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Screwed Up Records & Tapes is just like every other dilapidated structure in the City of Houston’s South Park neighborhood. But yet this small, ordinary building is home to the most recent trend of Rap Music to hit the streets: Chopped & Screwed.
With the recent success of artists like Paul Wall, Chopped & Screwed has brought the spotlight onto Houston. Although technically considered Rap Music, Chopped & Screwed is unlike any of its predecessors of the 1980s & 1990s, as the music is literally slowed down to a snail’s pace. The beats & lyrics are delivered in a manner that is indicative of intoxication.
The style was developed by DJ Screw in the early 1990s, during a time when cough syrup with codeine-drank or Texas Tea-had consumed the local drug culture. Drank would become one of the major influences on the creation of Chopped & Screwed Music, potential causes of death of DJ Screw, & a continuous reference in the songs of numerous (if not all) Chopped & Screwed artists.
Having been raised during the 1980s & 1990s on the east coast, I am not a huge fan of Chopped & Screwed. Although I do enjoy Hip Hop, I am a fan of artists who promote change, progression, & who shed light upon injustice, intolerance, & poverty. Artists & groups like Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, & KRS1 are groups or individual artists that I support. I personally feel as though Chopped & Screwed promotes & advocates everything I am against: drug consumption, narcissism, & greed.
Screwed Up Records & Tapes is located at 7717 Cullen Blvd., in Houston's South Park neighborhood. Leave a Comment
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Walking around downtown Houston (1 on "General tips" Houston area map) is likely to give you a dread feeling of coldness, emptyness and bleakness. Nobody around, only garage and parking lot entrances, tall skycrapers taking sometimes one block by themselves, boarded up empty shops along the streets. Houstonians are hiding in the buildings where they work, go to restaurants and shop in the tunnel and skybridge system that links one building to the other. Parts of downtown occasionally get lively when events are taking place or at times of entertainment venues (Theater District NW of Downtown, baskettball and baseball stadiums East of Downtown). It is quite a shame because there is so much potential in this part of town where the most impressive architectural achievements are to be seen!
Now, Houstonians are hoping to change this sad state of affair! The big hope is that Main street will be revitalized by the new tramway line. A real effort of renovation is being made along Main Street with nice fountains, pleasant tramway stops and slow opening of shops and restaurants at street levels. To promote this part of town, Main street becomes a pedestrian only street on Friday and Saturday evenings. There is also talk of developping the banks of Buffalo Bayou (Northern edge of downtown) in a way akin to the Riverwalk of San Antonio.
Anyway, let's keep our fingers crossed that downtown Houston one day will have a real city atmosphere with crowds and street level shops and restaurants! Leave a Comment
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Houston is perhaps the most diverse city in the state, if not this entire area of the country -- people come here from everywhere. I think it is often forgotten by others that Houston is a large, international port city much like Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and Seattle. Over 90 languages are spoken here. I think you could find almost any kind of culture in Houston.
The city also celebrates its diversity, with numerous ethnic festivals and an annual International Festival that takes place in downtown.
And most importantly, people here LIKE each other and are respectful of each other for the most part. When was the last time you heard of race riots in Houston, or any kind of riots or uprisings for that matter? Outsiders might stereotype Texans as rednecks, but I've actually found Houstonians to be quite civilized compared to many people in other areas of the country.
Keep in mind that while in Houston, you are likely to run into many different cultures. Leave a Comment
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Forget about what you may think you know about Texas. Under this enormous umbrella of conservatism lies a radical movement deeply rooted in tradition. Taking into consideration the cities enormous immigrant & laboring classes, it is no wonder why activism is as natural or befitting to the City of Houston as the oil industry or NASA.
Demonstrations, parades & other forms of agitation are as common to the city streets as the particles of trash that litter every vacant lot. This is the aspect of the city that I truly enjoy & can relate to as it reminds me of my time growing up in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Houstonians are quite passionate about the war in Iraq, attracting similar activists from all across the United States.
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!! Leave a Comment
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Be careful in inner city Houston. There are alot of gangs. Do not, and I mean do not, wear red or blue. Also keep your ball cap forward. to be on the safe side don't walk the streets alone, or at night. Oh, and don't start a conversation with a stranger...not a good idea. Leave a Comment
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