Slab (car)

Slab (sometimes in all capital letters) is an acronym for "slow, loud, and bangin'" that describes a custom car, music and surrounding culture that's associated with hip-hop culture that emerged in the Houston area. Slab music emerged in the 1990s as a form of music that incorporated chopped and screwed music altered in a mass commercial (or radio) friendly way rather than the underground mixtapes released at the time. The music is said to be made to be played in a slab vehicle. The acronym "slow, loud and bangin'" also describes the music as its tempo is less than the typical hip hop music at the time (slow), the volume is typically high while played in the car (loud), and the beat is typically bassy (bangin').