Screwed and Chopped [1] is a style of editing used in hip hop music which originated in Houston, Texas, pioneered by the late, eponymous DJ Screw and exemplified in the music of Swishahouse artists such as Mike Jones, Paul Wall, and Slim Thug, along with Chamillionaire and others. Essentially the song is slowed down (screwed) and then heavily mixed and scratched (chopped) to create a distinctive style that is supposedly meant to imitate the effects of various recreational drugs such as marijuana or "syrup." DJ Screw, born Robert Earl Davis, Jr. ... Swishahouse (Swishablast Entertainment) is an independent, southern rap record label started by Michael 5000 Watts in the late 1990s. ... Mike Jones (born January 6, c. ... Paul Wall (born Paul Slayton) is a white rapper, DJ, and promoter from the 5900 block of Southlea, Houston, Texas, USA. He is affiliated with Swishahouse Records, formerly Swisha Blast Records. ... Slim Thug is a rapper from Houston, Texas. ... Chamillionaire is a rapper from Houston, Texas, who also uses the names The Mixtape Messiah and King Koopa professionally. ... Cannabis is a plant also known as Cannabis sativa, hemp, or marijuana. ...

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"Hip-hop records are literally slowed down to a molasses-like pace, and beats and lyrics ooze lazily out of the speakers. The result is a heavy, drowsy groove that, over the last 14 years, has exerted a major influence on Southern hip-hop culture." -Joseph Patel, MTV.com

See also: Chopped_and_Screwed Chopped and screwed is a term that refers to a certain technique of remixing hip-hop music by slowing the tempo and applying various DJ techniques such as skipping beats, record scratching, stop-time, and sending portions of the music through stand-alone effects to make a chopped-up version...