May 02, 2008

DJ Screw - Codeine Fiend (1995)...


For those who don't know...DJ Screw, born Robert Earl Davis Jr (RIP,1971–2000), was a central figure in the Houston hip hop scene. His innovation included the trademark technique of slowing down the basic tracks of a cut when he remixed it(screwed and chopped). Slowing down the song was supposed to recreate the effect of using Promethazine with Codeine also known as "lean" or "purple drank" in Houston slang. He was the main mixtape/street album mixer for the huge Houston hip hop South Park Coalition. 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.

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5 comments:

  1. wow thanks this is so good! i can count the "rap" records i truly enjoy on the bullets of one clip, but THIS i likes.....

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  2. That cover is actually a cover designed by ME for a mixtape I put out called RIP DJ Screw...you all covieniently cut off the bottom where it said "(c) Drastik Designz 2001"

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  3. good for YOU, what do you want ME to do, give you money or something for a pissy little image i found on the net in some russian forum? its not one of my most prominent memories but i don't remember altering it, so take your beef elsewhere. i can take it off no problem if your masterpiece has been tarnished.

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  4. you should shut the fuck up man, he was probably just pointing out that it wasn't the recs cover.

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  5. DJ Screw is amazing because he knows how to encourage us with his music and rhythms, in my opinion he's one of the best DJs in the world.

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