Dj Screw Era Was Crazy

[u mad son?]

I been a student of hip hop since the 90s onwards... My era was stillmatic.. Murda muzik.. Dipset... We was bootlegging them CDS in London around 99 era onwards...

From them days onwards I always been into NY hip hop, they had the super deep and meaningful lyrics... When it came to music, I used to love CMW.. Above the Law.. Crazy soulful beats.

When the South took over the game I'm not gonna lie.. I hated it.. I thought it was weak... Music was weak, lyrics meant nothing.. Beats were wack... When Tim Westwood started spinning that weak music every weekend I knew it was over for mainstream rap.

20 years later I went back to the era before mainstream radio dictated what it was and went deep into Screw music. DJ Screw shyt was insane... All he had to do was pitch down a track, slow it down and he brought a whole new Ill style out of the genre. I always knew about screw music but I didn't appreciate it until I understood more about production..

He recorded that shyt in normal time... He would mix two beats and have an acapella spit over that... NY djs couldn't mix beats together like that.. They could scratch but not mix tracks like that.

Screw really took a major chance becaude them tracks would have sounded amazing in normal time.. But he said nah... Im slowing it.. Mixing it... And making it mine..

Anyone from. H Town from that era that can show more clarity about that time?

 

[CoryMack]

they said he made a million cash selling those tapes. i can't say whether that's true or not, but it's been said by more than one person that knew him and was around him. however much he made it was a whole helluva lot.

 

[King_Kamala61]

Screw had Port City in a choke hold.

SUC 4 LIFE

 

[CarltonJunior]

I think the most impressive part is that everyone around him bought into it, embraced him and gave him the keys to the city's sound

That takes a lot, especially dealing with that many personalities and different types of artists around you

 

[Sauce Dab]

I think the most impressive part is that everyone around him bought into it, embraced him and gave him the keys to the city's sound

That takes a lot, especially dealing with that many personalities and different types of artists around you

They all believed in his vision. His talent was undeniable

 

[Jesus H. Christ]

I wonder what Dj Screw would think of gen z that likes to slow down music with reverb on tiktok. Do these youngins not now that people were listening to this kind of music before tiktok?

To say he was ahead of time understatement.

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

And he did everything live and in one take

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Screw was a beast on the tables. He could hang with any east coast Dj as far as the tricks. But i love his ear for what tracks to blend together. I been jamming screw since 99. His earlier shyt is where the gems at though. Like the early 90s

 

[u mad son?]

they said he made a million cash selling those tapes. i can't say whether that's true or not, but it's been said by more than one person that knew him and was around him. however much he made it was a whole helluva lot.

I heard he copped a gate to let people in when the tapes was in. he was charging 10 dollars minimum for these tapes and he was getting every singe dollar for it

 

[u mad son?]

they said he made a million cash selling those tapes. i can't say whether that's true or not, but it's been said by more than one person that knew him and was around him. however much he made it was a whole helluva lot.

he did that whole making money from independent before Nipsey did

 

[u mad son?]

And he did everything live and in one take

bruh ... the scratching is one thing .. but the hardest thing to dj in hip hop is to mix beats together cos the BPM can be a very wide range, he made it work in every tape

 

[CoryMack]

I heard he copped a gate to let people in when the tapes was in. he was charging 10 dollars minimum for these tapes and he was getting every singe dollar for it

copped a gate and then only sold tapes for a couple hours a day, and had lines of cars running up and down the block.

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

And not only was he cold with his hands he put on his whole hood damn near. He put a lot of talent in the door

You won't hear a single person say one bad word about Screw

 

[Playaz Eyez]

I wonder what Dj Screw would think of gen z that likes to slow down music with reverb on tiktok. Do these youngins not now that people were listening to this kind of music before tiktok?

To say he was ahead of time understatement.

There’s some younger dudes that I do know 100% where it comes from (Tony Shhnow, Bravoo Hunndiz, and FLEE off the top of my head), but I’m very sure a lot of them don’t.

 

[shopthatwrecks]

I been a student of hip hop since the 90s onwards... My era was stillmatic.. Murda muzik.. Dipset... We was bootlegging them CDS in London around 99 era onwards...

From them days onwards I always been into NY hip hop, they had the super deep and meaningful lyrics... When it came to music, I used to love CMW.. Above the Law.. Crazy soulful beats.

When the South took over the game I'm not gonna lie.. I hated it.. I thought it was weak... Music was weak, lyrics meant nothing.. Beats were wack... When Tim Westwood started spinning that weak music every weekend I knew it was over for mainstream rap.

20 years later I went back to the era before mainstream radio dictated what it was and went deep into Screw music. DJ Screw shyt was insane... All he had to do was pitch down a track, slow it down and he brought a whole new Ill style out of the genre. I always knew about screw music but I didn't appreciate it until I understood more about production..

He recorded that shyt in normal time... He would mix two beats and have an acapella spit over that... NY djs couldn't mix beats together like that.. They could scratch but not mix tracks like that.

Screw really took a major chance becaude them tracks would have sounded amazing in normal time.. But he said nah... Im slowing it.. Mixing it... And making it mine..

Anyone from. H Town from that era that can show more clarity about that time?

that nikka set up at one time was 3 tables... he would have one with instrumentals.. n 2 with the vocals. choppin the fukk out of em..

he one take jaked 89% of it....

i had a homegirl..on that side of town her brother would go buy n get tapes all the time n even got personal.. footaction or somethin like that i kno grace was on that actin a fool