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Mixtape

All of the peoplethat you now recognize as part of the Houston movement all started...

All of the people
that you now recognize as part of the Houston movement all started from
the mixtape areas

Full Transcript

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All of the people that you now recognize
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as part of the Houston movement
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all started from the mixtape areas.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:58
Uploaded
May 04, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Saboteur Media,Def Jam Recordings,MTV Documentary Films,Mercury Studios

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Movie Summary

Mixtapes have an out-sized role in the emergence of hip hop around the world. Before radio play, the internet, and social media, there were mixtapes. No matter where you lived, you could pop a cassette into a tape deck, and be tra...
- We'd get the imports, 'cause, you know, - Mixtape 00:05
- We'd get the imports, 'cause, you know,
And then they would go copy it - Mixtape 00:05
And then they would go copy it
- There was a time when I first met AM - Mixtape 00:07
- There was a time when I first met AM
- You'd hear it maybe once. And you're like, - Mixtape 00:04
- You'd hear it maybe once. And you're like,
He had this Jeep Cherokee with, like, the CDs in the thing-- - Mixtape 00:07
He had this Jeep Cherokee with, like, the CDs in the thing--
- Man, I just heard this thing, - Mixtape 00:04
- Man, I just heard this thing,
[record scratching] - ♪ Tall and tan ♪ - Mixtape 00:11
[record scratching] - ♪ Tall and tan ♪
But a lot of times they didn't have - Mixtape 00:04
But a lot of times they didn't have
[hip-hop music] - Mixtape 00:11
[hip-hop music]
- The first time that I listened to rap music, - Mixtape 00:05
- The first time that I listened to rap music,
- It was Carolina, Bayamón. It was all around the island. - Mixtape 00:04
- It was Carolina, Bayamón. It was all around the island.
- If it wasn't for the mixtape, - Mixtape 00:06
- If it wasn't for the mixtape,
- [speaking Japanese] - Mixtape 00:04
- [speaking Japanese]
- Any time I would go to New York - Mixtape 00:05
- Any time I would go to New York
- [speaking French] - Mixtape 00:11
- [speaking French]
And as soon as that person came back, - Mixtape 00:08
And as soon as that person came back,
- There was some, you know what I mean, gifting going on - Mixtape 00:05
- There was some, you know what I mean, gifting going on
And a lot of our cultural influences - Mixtape 00:05
And a lot of our cultural influences
- The idea of the Tape Kingz was to take those tapes - Mixtape 00:09
- The idea of the Tape Kingz was to take those tapes
- I saw their setup and I saw hundreds of - Mixtape 00:08
- I saw their setup and I saw hundreds of