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Mixtape

♪ Many menwish death upon me ♪ I was like, "I'ma just makealbums now." - And he put out...

[hip-hop music] ♪ Many men
wish death upon me ♪ I was like, "I'ma just make
albums now." - And he put out this mixtape
called "50 Cent is the Future." Game-changer

Full Transcript

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[hip-hop music]
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♪ Many men wish death upon me ♪
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I was like, "I'ma just make albums now."
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- And he put out this mixtape called "50 Cent is the Future."
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Game-changer.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:20
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...
- 50 was stealing the instrumentals - Mixtape 00:05
- 50 was stealing the instrumentals
- I'll take the records that I felt like were really good, - Mixtape 00:10
- I'll take the records that I felt like were really go...
When it was done, we put, like, the fake barcode, - Mixtape 00:06
When it was done, we put, like, the fake barcode,
We had to make it cool enough for the bootleggers - Mixtape 00:05
We had to make it cool enough for the bootleggers
- I think there's a lot of people on Canal Street - Mixtape 00:05
- I think there's a lot of people on Canal Street
- I had turned the bootleggers - Mixtape 00:05
- I had turned the bootleggers
- They were so hot with mixtapes - Mixtape 00:11
- They were so hot with mixtapes
- Stealing music also put us ahead of the game - Mixtape 00:04
- Stealing music also put us ahead of the game
So if I'm constantly at the labels, lurking, - Mixtape 00:06
So if I'm constantly at the labels, lurking,
- If Dr. Dre's gonna drop a single October 21st, - Mixtape 00:17
- If Dr. Dre's gonna drop a single October 21st,
Them mixtapes, they really showed people - Mixtape 00:04
Them mixtapes, they really showed people
- It was to the point where, like, a new song would come out - Mixtape 00:07
- It was to the point where, like, a new song would come out
- People were playing their versions - Mixtape 00:04
- People were playing their versions
It was the hardest shit I ever heard in my life. - Mixtape 00:04
It was the hardest shit I ever heard in my life.
- The established artists-- - Mixtape 00:06
- The established artists--
Like, fuck is this, cuz?" - Mixtape 00:06
Like, fuck is this, cuz?"
This sound like a record." - Mixtape 00:07
This sound like a record."
And then that woke up Snoop Dogg to understand, - Mixtape 00:07
And then that woke up Snoop Dogg to understand,
Like, you think you have a classic, - Mixtape 00:05
Like, you think you have a classic,
You! Now you're like, yo. - Mixtape 00:04
You! Now you're like, yo.