King Jerm vs. Saule Wright “Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!” We decided to turn back the clock and bring back one of your favorite columns…The Debate! In this corner we have the Rookie of the Year, TSaule Wright, as he tries to knock off the undisputed champ, King Jerm off of his throne. The debate is on which movement was the best, the Snap music or Chopped/Screwed music.
King Jerm’s Pick: Chopped & Screwed Music
So this is the cat I’m supposed to beef with? The Snap movement is GARBAGE, but at least it is fun! How hard can it be to make a Snap song? The Chop/Screw music was developed in the 90’s by DJ Screw in Houston. He used to have people lined up by the hundreds at his door to buy some of his “Screwed Up” tapes. How many people are lined up at Fabo’s door for one of his Snap songs? Some think that you have to be high off of CODEINE to enjoy it, but that’s not true. But you do need to be high off that PURP and drunk off that PATRON to enjoy that Snap music. Now if you are into guys dancing in circles with each other and snapping their fingers, then maybe Snap is for you. Snap is a fad that is quickly dying, for every Snap song you need to have a dance to accompany it. Chopped/Screwed is making a comeback, look at all the artists using the Chopped/Screwed vocals on the hooks of their songs. They’re doing it from NY to the N.O. In closing, I would like to point out that no one refers to the “death of Hip-Hop” by talking about Screwed up music, they were referring to it because Snap had taken over the airways!
Saule Wright’s Pick: Snap Music
In times like this where the average American gets more activity walking from the car to the club than they do in the club, snap music helped save Hip Hop. This Atlanta born movement made it so simple that anyone could follow the beat, as well, it’s too catchy not to groove too. “I Think They Like Me“ and “Laffy Taffy” were huge commercial successes because of the snap sound. Some detractors spew that venom on snap music by saying it’s not hip hop…some go farther and say that it killed hip hop. To quote Hov, “men and women lie, numbers don’t.” Many so dubbed Snap songs sold like wildfire and are the sole reason we know of certain groups. Sure its simple and has even been dubbed by The Source as fathering the worst beat of all time, they can’t deny that even they said that, they were snappin’ and poppin’ to the beat. So snap yo fingas, do ya step.
