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And a lot of our cultural influences
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And a lot ofour cultural influences came from that music

And a lot of
our cultural influences came from that music

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And a lot of our cultural influences
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came from that music.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:47
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...
- 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
These guys literally have their own record label, - Mixtape 00:05
These guys literally have their own record label,
I mean, you could flip a mixtape over - Mixtape 00:19
I mean, you could flip a mixtape over
If you're moving 50 to 100,000 or more mixtapes - Mixtape 00:12
If you're moving 50 to 100,000 or more mixtapes
If you're moving several hundred thousand mixtapes - Mixtape 00:07
If you're moving several hundred thousand mixtapes
- I'd have, like, all my mixtapes - Mixtape 00:04
- I'd have, like, all my mixtapes
Pop it up. Africans come to me - Mixtape 00:04
Pop it up. Africans come to me
- He was the first person I ever saw with a Lexus - Mixtape 00:04
- He was the first person I ever saw with a Lexus
- [speaking French] - Mixtape 00:05
- [speaking French]
- When I was out in the streets, - Mixtape 00:05
- When I was out in the streets,
- Swap meets were the equivalent of - Mixtape 00:04
- Swap meets were the equivalent of
- If know somebody in Mississippi, - Mixtape 00:04
- If know somebody in Mississippi,
Whether it's from the prison system, - Mixtape 00:07
Whether it's from the prison system,
So word of mouth was better than, you know, - Mixtape 00:05
So word of mouth was better than, you know,
There's my Walkman from jail. - Mixtape 00:04
There's my Walkman from jail.
Had COs bringing me food on the weekend, - Mixtape 00:05
Had COs bringing me food on the weekend,
Yeah, niggas would rather get their head cracked - Mixtape 00:04
Yeah, niggas would rather get their head cracked
Going back to the turntable, that changed everything. - Mixtape 00:04
Going back to the turntable, that changed everything.
- Epidemic just hit crazy when it switched to CDs. - Mixtape 00:05
- Epidemic just hit crazy when it switched to CDs.