What would hip-hop be with out mixtapes like DJ Clue’s Clue for President or 50 Cent’s 50 Cent Is the Future? Crimson Summer season TV explores the Story of the Tape with a brand new documentary analyzing an oral historical past of one of many forgotten backbones of the style.
Government produced by The Supply alum Kim Osorio and DJ Envy, the Malik Ok. Buie-directed Story of the Tape: How the Mixtape Revolutionized Hip-Hop doc is now accessible for streaming on Prime Video, Verizon and Spectrum.
“Hip-hop has been my lifeline and driving drive,” Buie tells Billboard. “I’ve interviewed and documented a number of the greatest hip-hop artists and DJs ever, and so they all have a typical story with how they turned who they had been — mixtapes. So, let’s speak about it. Let’s study it. Let’s give it it’s simply due.”
The ode to mixtapes boasts never-before-seen footage of Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole, in addition to contributions from DJ Envy, DJ Clue, Child Capri, DJ Drama, the late Fight Jack and extra. Royce Da 5’9″ can also be onboard as Story of the Tape‘s major narrator.
“If we don’t begin telling our personal historical past, they may inform it for us. We’re taking again the management of our personal narratives in hip-hop, particularly on this mission with Story of the Tape,” Kim Osorio provides.
“As somebody who collected mixtapes, I assumed it was telling that nowadays the definition of what a mixtape is has modified. We’ve obtained to proceed documenting the tradition precisely, so we aren’t written out of it.”
Manufacturing on the documentary spans a decade of labor from 2012 by 2022. Stream Story of the Tape: How the Mixtape Revolutionized Hip-Hop on Verizon, Spectrum or Prime Video now.
Story of The Tape
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