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Mixtape

- ♪ Yeah ♪ - 50 was basically bornout of the mixtape

[hip-hop music] - ♪ Yeah ♪ - 50 was basically born
out of the mixtape

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[hip-hop music]
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- ♪ Yeah ♪
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- 50 was basically born out of the mixtape.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:04
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 buzz, what the fuck he was saying, - Mixtape 00:05
- The buzz, what the fuck he was saying,
- Because prior to that, DJs were making compilations. - Mixtape 00:04
- Because prior to that, DJs were making compilations.
"I'm gonna give you a mixtape, - Mixtape 00:08
"I'm gonna give you a mixtape,
Then he got shot. [gunshot, sirens wailing] - Mixtape 00:05
Then he got shot. [gunshot, sirens wailing]
- Look, after I got hit, I went through this thing - Mixtape 00:12
- Look, after I got hit, I went through this thing
And it's a different thing when you hit to the point - Mixtape 00:08
And it's a different thing when you hit to the point
You banged up so bad you don't-- - Mixtape 00:05
You banged up so bad you don't--
'cause it would have changed their heart. - Mixtape 00:04
'cause it would have changed their heart.
That was so uncomfortable, the fear, - Mixtape 00:10
That was so uncomfortable, the fear,
[hip-hop music] - Mixtape 00:15
[hip-hop music]
- 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,