNOCKING PICTURES OFF THE WALL-YUNGSTAR 28. IF I RULED THE WORLD- FREESTYLE-(INTERLUDE)- LOS 19. RONNETTA SPENCER- BARRE BABY(BIG MOE TRIBUTE) RONNIE SPENCER- IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME- FREESTYLE 2. SOUTHSIDE PLAYA- DEPARTMENT OF TRAPPING 22. RONNETTA SPENCER & YOUNG EA$Y- STRAIGHT OUTTA H 10. STREET MILITARY- TEARS CAME FROM MAKING THIS DREAM 8. STREET MILITARY- DON’T PLAY WITH A GUN 5. ![]()
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