Having a mixtape collection of about 2000 or so, it's clear to see that i'm a fan of cassettes. I love finding blank tapes even though I don't use them much these days. I recently found a real nice little batch of different cassettes that looked like they came from someone's personal collection but I can't be sure. They sat around for months and I finally got around to looking through them. They included some rare rock live concert bootlegs, some rap stuff, some alternative and soft rock joints, and shockingly, some nyc dj mixtapes. Now for me, mixtapes have always been about dj's rocking 2 turntables and some rap, R & B, or House vinyl, but mixtapes in the "white" community often refer to a "mix" or "mixture" of songs opposed to an actual "blend" tape. Ok, cool. I pulled out one tape in particular to find this written on the inside of the j card.
I'm way too familiar with getting dumped on by chics in the past and couldn't help but feel this anonymous guys pain. Ok, I can't front, reading this kinda pissed me off. Yo Belle, unless this is a suicide note, you suck. Is this guy really supposed to think, "Oh, how nice! A "break-up" tape". I'm sure you thought it was a good idea to send this guy off with a few "tunes" while you ride off into the sunset with your new hunk. If I ever see you Belle, I will not break if you are in the cross-walk.
Ha - that's a crazy find! What kind of music was on it?
ReplyDelete"Now for me, mixtapes have always been about dj's rocking 2 turntables and some rap, R & B, or House vinyl, but mixtapes in the "white" community often refer to a "mix" or "mixture" of songs opposed to an actual "blend" tape."
Unfortunately, most Hip-Hop mixtapes started going the same way. Everybody just got caught up being the first to include the hottest "unreleased" white label singles and barely did any actual mixing, let alone cuts, beat juggling, or anything else creative. Not that the DJs deserve all the blame for that... a lot of people were buying them just because they saw certain songs and didn't care who even did the mix. DJ Local could outsell Roc Raida if he had the latest Bad Boy song first. Like, you can't tell me those J-Love CDs were selling like crazy because of his amazing turntablism.
You are so right. That's the very reason while even though I have at least 30-40 different Dj clue tapes, I've only listened to maybe 3 of them. As for the above mentioned tape, I started pulling out all of the j-cards on those that were not labeled before I realized the note inside of this one so the tape is lost in he mix of about 50--60 others. Oops!
ReplyDelete"I will not brake if you are in the cross-walk."
ReplyDeleteLMAO!!!
All kinds of wrong for that. ^_^