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[Forgotten Ancient]

I'm so sick and tired of these "chopped and screwed" songs.

I think what bothers me the most is that I don't know what chopped and screwed means. Can anyone enlighten me so I'll better understand my dislike for this crap?

Thanks

 

[drohne]

it has something to do with chugging cough syrup. seriously.

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

it has something to do with chugging cough syrup. seriously.

I thought so

My friend that I share an office with listens to it constantly.


:'(

At least it's not this syrup:

 

[Matlock]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screwed_Music

 

[LordMaji]

Here's a Chopped & Screwed for ya! :lol

what it do!

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

Here's a Chopped & Screwed for ya!

 

[LordMaji]

:lol

haha indeed

 

[the_geche]

Well the screwing refers to the actual slowing down of the song that's being screwed. The chopping comes when they replay a portion of the song or mix it then replay it again...

 

[MIMIC]

I chopped and screwed (well, only did it half way since I don't know how/too lazy to repeat a part of the song), Missy Elliot's "Lose Control"

Shit is TYTE!

http://rapidshare.de/files/6015151/lose_control_slow.mp3.html

 

[dskillzhtown]

Well the screwing refers to the actual slowing down of the song that's being screwed. The chopping comes when they replay a portion of the song or mix it then replay it again...

Chopping is the sound of a DJ using two copies of a record and a mixer to do some "stuttering" or repeating lines of songs. Most DJ's do that even if the song isn't screwed. Well, any DJ with any skill should be able to do that.

The screw part comes from mostly the drug culture of smoking weed or sippin' syrup. The users wanted something slow to vibe out to, to "increase the high" or whatever. I never got into it, but every now and then a "screwed" version of a song did sound pretty cool. DJ Screw pretty much had an ear for what would sound good slowed and what wouldn't. He also had some damned good DJ-ing skill so the "chopping" sounded good as well. Now pretty much people just slow every song to half the speed regardless of how it sounds.

 

[the_geche]

Chopping is the sound of a DJ using two copies of a record and a mixer to do some "stuttering" or repeating lines of songs.

Yea thats what I was talking about...

 

[swoon]

Chopped and screwed is one of the lamest thing to ever hit hip hop. I'm from Houston and I hate that stupid shit. Spitttttinnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggg alllllllll slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww andddd shittttttttttt becauseeee theyyyyyyrrrrreeeee retarrrrrrdedddddddddddddddddddd. It ruins the music. The only good example of screwed and chopped I can think of is in Drive Slow on the Kanye West's Late Registration. it's used in that song to enhance and deliver the song as opposed to being fucking retarded.

It's even worse among the underground cats here. Jesus Christ i remember when it started getting down back in 1997 or so. Awful.

drive slow isn't really chopped and screwed though. wall's voice is just that slow.

as bad as dj screw actually was, the style he created is fucking awesome.

 

[Phoenix]

drive slow isn't really chopped and screwed though. wall's voice is just that slow.

Nah, there is a mix version of it that does slow down.... a lllllllooooooooooooottttttttttt

 

[UtadaBarkley]

Why are yall Why are yall Why are yall Hatin Hatin on the chooooooooooooooop and screeeeeeeeeeeeewwed type of music music music? It's real good if your listen on lean on lean and even better if you cheefin on the green if your cheefin on the green if your cheeffin on the green on the green naaaaaaaah meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaan. But on the real but on the real I don't reaaaaaaally feel feel this type of music in my ears, it's just really annoying to me really annoying to me really annoying to me but I don't knock it I just I just turn it down or turn it off turn it dooooooooooooooown or turn it off If I hear it come on If I heaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar it come on.

 

[FightyF]

Well there's sample chopping that uses a lot of time stretching and compression not done in real time.

Hellfish is probably the best at this, IMO. Here are some samples:

http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF178837-01-02-01.mp3

http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF186372-01-02-02.mp3

He often uses rap samples and you don't hear them here. A good example would be "Bring on the Hurricane Pain" that samples momma said knock you out, but unfortunately there's no clip on the net.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

Chopped & Screwed was a technique pioneered by DJ Screw (R.I.P.).

He had a broken turntable that played records in between speeds and the rest just evolved from there.

Alot of heads take all kinds shit like promenthazine, demerol, percacept and of course, cough syrup.