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Mixtape

Grandmaster Flash was offereda radio show when it was called XLO,before it was Kiss FM,...

Grandmaster Flash was offered
a radio show when it was called XLO,
before it was Kiss FM, and he turned it down

Full Transcript

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Grandmaster Flash was offered a radio show
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when it was called XLO, before it was Kiss FM,
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and he turned it down.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:23
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...
- You may hear me play, like, you know, some R&B, - Mixtape 00:08
- You may hear me play, like, you know, some R&B,
And then I put in, along with it, - Mixtape 00:08
And then I put in, along with it,
- He was the beginning, the first uptown on the radio. - Mixtape 00:05
- He was the beginning, the first uptown on the radio.
Radio only was on in New York from 9:00 PM to 12:00 midnight. - Mixtape 00:04
Radio only was on in New York from 9:00 PM to 12:00 midnight...
I can't explain to you what it was like - Mixtape 00:11
I can't explain to you what it was like
[hip-hop music] - Mixtape 00:08
[hip-hop music]
The hustlers, the drug dealers, - Mixtape 00:05
The hustlers, the drug dealers,
I'll pay you $100 right now, because that's the only tape." - Mixtape 00:11
I'll pay you $100 right now, because that's the on...
Like, Alpo used to buy tape from me for $500. - Mixtape 00:05
Like, Alpo used to buy tape from me for $500.
- Or they'll go ahead and say, "yo, can you make a tape for me - Mixtape 00:09
- Or they'll go ahead and say, "yo, can you make a...
I would do Friday, - Mixtape 00:06
I would do Friday,
- The exciting tape emerged from Brucie B. - Mixtape 00:05
- The exciting tape emerged from Brucie B.
Then he'll take the four tapes that he made, - Mixtape 00:09
Then he'll take the four tapes that he made,
I take ten, you take ten." - Mixtape 00:05
I take ten, you take ten."
- If you really wanna be honest-- - Mixtape 00:05
- If you really wanna be honest--
- To record an instrumental track for dudes to rap over, - Mixtape 00:06
- To record an instrumental track for dudes to rap over,
Taking any turntable and recording - Mixtape 00:09
Taking any turntable and recording
- [vocalizing] - Mixtape 00:05
- [vocalizing]
- Play your song again. [vocalizing] - Mixtape 00:07
- Play your song again. [vocalizing]
- And you had to go play whatever your source was - Mixtape 00:11
- And you had to go play whatever your source was