DJ Screw spent his life as an underground legend, and his afterlife has been defined by an indelible hop-hop influence that permeates many sounds today. Fortunately for fans unfamiliar with his iconic and boundary-pushing work, his original mixtape production catalog is coming to streaming services for the first time.
According to DJ Mag, Screw’s mixtapes will go up on platforms like Spotify and Apple Music every week starting this week up through the end of June. Today (Friday, May 29), we got the DJ Screw Originals (Volume 1) tape on digital streaming platforms.
“This is for the fans who’ve always known and for those discovering him now,” Robert Earl Davis Jr.’s estate reportedly stated. “From a local legend to a global icon, his catalogue will now be accessible everywhere, keeping his legacy alive one stream at a time.”
Before this, fans of the Houston pioneer could only access most of his iconic work through YouTube rips and other unofficial uploads. Sure, we got some releases on streaming here and there, but this return of old material is very exciting. Also, not everyone has physical media from back in the day to spin again and again.
