Subject: DJ Screw

• Big Moe, RIP

  October 15, 2007

• "Round 3"

  June 4, 2009

• Static

  July 25, 1996

• Swangin' and Bangin' ... and getting to that other level with the disciples of screw

  February 27, 1997

• Letters

  April 3, 1997

• That's the Breaks

  February 11, 1999

• Oz the Great and Terrible

  January 22, 2009

• Hawk

  Saturday, December 7

  December 5, 2002

• SPC Weekend Plumbs the Roots of Houston Rap

  September 11, 2008

• Mount Coy

  South Park Mexican carves out his place in history with the 2001 Music Awards

  July 26, 2001

• Best Battle DJ

  Fast4ward

  September 25, 2003

• Grand Theft Auto X: The Screwston Chronicles

  May 15, 2008

• Big Moe

  Purple World (Wreckshop/Priority)

  June 20, 2002

• Fucking Transmissions, Begin Transmission

  CD Review

  November 8, 2007

• DJ Screwfest

  September 27, 2007

• Underground Kingz

  August 16, 2007

• Calvin Owens Orchestra, Barbara Lynn, Evelyn Rubio, Pete Mayes, Rue Davis, Tweed Smith

  The Calvin Owens Orchestra and special guests perform 9 p.m. Saturday, August 4, at the Howling Coyote, 6536 FM 1960 West, 281-444-3401.

  August 2, 2007

• Get Your Drank On

  March 2, 2006

• Get Screwed

  July 20, 2006

• NOTSUOH'S

  TEXAS PRAIRIE FIRE

  June 14, 2007

• Lost Albums

  CDs that deserve another listen

  June 14, 2007

• Houston Hip-Hop

  Mike Watts and his stable of northside rappers take a southside legend's style to the masses

  March 22, 2007

• Trae Cool

  An underground legend teams up with Rap-A-Lot in a bid to break nationwide

  June 22, 2006

• Fat Beats

  The real reason Houston stays near the top of the chunkiest-city charts

  March 9, 2006

• On Da Lingo, Part II

  Confused by what all our hometown rappers are talking about? We’re here to help.

  November 17, 2005

• Codeine Country

  Houston was the city of syrup long before DJ Screw came on the scene

  May 5, 2005

• Pop-Up Pop Stars

  With the help of city government, Matthew Knowles hopes to find the next Destiny's Child. You got a problem with that?

  August 19, 2004

• Rules of the Game

  Learn the music biz from the pros

  April 3, 2003

• Hot Tunes, Summer in the City

  Houston Press Music Awards Showcase 2002

  July 18, 2002

• Screw Heads

  Forever and a Day (Avarice/JCOR Entertainment)

  November 15, 2001

• The Turn of the Screw

  In which a narcotic, native-born music finds a nightclub home

  August 16, 2001

• Lean & Mean

  Those who drink codeine syrup call it lean because of its most obvious effect: a loss of coordination. Those who study the drug call it liquid crack. Those who abuse it can wind up dead.

  April 26, 2001

• Tow Down

  By Prescription Only (D.I.M.E.)

  March 1, 2001

• Letters

  Residency Woes, Good God!, Organ-ic Giver

  February 8, 2001

• Life in the Slow Lane

  DJ Screw lived mostly for his work, as if he would have time later to celebrate his success. That time would never come.

  January 18, 2001

• One Last Spin

  Friends, fans and associates cope with the silence following DJ Screw's untimely death

  November 30, 2000

• Discman

  DJ DMD goes national with his continental, Houston-based rap style

  June 10, 1999

• Static

  December 26, 1996

• Attention Readers: Music Award Nominees Should Be From, You Know, Houston

  When Rocks Off got back from lunch today, a colleague had put a completed Houston Press Music Awards nomination ballot in his mailbox with an attached Post-It note that said "Best Ballot Ever." Rocks Off read it over, and it was both hilarious and heartbreaking. The young gentleman from Midtown may well have meant it as a joke - which is all well and good, but you can still only vote once - but we nevertheless feel obliged to point out that nominations for Ciara as Best R&B/Funk/Soul, Sean P

  May 13, 2009

• Attention Readers: Music Award Nominees Should Be From, You Know, Houston

  When our Rocks Off blog got back from lunch today, a colleague had put a completed Houston Press Music Awards nomination ballot in his mailbox with an attached Post-It note that said "Best Ballot Ever." Rocks Off read it over, and it was both hilarious and heartbreaking. The young gentleman from Midtown may well have meant it as a joke- - which is all well and good, but you can still only vote once -- but we nevertheless feel obliged to point out that nominations for Ciara as Best R&B/Funk/S

  May 13, 2009

• Five Spot: Remembering "Five Star General" Big Hawk

  Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. It's five videos and occasional cussing. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com.MTV's Cribs has to be one of this generation's finest cultural achievements. For anyone who's never seen it - and thus, indirectly shown far more independence of character than we possess - the show consists of a camera crew showing up at some famous person's home and following

  June 12, 2009

• Flashing Back to the Heyday of DJ Screw

  Ed. Note: To go along with this week's feature on Mike Jones, Mike Giglio takes a look at the origins of Houston rap's once and future calling card, "screw music." Photos by Mike GiglioScrew: The Next Generation (l-r): Randy, Big Bubb, Bird Wearing corn rows, a wife beater and green courdoroys, and holding a bottle of windex, Bird washes the glass doors at the Missouri City's massive Kingdom Builders church. "Your hair looks nice today," he says to a woman in a dress and high heels, as he h

  July 23, 2009

• HPMA Aftermath: Heptic Skeptic, Runaway Sun, the McKenzies, B L A C K I E, the Tontons and Spain Colored Orange

  Photos by Shea Serrano​ 5:08 p.m.: About two weeks ago, vocalist Kammera Franklin broke her ankle. It has not stopped her hustle. Sunday, she sang for Heptic Skeptic, Umbrella Man and every single other band on the HPMA schedule. 5:27 p.m.: The Skeptics, who have always been a little more soulful than the average indie-rock band, are sampling soulful crooner Anthony Hamilton's "Cornbread, Fish and Collard Greens." Very cool. With Kam relegated to swaying back and forth in a chair, guitarist An

  July 27, 2009

• Catfish Reef: The Rise of Swishahouse

  [Note: this is the second in a series on the origins of Houston rap, to go along with this week's feature on wayward star Mike Jones.]Mike Giglio​As a local hip-hop writer and radio host, Matt Sonzala (also a former Houston Press Music Listings Editor) did what he could to promote Houston rap to a larger audience. Within the city, though, that part was always easy. Thanks to the success of acts such as the Geto Boys and Lil' Troy, who also had their turns in the national spotlight, and the DJ

  July 29, 2009

• The H-Town Countdown, No. 25: Big Moe's City of Syrup

  Roughly 84,000 rap albums have been released in Houston since 1989. We're counting down the 25 best of all time every Thursday. Got a problem with the list? Shove it. Just kidding. Friendship. Email sheaserrano@gmail.com.​The first thing we thought once this list was compiled and all the records had been ranked was, No fuckin' way are we starting it with an album from an MC who has passed. And then we realized: we don't really have much of a choice. Of the 25 best albums to ever come out of Ho

  August 6, 2009

• A Musical Guide to Post-Secession Texas: Houston and "Brazoria"

  The final installment of our Five States of Texas project brings it all back home, to the new state of Brazoria, encompassing all of Southeast Texas from the Brazos Valley to Sabine Pass. ​Patron Saint: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. A master of rock and roll, country, Cajun/Creole, blues and jazz, no one area musician sounded more like Southeast Texas. That he spent his life moving all over the area, on both sides of the Sabine, only serves as evidence in favor of one of our geographical hypothe

  August 18, 2009

• Cap'n Kittens and Friends

  October 22, 2009

• The H-Town Countdown, No. 13: DJ Screw's 3 N' Tha Mornin' Pt. 2 (Blue)

  Roughly 84,000 rap albums have been released in Houston since 1989. We're counting down the 25 best of all time every Thursday. Got a problem with the list? Shove it. Just kidding. Friendship. Email it to sheaserrano@gmail.com. DJ Screw 3 N' Da Mornin, Part 2 (Big Tyme Records, 1995)​While researching the Countdown, we came across two very distinct opinions regarding this album; naturally, they were almost diametrically opposed to one another. People either argued that it should be placed some

  October 29, 2009

• The H-Town Countdown, No. 12: Street Military's Don't Give a Damn

  Roughly 84,000 rap albums have been released in Houston since 1989. We're counting down the 25 best of all time every Thursday. Got a problem with the list? Shove it. Just kidding. Friendship. Email it to sheaserrano@gmail.com. Street Military Don't Give a Damn (Wild Pitch, 1999)​Surprise. Kids, meet Street Military. If you know who they are, then you no doubt sing their praises at parties, business meetings, funerals, whatever. If you don't know who they are, don't feel too badly. They've som

  November 5, 2009

• Ask a Rapper: Street Military's Icey Hott on "What If DJ Screw Were Alive Today"?

  The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place - lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good - so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Have something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email it to introducingliston@gmail.com. We headed over to K-Rino's album release party Sunday night and, lo and behold, Icey Hott from Street Military made a surprise guest appearance. Even though we had no idea what he looked

  November 17, 2009