For the unfamiliar, the “screwed-and-chopped” style of remix was pioneered by the late DJ Screw and is when a song/album (usually hip-hop) is slowed down and edited so it sounds like the original ...

Since extracting every ounce of pathos from a remix of Jidenna’s “Classic Man” in the third act of Moonlight, director Barry Jenkins has taken up remixing entire albums as a side hobby. He’s already ...

It’s been almost two decades since the first wave of Houston’s rap dominance when names like Slim Thug, Paul Wall, and Mike Jones ruled the airwaves. Since then, we’ve seen Houston culture ...

In general, I try not to learn too much about new movies before I see them; I like to protect the unpredictability and promise one feels in the dark theater just before the movie begins. The only ...

The Chopstars from Houston and prolific author and San Antonio native Shea Serrano joined forces earlier this week to give Selena's music a chopped and screwed remix. The ChopNotSlop remix dropped ...

21 Savage and Metro Boomin's chart-topping Savage Mode II got the chopped and screwed treatment by legendary Houston collective OG Ron C & The Chopstars on Monday. After debuting at the top of the ...

When he’s not busy making wonderful movies, Barry Jenkins has been known to dabble in music. Back in 2017, he teamed up with Houston’s OG Ron C and DJ Candlestick, aka The Chopstars, for Purple ...

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has chopped and screwed Wilco ’s breakthrough 2002 LP Yankee Hotel Foxtrot with the help of Houston’s Chopstars. Jenkins shared the project on Twitter, noting the ...