To screw a record (slow it down), a DJ changes the tempo/bpm of the entire record. To chop a record, a DJ can either break sections of a song into pieces, (resembling a stuttering effect) or utilize a hand clap sound to scratch with another track. The elements of Chopped & Screwed music are complex yet simple. In Houston, cannabis smoke will hang in the air wherever C&S music is played. From being “ draped up and dripped out” to “ fire up a fat sweet,” the Texas city’s C&S sound has intertwined with local weed for more than three decades.
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