Genres: Gangsta Rap, Hardcore Rap, Southern Rap, Dirty South Active: 90's, 2000's Born: June 27, 1971 in Smithville, TX
Master P, Yukmouth, Willie D, Beats by the Pound, Mystikal, Tela, DJ DMD, Mr. Serv-On, 8Ball & MJG, Scarface, Funkmaster Flex, C-Note, The Outfit, D-Gotti, Caine, Commission Crime Family, Denden, Icelord
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After spending most of the 1990s as an infamous local phenomenon in Houston, TX, DJ Screw suddenly found himself gaining sudden notoriety before his unfortunate death in late 2000. The Houston DJ made a name for himself primarily because of his uncanny mixing style, which found him pitching down his records to a lumbering and quite eerie pace. Over the course of the '90s, what began as novelty actually became a rather lucrative venture for Screw, who produced hundreds of mix tapes, with some estimates projecting his total number of tapes topping over a thousand; furthermore, he sold the tapes at his Houston-based record store, ~Screwed Up Records and Tapes. Oddly enough, he preferred to release his mixes almost exclusively on cassette, though fans often recorded the mixes and traded them via the Internet; in addition, countless "screwed" remixes of popular rap anthems were widely available on Napster thanks to his cultish following.
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Release: April 22, 2008
Label: Screwed up Click
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Release: January 29, 2008
Label: Screwed up Click
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