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Mixtape

You know, the crazy thingis that DJs didn't even make their own mixtapes

You know, the crazy thing
is that DJs didn't even make their own mixtapes

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You know, the crazy thing is that DJs didn't even
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make their own mixtapes.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:57
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...
[hip-hop music] - Mixtape 00:08
[hip-hop music]
You waited all week for that Thursday night, - Mixtape 00:10
You waited all week for that Thursday night,
- Just hearing it live-- - Mixtape 00:09
- Just hearing it live--
[record scratching] - Mixtape 00:07
[record scratching]
- What we'd do hours in a-- at a time, - Mixtape 00:06
- What we'd do hours in a-- at a time,
12 hours, doing the same thing. - Mixtape 00:04
12 hours, doing the same thing.
- ♪ LL Cool J is hard as hell ♪ - Mixtape 00:09
- ♪ LL Cool J is hard as hell ♪
- Like, I always used to want-- like, make whatever artist - Mixtape 00:15
- Like, I always used to want-- like, make whatever artist
- After the live party scene, - Mixtape 00:07
- After the live party scene,
She used to go and she used to have a-- - Mixtape 00:07
She used to go and she used to have a--
And I would take the toilet paper - Mixtape 00:06
And I would take the toilet paper
- Now everyone taping the radio. - Mixtape 00:04
- Now everyone taping the radio.
- There used to be this guy named Bob Slade - Mixtape 00:07
- There used to be this guy named Bob Slade
You could hear each of the cars putting it on before 9:00, - Mixtape 00:08
You could hear each of the cars putting it on before 9:00,
- It's time for ♪ DJ Red Alert ♪ - Mixtape 00:07
- It's time for ♪ DJ Red Alert ♪
Grandmaster Flash was offered a radio show - Mixtape 00:08
Grandmaster Flash was offered a radio show
- You may hear me play, like, you know, some R&B, - Mixtape 00:08
- You may hear me play, like, you know, some R&B,
And then I put in, along with it, - Mixtape 00:08
And then I put in, along with it,
- He was the beginning, the first uptown on the radio. - Mixtape 00:05
- He was the beginning, the first uptown on the radio.
Radio only was on in New York from 9:00 PM to 12:00 midnight. - Mixtape 00:04
Radio only was on in New York from 9:00 PM to 12:00 midnight...