In between every rapper, Moe performs a quick verse in his signature half-rapped, half-sung style. A screwed sample of Biggie’s “Warning” plays over the track before Big Moe enters to host the freestyle session/birthday party. This is an apt description of the monstrous track, on which eight rappers freestyle over a dazzling beat (Kriss Kross’s “Da Streets Ain’t Right”, properly screwed) to celebrate rapper DeMo’s (alternately known as D-Mo) birthday. Houston Press has described “June 27”, a 37-minute freestyle session from that date in 1996, as “ Houston rap’s Sistine Chapel ceiling”. He pioneered the “Chopped & Screwed” style of hip-hop, in which the tempo of a song is slowed down significantly (screwed) with short sections repeated and/or cut (chopped). Houston’s late DJ Screw will forever be a legend.
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