Houston chopped and screwed movement

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hip hop subculture music movement regional music scene

The Houston chopped and screwed movement is a distinctive hip-hop subculture and production style from Houston, Texas, characterized by dramatically slowed-down beats, record scratching, and beat juggling that create a hazy, hypnotic sound.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Houston chopped and screwed movement canonical	2
Houston hip hop	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hip hop subculture ⓘ music movement ⓘ regional music scene ⓘ
associatedAct	Big Moe ⓘ Fat Pat ⓘ Lil Keke ⓘ Screwed Up Click ⓘ Swishahouse ⓘ UGK ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Houston ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Texas ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ surface form: U.S. South
associatedWithSubculture	Houston street culture ⓘ
associatedWithSubstanceUse	prescription-strength cough syrup with codeine and promethazine ⓘ
characteristic	beat juggling ⓘ dramatically slowed-down beats ⓘ hazy sound ⓘ hypnotic sound ⓘ record scratching ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalImpact	influenced global remix culture ⓘ popularized slowed and pitched-down remixes ⓘ
culturalOrigin	African-American communities in Houston ⓘ
distributionFormat	car audio culture ⓘ underground mixtapes ⓘ
focusesOn	DJ as primary creative artist ⓘ
influenced	cloud rap ⓘ experimental electronic music ⓘ mainstream Southern hip hop ⓘ trap music aesthetics ⓘ
influencedBy	DJ Screw ⓘ Houston mixtape culture ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locationOfOrigin	Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ surface form: Houston, Texas
musicGenre	chopped and screwed ⓘ
notableFigure	DJ Screw ⓘ DJ Michael "5000" Watts ⓘ surface form: Michael "5000" Watts OG Ron C ⓘ
relatedGenre	slowed + reverb remixes ⓘ
soundDescription	slow, syrupy, and distorted ⓘ
stylisticOrigin	DJ screw techniques ⓘ Houston chopped and screwed movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Houston hip hop Southern hip hop ⓘ
timePeriod	early 1990s onward ⓘ
typicalTempo	slow ⓘ
usesTechnique	chopping of vocal lines ⓘ pitch-lowering of vocals and instruments ⓘ repetition of phrases ⓘ time-stretching of audio ⓘ

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Paul Wall → movement → Houston chopped and screwed movement ⓘ

Swishahouse → movement → Houston chopped and screwed movement ⓘ

Houston chopped and screwed movement → stylisticOrigin → Houston chopped and screwed movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Houston hip hop