Prep
- Review Charles Holmes, ‘“He Shook the World”: George Floyd’s Legendary Houston Legacy’, Rolling Stone (2 June 2020). This is behind a paywall, but you should be able to access this from the campus library’s website. Please let me know if you encounter any problems!
- Audio: ‘Big Floyd and the Rise of Houston Chopped N Screwed Music’, Switched on Pop (9 June 2020)
- Review instructions for the StoryMaps Final Project
Zoom Session
- Story Maps Demo
- Discussion: DJ Screw and the Sound of Houston’s South Side
- What is the chopped ‘n’ screwed aesthetic?
- screwed
- chopped
- DJ Screw’s Influence and the Sound of Contemporary Popular Music
- Big Floyd and the Screwed Up Click
- Is there an essential connection between the chopped ‘n’ screwed aesthetic and Houston’s urban culture and geography?
- What is the chopped ‘n’ screwed aesthetic?
For Next Time (ZOOM SESSION TUESDAY, IF THAT’S OUR LAST DAY OF CLASS!!)
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Tricia Rose, ‘Never Trust a Big Butt and a Smile’, in Forman and Neal (2004)
- Audio: ‘Saweetie, City Girls, and the Female Rapper Renaissance’ (29 November 2020)!
