Prep
- Andrew Nosnitsky, ‘Gray Matters’, Pitchfork (4 March 2013). On the legacy of Houston’s DJ Screw—possibly the most influential hip-hop DJ of this century—and how his impact goes way beyond simply slowing things down.
- Video: ‘DJ Screw and Suc Freestyle’, ScrewdUPClickV2 (14 October 2009)
- Audio: ‘Big Floyd and the Rise of Houston Chopped N Screwed Music’, Switched on Pop (9 June 2020)
In Class
- Attendance
- Q&A: Theme
- Reading Notes for Next Time
- Gilbert B. Rodman, ‘Race … and Other Four-Letter Words: Eminem and the Cultural Politics of Authenticity’(password-protected PDF), in Forman and Neal (2012)
- Audio: TBD
- Video: Adam Neely, ‘Scotch Snaps in Hip-Hop’ (11 March 2019)
