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Mixtape

It made it all the way from125th Street to the point where nerdy Jewish kidswho my...

It made it all the way from
125th Street to the point where nerdy Jewish kids
who my brother's meeting at Brandeis University
are bringing the tapes back from New York

Full Transcript

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- It made it all the way from 125th Street to the point where
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nerdy Jewish kids who my brother's meeting
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at Brandeis University are bringing
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the tapes back from New York.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:50
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...
- So a kid like me, I would bring my collection down. - Mixtape 00:04
- So a kid like me, I would bring my collection down.
And then they would span and fan out through the college. - Mixtape 00:04
And then they would span and fan out through the college.
It's listening to the music - Mixtape 00:04
It's listening to the music
[hip-hop music] - Mixtape 00:15
[hip-hop music]
All of the people that you now recognize - Mixtape 00:06
All of the people that you now recognize
- We'd get the imports, 'cause, you know, - Mixtape 00:05
- We'd get the imports, 'cause, you know,
And then they would go copy it - Mixtape 00:05
And then they would go copy it
- There was a time when I first met AM - Mixtape 00:07
- There was a time when I first met AM
- You'd hear it maybe once. And you're like, - Mixtape 00:04
- You'd hear it maybe once. And you're like,
He had this Jeep Cherokee with, like, the CDs in the thing-- - Mixtape 00:07
He had this Jeep Cherokee with, like, the CDs in the thing--
- Man, I just heard this thing, - Mixtape 00:04
- Man, I just heard this thing,
[record scratching] - ♪ Tall and tan ♪ - Mixtape 00:11
[record scratching] - ♪ Tall and tan ♪
But a lot of times they didn't have - Mixtape 00:04
But a lot of times they didn't have
[hip-hop music] - Mixtape 00:11
[hip-hop music]
- The first time that I listened to rap music, - Mixtape 00:05
- The first time that I listened to rap music,
- It was Carolina, Bayamón. It was all around the island. - Mixtape 00:04
- It was Carolina, Bayamón. It was all around the island.
- If it wasn't for the mixtape, - Mixtape 00:06
- If it wasn't for the mixtape,
- [speaking Japanese] - Mixtape 00:04
- [speaking Japanese]
- Any time I would go to New York - Mixtape 00:05
- Any time I would go to New York
- [speaking French] - Mixtape 00:11
- [speaking French]