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12 Responses to “DJ Screw documentary trailer (video)”
Well, as a Screwhead (and a disco freak,) I’d just ask “Why is it lame???” Anyone serious about DJ culture really should at least respect what Screw did. Forget the “Screwed” hooks in todays songs…. Screw was one of the few hip hop DJs who manipulated the sound of a record to suit his mood… thereby creating new music out of familiar songs. For the most part he did this simply by changing the pitch. Simple, yes. One of a kind, no (Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, New Beat etc….) Unique, in that his choice of records was ’street’ hip hop… and he could turn Puff Daddy into psychedelic madness… hell yes!!!
That’s his legacy..and this video (looks like an ad for the SOLDIERS UNITED FOR CASH dvd) is dry.. but really informative. I hold it up there with dry docs like MAESTRO.
ya’ll hatin azz bitches need 2 respect tha game and its founderz. screw was an innovator. he fucked with records like no other nigga. show respect or shut the fuck up.
Yeah… fuck those fat niggers… what the hell have they ever done for music? I hate them all… Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Derrick Carter. Fuck those skinny black dudes too… I mean, what the hell did Larry Lvan ever do - but play other people’s track and sometimes ad a little delay. He let his records skip while dj-ing too - what a fucking loser!
What I really like is skinny white guys who play the music of black people… especially when they add a driving four to the floor beat and/or mix it into some sort of 70’s or 80’s rock anthem, Now that’s what I call music!
Both J-Shot and REEALLY should listen to some of Robert Davis’ mixes. The man was a master of the mxtape. Mixes are about creating a mood and telling a story, using (get this) OTHER PEOPLE’S MUSIC!!!
Mr. Davis told a story like no other. Using the elements of pitch, selection (he was a master!,) freestyle and narration - he takes you into his life (a simple Southside Houston working class guy with “ghetto dreams” of being famous one day. A loyal friend, who never missed a friend’s birthday or a cousins’ graduaton. An observer of the streets, who would rather slang tapes than crack. A depressed codeine fiend, for whom sadness and syrup was he gift and his curse.) Once you immerse yourself in his mixes, the pitch is hardly apparant. The best part about him is that he took chances. Records skip, beats trainwreck and high hats fight with basslines for supremacy… but when his mixes click - they are, like the truth sayid: like no other..
Ya’ll gotta know your history. Screw didn’t innovate the slowed down sound, though he was definitely the dude who popularized it. “Screwed” tapes were bumping in the southeast for years before; most recognize Disco Dave as being the true innovator.
Man, Nattymari, u just nailed it. Screw tapes are like a narration. Just from listening to his tapes you could tell he was a very humble and introspective dude. Never preaching hate on his mixes, his tapes were literally a platform for him to express his views and he usually kept it on a very positive tip (even though he would get frustrated with those fleamarket cats!).
A lot of people fail to recognize how sick of a dj he was. I mean, everyone gives him props for slowing the records and chopping it up but they fail to mention how technically skilled this man was. I’m a dj myself (10 years+) and he was amazing at blending, cutting, doubles, remixes, etc. Everything he did sounded perfect (to my ears atleast). Even on his older tapes it sounded like he had been cutting forever. That su4c video footage of Screw cutting isnt a good representation of his skills. He seemed a little stiff. Just listen to the cuts at the end of the ‘Still Hooping’ Freestyle (over Nas-If I Ruled…), there is scratches on there that to this day i still have no idea wat he is doing.
Anyways, im rambling bad just for a comment but Screw was one of the best. Even 10 years later
o yea, does anyone know where to find any other footage of Screw?? Im looking for some footage of him really cutting records up and getting down or possibly even him working on one of his mixtapes in the studio. Ive seen a lot of the stuff on youtube and what not and no disrespect to this documentary but there just isnt much out there of him really killing it on the tables.
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June 30th, 2008 at 00:37
lame
June 30th, 2008 at 04:53
Well, as a Screwhead (and a disco freak,) I’d just ask “Why is it lame???” Anyone serious about DJ culture really should at least respect what Screw did. Forget the “Screwed” hooks in todays songs…. Screw was one of the few hip hop DJs who manipulated the sound of a record to suit his mood… thereby creating new music out of familiar songs. For the most part he did this simply by changing the pitch. Simple, yes. One of a kind, no (Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, New Beat etc….) Unique, in that his choice of records was ’street’ hip hop… and he could turn Puff Daddy into psychedelic madness… hell yes!!!
That’s his legacy..and this video (looks like an ad for the SOLDIERS UNITED FOR CASH dvd) is dry.. but really informative. I hold it up there with dry docs like MAESTRO.
June 30th, 2008 at 06:08
It’s time to wake up n smelle the coffe, post an ad for a 7 year old dvd!!!
June 30th, 2008 at 07:39
This movie came out ages ago..
June 30th, 2008 at 09:37
soildiers for cash!? I can’t get behind that, how tacky and materialistic
this dj is known for slowing records down, and that’s a style?…..what?
June 30th, 2008 at 22:45
J Chot…YOu should just shut the fuck up you herb fagget
June 30th, 2008 at 23:44
ya’ll hatin azz bitches need 2 respect tha game and its founderz. screw was an innovator. he fucked with records like no other nigga. show respect or shut the fuck up.
July 1st, 2008 at 01:46
lame lame lame
fat black guys slowing other peoples music down is lame
July 2nd, 2008 at 14:57
Yeah… fuck those fat niggers… what the hell have they ever done for music? I hate them all… Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Derrick Carter. Fuck those skinny black dudes too… I mean, what the hell did Larry Lvan ever do - but play other people’s track and sometimes ad a little delay. He let his records skip while dj-ing too - what a fucking loser!
What I really like is skinny white guys who play the music of black people… especially when they add a driving four to the floor beat and/or mix it into some sort of 70’s or 80’s rock anthem, Now that’s what I call music!
Both J-Shot and REEALLY should listen to some of Robert Davis’ mixes. The man was a master of the mxtape. Mixes are about creating a mood and telling a story, using (get this) OTHER PEOPLE’S MUSIC!!!
Mr. Davis told a story like no other. Using the elements of pitch, selection (he was a master!,) freestyle and narration - he takes you into his life (a simple Southside Houston working class guy with “ghetto dreams” of being famous one day. A loyal friend, who never missed a friend’s birthday or a cousins’ graduaton. An observer of the streets, who would rather slang tapes than crack. A depressed codeine fiend, for whom sadness and syrup was he gift and his curse.) Once you immerse yourself in his mixes, the pitch is hardly apparant. The best part about him is that he took chances. Records skip, beats trainwreck and high hats fight with basslines for supremacy… but when his mixes click - they are, like the truth sayid: like no other..
July 5th, 2008 at 22:02
Ya’ll gotta know your history. Screw didn’t innovate the slowed down sound, though he was definitely the dude who popularized it. “Screwed” tapes were bumping in the southeast for years before; most recognize Disco Dave as being the true innovator.
August 28th, 2008 at 08:56
Man, Nattymari, u just nailed it. Screw tapes are like a narration. Just from listening to his tapes you could tell he was a very humble and introspective dude. Never preaching hate on his mixes, his tapes were literally a platform for him to express his views and he usually kept it on a very positive tip (even though he would get frustrated with those fleamarket cats!).
A lot of people fail to recognize how sick of a dj he was. I mean, everyone gives him props for slowing the records and chopping it up but they fail to mention how technically skilled this man was. I’m a dj myself (10 years+) and he was amazing at blending, cutting, doubles, remixes, etc. Everything he did sounded perfect (to my ears atleast). Even on his older tapes it sounded like he had been cutting forever. That su4c video footage of Screw cutting isnt a good representation of his skills. He seemed a little stiff. Just listen to the cuts at the end of the ‘Still Hooping’ Freestyle (over Nas-If I Ruled…), there is scratches on there that to this day i still have no idea wat he is doing.
Anyways, im rambling bad just for a comment but Screw was one of the best. Even 10 years later
August 28th, 2008 at 09:00
o yea, does anyone know where to find any other footage of Screw?? Im looking for some footage of him really cutting records up and getting down or possibly even him working on one of his mixtapes in the studio. Ive seen a lot of the stuff on youtube and what not and no disrespect to this documentary but there just isnt much out there of him really killing it on the tables.