DJ Screw’s rise ends in tragedy. But the sound he created just keeps spreading, from stereos to streaming, screwing up the world on its way up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S3 Part 5: I Never Saw Him Rest

Jul 21st, 2021 44m 26s

After making $27,000 selling mixtapes in just one night, DJ Screw decides to open his own store. But the top of the game is a lonely place to be, and things get darker behind the register.NOTE: In this episode, we talk about addiction. Please t

S3 Part 3: June 27th

Jul 14th, 2021 44m 40s

We go inside the making of DJ Screw’s greatest mixtape: The June 27th tape. It’s the story of a magical night inside the wood room when everything came together just right. The beats, the drugs, and a historic lineup of some of the Screwed Up C

S3 Part 4: Big Floyd

Jul 14th, 2021 47m 34s

Hundreds of people rapped on DJ Screw’s mixtapes, but there’s one name that everyone remembers: Big Floyd. But you know him better as George Floyd. On this week’s episode of Mogul, rapper Cal Wayne tells us his story. Learn more about your ad c

S3 Part 2: Instant Gumbo

Jul 7th, 2021 42m 28s

DJ Screw takes Houston. But before he does, he'll need to invent an entire genre, assemble a crew, and acquire a blue Chevy Impala.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S3 Part 3: June 27th

Jul 7th, 2021 40m 40s

S3 Part 1: Screw Up the World

Jun 30th, 2021 44m 46s

The DJ Screw origin story. His musical odyssey begins in small-town Smithville where he’s inspired by New York hip hop, boomboxes, and an extremely corny movie about breakdancers. A move to Houston expands Screw’s horizons, and he begins the me

S3 Part 2: Instant Gumbo

Jun 30th, 2021 38m 28s

DJ Screw takes Houston. But before he does, he'll need to invent an entire genre, assemble a crew, and acquire a blue Chevy Impala. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

S3 Part 1: Screw Up the World

Jun 23rd, 2021 40m 46s

Trailer

Introducing Season 3: Chopped and Screwed

Jun 17th, 2021 3m 45s

Mogul is slowing things down, and telling the story of DJ Screw. The reclusive auteur is best known for inventing Chopped & Screwed, a slowed-down, psychedelic strain of hip-hop that changed the sound of music forever. But that’s all most peopl

Introducing Season 3: Chopped and Screwed

Jun 17th, 2021 3m 42s

Bonus

Introducing 'NO SKIPS with Jinx and Shea'

Jun 16th, 2021 13m 46s

Check out 'NO SKIPS with Jinx and Shea', a new Spotify and Ringer show dedicated to hip-hop's most iconic and unskippable albums, hosted by Brandon 'Jinx' Jenkins and best-selling author, Shea Serrano. Each episode focuses on a single album and

Introducing 'NO SKIPS with Jinx and Shea'

Jun 16th, 2021 13m 46s

Mixtape: Kelly Rowland Meets Her Idol

Aug 5th, 2020 22m 40s

Kelly Rowland was just a teenager when she and the rest of Destiny’s Child came to New York to audition for a record deal. Over 20 years later, she’s been all over the world, met her idols (including the legendary Whitney Houston), lived out so

Mixtape: The Secret History of Emo Rap

Jul 22nd, 2020 26m 37s

Sidney Madden and Rodney Carmichael are journalists at NPR, but they could be rap history professors. And they have a thesis: emo rap is not a new phenomenon. They say it’s always been a part of the culture. In fact, they think that a lot of th

Mixtape: Back to the Basement w/ Eric Eddings

Jul 15th, 2020 22m 2s

In the late 90s, there was plenty of awesome tv to watch after school; but for Eric Eddings one program ruled them all: Rap City Tha Basement on BET. Every day, Rap City picked Eric up off of his couch and dropped him right into the world of hi

Mixtape: Production as Destruction w/ JPEGMAFIA

Jul 8th, 2020 24m 6s

JPEGMAFIA is an experimental rapper with a knack for creating genre-bending beats out of the internet’s weirdest sounds. He’s sampled everything from Nicki Minaj’s rants on Queen Radio to the sound effects of Mortal Kombat; and on this episode

Mixtape: Kelly Rowland Meets Her Idol

Jul 1st, 2020 19m 6s

Kelly Rowland was just a teenager when she and the rest of Destiny’s Child came to New York to audition for record labels. Over 20 years later, she’s been all over the world, met her idols (including Whitney Houston), lived out so many of her m

Mixtape: Tupac’s Giant Denim Suits

Jun 24th, 2020 17m 40s

Before Tupac topped the charts, he was just a roadie in baggy jeans. Pioneering fashion designer April Walker takes us back to the 90s, when she caught Tupac on the come-up—and made him two gigantic, hand-crafted, velour-lined denim suits. Lear

Mixtape: The Best Album Release Day Ever

Jun 17th, 2020 22m 48s

On September 29th 1998 the stars aligned, Jay-Z, Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def & Talib Kweli (Black Star), and Brand Nubian all released classic albums. On that day Hip Hop heads around the country lined up to get their copies. Sports

Mixtape: The Making of Hip Hop’s Greatest Meme

Jun 10th, 2020 17m 2s

Timbaland has sampled almost everything. Baby laughing? Check. Crickets chirping? Check. Thunder, um, thundering? Check. On this episode of The Mogul Mixtapes, Jinx is joined by Jeff and Eric Rosenthal from ItsTheReal and the trio disappear dow

Mixtape: The Dream

May 27th, 2020 19m 41s

Sweet potato pie, the really big box of crayons with the sharpener on the back, why André 3000 is the Basquiat of rap, and how to DJ like you’re playing a game of spades—we talk about all this (and a lot more) with renowned producer and songwri

Mixtape: Tip "T.I." Harris

May 20th, 2020 17m 28s

T.I. is known as the King of the South—but once upon a time, he was just a little kid who wanted to hear dirty words. In this episode, he tells us how he tricked his grandma into buying him the raunchiest, most controversial hip hop album of th

Mixtape: Earlonne Woods

May 13th, 2020 23m 8s

On this episode of The Mogul Mixtapes we’re kicking it with Earlonne Woods, the host of the podcast Ear Hustle. In 1988, Earlonne was sentenced to life in prison. But something else happened to him that year--he heard the iconic N.W.A. track “F

Mixtape: Ludacris

May 6th, 2020 16m 19s

On this episode of The Mogul Mixtapes we talk to Atlanta hip hop legend Ludacris, who turns out to be VERY prepared for life in quarantine. Luda shares the ultimate rapper's guide to sheltering in place, including the merits of owning your own