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When you said tape recorder,I thought bootleg, and I thought Clue.It's on

When you said tape recorder,
I thought bootleg, and I thought Clue.
It's on

Full Transcript

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When you said tape recorder, I thought bootleg,
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and I thought Clue. It's on.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:59
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 Biggie walks up to me - Mixtape 00:06
- So Biggie walks up to me
I'm gonna clap that nigga when I see him." - Mixtape 00:07
I'm gonna clap that nigga when I see him."
- Smalls was looking for Clue - Mixtape 00:07
- Smalls was looking for Clue
He was looking for him with a gun, - Mixtape 00:05
He was looking for him with a gun,
[laughing with echo] - Mixtape 00:08
[laughing with echo]
- That became a staple brand of not just him, - Mixtape 00:05
- That became a staple brand of not just him,
People were hungry to hear the next mixtape - Mixtape 00:06
People were hungry to hear the next mixtape
- At certain points, mixtapes became headaches. - Mixtape 00:05
- At certain points, mixtapes became headaches.
♪ Rappers, I monkey flip 'em with the funky ♪ - Mixtape 00:16
♪ Rappers, I monkey flip 'em with the funky ♪
Faith Newman, you know, she really - Mixtape 00:05
Faith Newman, you know, she really
When I found out that S&S leaked Illmatic, - Mixtape 00:04
When I found out that S&S leaked Illmatic,
- Because I played seven songs, eight, really, - Mixtape 00:07
- Because I played seven songs, eight, really,
- Somebody got their hands - Mixtape 00:06
- Somebody got their hands
- It hurt the album, - Mixtape 00:08
- It hurt the album,
I remember a DJ put 16 or 17 of them on his mixtape. - Mixtape 00:05
I remember a DJ put 16 or 17 of them on his mixtape.
It's called "intern." - Mixtape 00:04
It's called "intern."
What I did was sought out interns in every major spot. - Mixtape 00:06
What I did was sought out interns in every major spot.
And I would give them $100 or $200 - Mixtape 00:13
And I would give them $100 or $200
Like, how the fuck he get-- - Mixtape 00:04
Like, how the fuck he get--
I'm going to the person y'all not paying - Mixtape 00:06
I'm going to the person y'all not paying