Dj Screw

Robert Earl Davis, Jr. was a central figure in the Houston rap scene. His innovation included the trademark technique of slowing down the basic tracks of a cut when he remixed it. This process is called "screwing" a song. Slowing down the song was supposed to recreate the effect of recreationally using Promethazine with Codeine also known as "lean" or "purple drank" in Houston parlance. During the early '90s, he invited some of Houston's most renowned rappers from the south side of the city to flow on his Screw tapes. This eventually led to the formation of the Screwed Up Click. What originally was only a fad of Houston, Screwed and Chopped music started getting more widespread attention with the introduction of p2p programs such as Napster in the late 90s. This ultimately led to DJ Screw getting recognition across the country and being known as one of biggest faces in modern hip-hop. Born in Smithville, Texas he began DJing at age 13. [1] A few years later he moved to Houston for opportunities as a rap SFX musician. He released five above ground releases: "All Screwed Up, Vol. 1" (1995), "3 'N the Mornin Part 1" (1995), "3 'N the Mornin Part 2 Red" (1996) "3 'N the Mornin Part 2 Blue" (1996), and "All Work, No Play" (1999). Although DJ Screw only has a handful of above ground releases, he has recorded hundreds of different mixes, released primarily on cassette tape. These are still available for purchase at the "Screwed Up Records and Tapes" located on Cullen Blvd in DJ Screw's hometown Houston which opened in 1998. His mixtapes include titles such as "June 27" and "The Final Chapter." {Tha tapes} 10 Deep/ 100 Percent Business/ 10201/ 2000 Tears/ 3 N The Morning/ 3 Years Later/ 3-4 Action/ 4 Corners of the World/ 4th of July/ 9 Fo S**t/ 9 Months Later/ 95 Live/ 97 Live/ 98 Live/ 99 Live/ A Million Dollars Later/ Aint Nothing Better/ All About Pat/ All Day N tha Trey/ All Nite in the Lab/ All Screwed Up/ Another Day Another Dollar/ Are You Still Down/ 4 Young G's/ 12-16-72/ Back in the Deck/ Back in Yo Ear/ Back on the Streets/ Back to the Lab/ Ball Till You Fall/ Ballin in The Mall/ Barre/ Beating up the Block/ Black Hearted/ Blasphemy/ Blowing Big Behind Tint/ Blue 22/ Blue Over Gray/ Charge it 2 Da Game/ Chop ‘Em Game Wit Toe/ Codiene Fiend/ Crumbs 2 Bricks/ Da Funk is on Your Mind/ Da Return/ Dancin Candy/ Dead End Hustler 4 Life/ Dead End Representa/ Do You Feel Me/ Done Deal/ Dont Make Dollas, Dont Make Sense/ Down South Hustlers/ Down + Out/ Drankin on a Gallon/ Duck Sick/ E.S.G./ Einstein/ Endonisia/ Eyes on the Prize/ Facin Time/ Feel My Pain/ Final Chapter/ Fresh Out Da County/ Freestyle Kingz/ G Code/ G Love/ G'd Up S**t/ G's Nite Out/ Ghetto Fabulos/ Grace B Day Tape/ Hard Times/ Haters Stay Away/ Headed to the League/ Heavy in the Game/ Hold Your Head/ Houston 2 Austin/ Hurricane Duck/ In God We Trust/ In the Zone/ Independence Day/ It Dont Stop/ Its a Dirty World/ Its all Good/ Its Gonna Get Better/ June 27th/ Killuminati/ Late Nite Fu**in Yo B****h/ Leanin N The Leans/ Leanin on a Switch/ Lets Call up on Drank/ Locked in the Game/ Makin Cash Forever/ Mashin N Millenium Mode/ Mash for my Dream/ Mind on my Money/ Money over Bi***es/ Mourn You Till I Join You/ N 2 Deep/ Next Episode/ Ni**az Cant See Me/ No Drank/ No Haters Allowed/ No Love/ Nobody Does it Better/ Off The Head/ On the Real/ One Life to Live/ Only Rollin Red/ Only the Real/ Only Time will Tell/ Out the Shop/ Outlawz/ Pay Like You Weigh/ Playas Ball/ Playas Choppin Game/ Plots and Schemes/ Popped Up Smoked Up/ P’s and Q’s/ Pu**y Weed and Alcohol/ Return of the Red/ Riches over Bi***es/ Ridin Dirty/ Road to the Riches/ Robin St. 4 Life/ S.U.C. for Life/ Same Ol G/ Saturday Nite Live/ Screwed Up Texas/ Shining Like the Sun/ S**t Dont Stop/ Sho Up + Po Up/ Shot Callin/ Sippin Codiene/ Sittin on top of the World/ Sittin Sideways/ Snitches/ So Many Ways/ So Much Pain/ South Side Connection/ South Side Hold/ South Side Most Wanted/ South Side Still Holdin/ Stayin Sucka Free/ Steady Dippin/ Still a G at 27/ Still Hoopin/ Still Standing/ Still Thuggin/ Straight From The Heart/ Straight Puttin It Down/ Straight Wreckin/ Street Fame/ Symtoms of a Thug/ Syrup Sippers/ Tales From the 4/ Telephone Love/ The Bull/ The World is Mine/ Thug LIfe/ Till Death do us Part/ Tolu/ Tre World/ 2 Two Litres/ Unlabled HAWK/ Personal Screw Tape/ Unlady Like/ Unpredictable/ Whats Really Going On/ Whos Next With Plex/ Wineberry Over Gold/ Worldwide Southside/ Y 2 Gray/ Yellowstone Texas/ Yellowstone Vs the Nation