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Mixtape

We had to make it coolenough for the bootleggers to feel like theyjust stole something

We had to make it cool
enough for the bootleggers to feel like they
just stole something

Full Transcript

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We had to make it cool enough for the bootleggers
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to feel like they just stole something.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:57
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...
- 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.
That's why 50 always had tapes out - Mixtape 00:08
That's why 50 always had tapes out
- Before I released my record, Master P came. - Mixtape 00:05
- Before I released my record, Master P came.
And he was like, "I wanna go on tour with this new album." - Mixtape 00:07
And he was like, "I wanna go on tour with this new albu...
- You went to Speed, it was, razors came out the mouth. - Mixtape 00:04
- You went to Speed, it was, razors came out the mouth.