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Mixtape

- Think of New York as just-- - If you're talkingabout the '80s-- - I'ma be very...

[hip-hop music] - Think of New York as just-- - If you're talking
about the '80s-- - I'ma be very honest
with you, man

Full Transcript

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[hip-hop music]
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- Think of New York as just--
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- If you're talking about the '80s--
00:00:06.397 --> 00:00:09.027
- I'ma be very honest with you, man.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:28
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...
- It was the-- it was a lot of hustling, - Mixtape 00:05
- It was the-- it was a lot of hustling,
- I would go into the bus, or the train station, - Mixtape 00:05
- I would go into the bus, or the train station,
- People wanting to hustle and get money, - Mixtape 00:08
- People wanting to hustle and get money,
[hip-hop music] - Mixtape 00:10
[hip-hop music]
- For me, growing up not knowing what you wanna do, - Mixtape 00:05
- For me, growing up not knowing what you wanna do,
- I was offered to be in the street - Mixtape 00:11
- I was offered to be in the street
- I chose that while they gon' sell $20 cracks, - Mixtape 00:05
- I chose that while they gon' sell $20 cracks,
Some would be for the origin of what hip-hop is, - Mixtape 00:07
Some would be for the origin of what hip-hop is,
For years, people have been threading it, - Mixtape 00:06
For years, people have been threading it,
- Cassettes were a result of - Mixtape 00:10
- Cassettes were a result of
- The cassette made it so that you could record it - Mixtape 00:05
- The cassette made it so that you could record it
- Not just share music, but decide what music - Mixtape 00:07
- Not just share music, but decide what music
- Like, look. You're not in the streets hanging out, - Mixtape 00:05
- Like, look. You're not in the streets hanging out,
- The first time I heard a mixtape - Mixtape 00:06
- The first time I heard a mixtape
- You got all these groups that aren't really recording, - Mixtape 00:05
- You got all these groups that aren't really recording...
Their live shows are being documented on cassette. - Mixtape 00:05
Their live shows are being documented on cassette.
- Some of the first hip-hop I experienced - Mixtape 00:04
- Some of the first hip-hop I experienced
[smooth music] - Mixtape 00:05
[smooth music]
- We knew the exact feet to stand away - Mixtape 00:10
- We knew the exact feet to stand away
- If I had the newest Cold Crush Brothers tape, - Mixtape 00:08
- If I had the newest Cold Crush Brothers tape,