Slabs, Screw, and Stories from the Country: Deezie Brown & EC Mayne Soundtrack Bastrop County

Candy Blue Like Screw reclaims Texas rap heritage

"...Candy Blue Like Screw, a grooved-out dose of pure Texas hip-hop hitting this..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Whut It Dew

They don't call DJ Rapid Ric the Mixtape Mechanic for nuthin'

"...Dubbed the Mixtape Mechanic, Austin's DJ Rapid Ric is building a lengthy lead out in..."

May 20, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Khruangbin Slows It Down Houston-Style

New album continues trio’s international success

"...reggae, and Middle Eastern psych-rock are all chopped and screwed into a mix that sounds like the Lone Star..."

June 26, 2020 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

DJ Screw: The Untold Story

DVDnds

"...DJ Screw: The Untold Story..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Cumbia Sobre El Rio

Monterrey's Celso Piña and his 21st Century cumbia

"...Hernández, 26, found fame as the DJ for Control Machete, a breakout hip-hop band from Monterrey,..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Saturday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...visionary Kid Koala begins his quest as a crafty DJ and hopes he somehow ends up leaving an indelible..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

TCB

All the hip-hop that fits in ATX.

"...south, on Sixth Street, and the Eastside, local MCs, DJs, B-boys, promoters, and entrepreneurs are doing their part to..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Faster Than Sound: Fat Tony Tales

Houston rapper plays sole release show in Austin

"..."There's a DJ Screw movie called Soldiers United for Cash, and there's..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Hip-Hop on the Verge

Austin finally cemented a scene, but who will break out nationally?

"...Collection, a mixtape made in tandem with celebrated beatmaster DJ Rapid Ric. He'd worked with all the scene notables:..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...yet with the rough edges still visible. – Jim CaligiuriDJ LOGIC8pm, Oslo Forget hip-hop. If you're ready to accept..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Behind the Wheel With Deezie Brown

After five years of fine-tuning, the perfectionist producer and rapper rolls out 5th Wheel Fairytale

"..."It's grown folk music for normal people," KUTX DJ Confucius Jones tells me of Deezie's deeply domestic subject..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Seismic Dance Event, Jazz at St. James', Feels So Good Fest, Susannah Joffe, Amigo the Devil, and more

"...Brooklyn-based duo Bedouin's Middle Eastern inspired sounds and a DJ set from Bonobo...."

Nov. 12, 2021 Music Column by Christina Garcia

DJ Rapid Ric

"...DJ Rapid RicWhut It Dew: The Album (Dew Music Group)..."

May 13, 2011 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Pirate Utopia

The 0-2's "Temporary Autonomous Zone" for ATX rap

"...Wall across Texas, they brought local artists Basswood Lane, DJ Grip, and Will Hustle along for the ride. VIP's..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Life Is a Rhythm

Ground zero for Austin hip-hop: University Hills' 2-3

"...it big would take a youngster under their wing. DJ Cassanova used to pick me up, bring me over..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

DJ Screwfest

"...DJ Screwfest..."

July 28, 2006 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

ACL Fest Music Recommendations From Close-to-Home

Fresh sounds that emanate from the Lone Star State

"...millennium like a cry for the Americas chopped 'n' screwed into twerk-tronica, the singer, educator, ambassador, and 12-time Austin..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...a Styrofoam cup with purple liquid and a midtrack screw shift. Meanwhile, key cut "Julios" chops a Nina Simone..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Texas' Best Chicken Fried Steaks

That which does not kill us makes us stronger

"...an interview with rapper Tow Down, member of the Screwed Up Click, that cadre of MCs assembled by DJ..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Playback: Chilling With ScoreMore

Austin promoters ScoreMore tap San Antonio

"...of Guy and Susanna Clark, includes profiles ranging from DJ Screw to Willie Nelson's ruffian drummer/bodyguard Paul English. The..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Car Stereo (Wars) v. Neiliyo

Local mash-up artists give it away now

"...Two local mash-up artists, two new mixtapes, one teleconference..."

Aug. 4, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Where do you want it?

"...evolved out of necessity, with a section dedicated to DJ Screw and mixtapes from Chamillionaire and DJ Rapid Ric,..."

April 16, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Interviews

Chamillionaire & Paul Wall: Texas' last great tag team gets back in the ring; Nas & Damian Marley: Kindred spirits or Distant Relatives?; Brian Posehn: Going to 11 with Fart and Wiener Jokes

"...(Swishahouse) in 2002, not to mention its Chopped & Screwed complement twisted by DJ Michael "5000" Watts, is a..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

The World Is Yours, the Money's Mine

"...large. Without J. Prince backing the Geto Boys or DJ Screw selling gray tapes, Chamillionaire wouldn't currently be nominated..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Beatbox

Beatbox

"...come to Texas. Austin's J Kapone connects with the DJ Screw set and has been blowing up the Beat..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Ain't Nobody Real but Me

Chamillionaire's flow: Houston and beyond

"...the mainstream gullet and drew attention to the late DJ Screw and what had formerly been a fringe movement...."

Jan. 13, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Bun BDJ / Rapid Ric

Record review

"...Trill (Rap-A-Lot/Asylum)DJ Rapid Ric..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Beat Box

Texas Platters

"...itself, that crumbled long ago with the passing of DJ Screw, and what's left behind is a populace self-medicated..."

May 24, 2002 Music Review by Christopher Coletti

Beat Box

"...has the roster of Gay2Gay, Lucky P, Bruce G, DJ Ho-Mo, plus security detail Rear Admiral & the Pink..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

The Three Kings of “No Kings But Us”

Austin DIY icon Tim Kerr and Houston legends Robert Hodge and Russel Gonzalez create “No Kings But Us”

"...Texas fame for pressing vinyl for Scarface, and supplying DJ Screw with his famous gray tapes. Gonzalez describes himself..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Haris Qureshi

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