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The first time that I listened to rap music
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Mixtape

The first time thatI listened to rap music, it was because of a mixtape

The first time that
I listened to rap music, it was because of a mixtape

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- The first time that I listened to rap music,
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it was because of a mixtape.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:35
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 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]
And as soon as that person came back, - Mixtape 00:08
And as soon as that person came back,
- There was some, you know what I mean, gifting going on - Mixtape 00:05
- There was some, you know what I mean, gifting going on
And a lot of our cultural influences - Mixtape 00:05
And a lot of our cultural influences
- The idea of the Tape Kingz was to take those tapes - Mixtape 00:09
- The idea of the Tape Kingz was to take those tapes
- I saw their setup and I saw hundreds of - Mixtape 00:08
- I saw their setup and I saw hundreds of
These guys literally have their own record label, - Mixtape 00:05
These guys literally have their own record label,
I mean, you could flip a mixtape over - Mixtape 00:19
I mean, you could flip a mixtape over
If you're moving 50 to 100,000 or more mixtapes - Mixtape 00:12
If you're moving 50 to 100,000 or more mixtapes
If you're moving several hundred thousand mixtapes - Mixtape 00:07
If you're moving several hundred thousand mixtapes
- I'd have, like, all my mixtapes - Mixtape 00:04
- I'd have, like, all my mixtapes
Pop it up. Africans come to me - Mixtape 00:04
Pop it up. Africans come to me
- He was the first person I ever saw with a Lexus - Mixtape 00:04
- He was the first person I ever saw with a Lexus
- [speaking French] - Mixtape 00:05
- [speaking French]
- When I was out in the streets, - Mixtape 00:05
- When I was out in the streets,
- Swap meets were the equivalent of - Mixtape 00:04
- Swap meets were the equivalent of