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DJ Screw's earliest mixtapeswere just like every other DJ's earliestmixtapes, you know?

DJ Screw's earliest mixtapes
were just like every other DJ's earliest
mixtapes, you know?

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- DJ Screw's earliest mixtapes were just like
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every other DJ's earliest mixtapes, you know?
Duration
5 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:49
Uploaded
May 04, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Saboteur Media,Def Jam Recordings,MTV Documentary Films,Mercury Studios

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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...
And then there's a shift, right, where Screw, - Mixtape 00:08
And then there's a shift, right, where Screw,
[deep reverb] - Mixtape 00:12
[deep reverb]
Up the street there was a plaza, - Mixtape 00:06
Up the street there was a plaza,
- The Edward J mixtape was an Atlanta based thing. - Mixtape 00:04
- The Edward J mixtape was an Atlanta based thing.
And--so he made a lot of DJs famous, like, years later. - Mixtape 00:04
And--so he made a lot of DJs famous, like, years later.
Like, um-- [singing] - Mixtape 00:11
Like, um-- [singing]
So it was a plaza I would go to - Mixtape 00:04
So it was a plaza I would go to
And those are some of the most prestigious tapes - Mixtape 00:05
And those are some of the most prestigious tapes
- Everybody had their own style, - Mixtape 00:04
- Everybody had their own style,
And, you know, the way he would DJ, - Mixtape 00:04
And, you know, the way he would DJ,
We about to intro to the stage, - Mixtape 00:10
We about to intro to the stage,
Features over 150 of the biggest names in hip-hop, - Mixtape 00:06
Features over 150 of the biggest names in hip-hop,
I had no idea he was a Puerto Rican guy, you know? - Mixtape 00:04
I had no idea he was a Puerto Rican guy, you know?
I had my DJ equipment at home. I would take my time. - Mixtape 00:05
I had my DJ equipment at home. I would take my time.
♪ Check, check, check, check ♪ - Mixtape 00:09
♪ Check, check, check, check ♪
So everything that you did, - Mixtape 00:04
So everything that you did,
- ♪ Out to get the bootlegger ♪ - Mixtape 00:08
- ♪ Out to get the bootlegger ♪
And I'd watch you. And you'd be like, "ugh!" - Mixtape 00:08
And I'd watch you. And you'd be like, "ugh!&q...
[laughter] - Mixtape 00:07
[laughter]
- ♪ Kick it over here, baby pop ♪ - Mixtape 00:36
- ♪ Kick it over here, baby pop ♪