A TikTok user tried to credit a white producer named Slater for the chopped and screwed sound and comedian KevOnStage was not having it.
On Thursday (August 13), Kev made a response to the young teen and gave her a quick lesson on the true originator of what she called the “slowed and reverb phenomenon,” DJ Screw.
“White people, y’all don’t know what y’all be talking about but you be confidently loud and wrong!” he began. “You really tried to gentrify chopped and screwed. I know you don’t know who DJ Screw is, but I guarantee you Slater is not the inventor of ‘slowed and reverb.’ This is called chopped and screwed. DJ Screw – Houston, Texas rest in peace – is the one who is the originator of this. You talk about originator? This was originated before you were born! I don’t know who Slater is but he is not DJ Screw.”
The legendary DJ Screw popularized the slowed-down effects on songs in the 90s as he reigned with his Screwed Up Click in Houston. Comprised of members Big Hawk, Big Moe, E.S.G., Lil Keke, Fat Pat and more, the crew would freestyle over Screw’s chopped and screwed beats for his popular Screw Tapes and created a signature sound that superstars from the likes of Drake, Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky were inspired by and use in their music to this day.
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Screw passed away in November 2000 at the age of 29 following a codeine overdose. His story is set to be told later this year in his forthcoming biographical series All Screwed Up, produced by IYO Visuals with direction by Isaac “Chill” Yowman.
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Jesus the ignorance and audacity is astounding. “Slowed and reverb” wtf ??????????? Unbelievable. Ffs . This putting me off chop n screw. It better kept hidden from vultures rather than gentrified. Might b too late tho damn
Fuck these ignorant people who try to forget the pioneers. On a side note, I thought that the first time I heard Screw in the mid 90s that he had gotten the idea from Pac because it was common for him to slow down his lyrics on his early albums, and he thought damn, that would be dope to make songs like that all the time.
Dude in Dallas back in the early 90’s killed a cop and he blamed it on the wet he was smoking and the screw music. I guessed PAC heard about it and showed love to the slowed up Houston and Texas style by mixing a little screw into his music.
Pac had slowed lyrics on his first two albums though. That’s what I meant. The music wasn’t slowed down, just the lyrics.
He was listening to PAC chopped and screwed in the early 90’s when he killed the officer. That’s when people first heard of screwed music
Couldn’t he have given her a lesson without calling all “white people”? It was really unnecessary to be honest
Maybe people that look like you should be schooling people who look like her. That is if you are really for the culture like your claim to be….
Chick is buggin, Kev is buggin by saying white ppl dont know instead of trashing this specific girl. Kev then says ‘I dont know who slater is” which means he doesnt actually know if this slater fellow started this. Probably didnt, 99.99999999% chance it was screw. But still
Shut your dumbass up pussy
Slowed + Reverb? Lol! Slater? Tik tok and its users are corny.
I’m from Houston and grew up in 3rd ward. Michael Price and DJ Screw started it in the early 90’s. Price was a teen that got killed in a dice game so screw kept it going and perfected his art.
Triple D 3rd coast represnta. 37 yr old white man. Loyal screw head till I’m dead. Been fucking with SUC, CHOPPAHOLIX, DEAD END ALLIANCE, u name it, since as long as I can remember. On behalf of all my uneducated, entitled feeling white brothas and sisters, I deeply apologize for their ignorance. RIP ROBERT EARL DAVIS aka Dj Screw. True originator and trail blazzer.
p.s. who tf is this a.c. Slater cat