Minds Behind The Music is excited to start the year with a new installment of #1ON1With featuring Cali Green; Manager … More
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Tape Hiss, Compression, and the Stubborn Materiality of Sonic Diaspora
Originally posted on Sounding Out!:
In an article for Pitchfork, music critic Adam Ward reminisces about digital music files that sound…
DJ Con/Rapacon Wrap-up
On November 19, 2015, The Hip Hop Cultural Center in Harlem (H2C2) brought 125 DJs to spin live on 125th … More
Support The Universal Hip Hop Museum’s “Buy Back Hip-Hop” Campaign
The mission of The Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM) is to teach, engage and inspire audiences around the world through … More
Join Us for the Inaugural “Minds Behind the Music” Honors #MBMHonors
Minds Behind the Music (MBM) is pleased to host the Inaugural #MBMHonors celebrating a successful 2015 and commemorating industry professionals … More
We The People for #HipHopEducation in Schools
The Mixtape Museum is joining our family over at The Hip Hop Education Center in petitioning President Barack Obama to publicly … More
The Extra Credit Awards
Please join the Hip-Hop Education Center, in collaboration with, New York University Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of … More
10/5 – 10/11: Stretch & Bobbito at Maysles, Harlem on
MXM Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the National Endowment for the Humanities #NEHturns50
Watch: The Cassette Documentary Trailer #2
Afrika Bambaataa on “Key Influencers of Hip Hop”
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Listen: The Mix behind the Tape
Epée Hervé Dingong | Paris, France
In this new series, MXM features avid mixtape collectors and their analog collections. The first hails from Paris, France. We … More
DJ Mars + “Art Behind the Tape” On Hot 97
For All Master Interview with Tapemasta
Nick Bishop from For All Masters.com sat down with our Mixtape Librarian Tapemasta in his mixtape vault in Brooklyn to talk … More
Art Behind the Tape Release Party
August 16: Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito 25th Anniversary Concert, Summer Stage
Join Stretch and Bobbito for their 25th Anniversary Concert/Film Screening at Central Park, Rumsey Playfield on August 16 from 5:00 pm – … More
Call for Papers: Show & Prove 2016 Hip Hop Studies Conference, April 8-10, 2016
Shout-out to Dr. Imani Kai Johnson, chair of the “Show & Prove” international Hip Hop Studies conferences. The conference previously held … More
August 6, 2015: The Politics of Preservation
Marvel Comics Presents Hip-Hop Variants
Marvel Comics has just unveiled a sample of their forthcoming Hip Hop Variants line. The comic book covers slated for … More
May 28: The Business of Music Seminars
Revolutions On Air: The Golden Era of New York Radio 1980 – 1988
The Birth of Hip Hop in New York Thursday, May 14 at 6:30pm
“Preventive Maintenance for Audio Discs and Tapes” by Jim Farrington
We’ve just added a fresh new publication to our list of scholarly papers & articles. Preventive Maintenance for Audio Discs and … More
Sample Not For Sale Documentary Screening
This one time screening on April 2, presented by Wax Poetics and Brooklyn label Names You Can Trust is a one-time only … More
Hip-Hop Revolution at Museum of the City of New York
Hip-Hop Revolution presents more than 80 photographs taken between 1977 and 1990 by three preeminent New York-based photographers—Janette Beckman, Joe … More
DJ Legend Love Bug Starski Remembers Biggie
PROVOKE!
My (slightly sappy) mixed tape memory: When I first met my husband, he burned a couple of albums for me … More
“Cassette Culture” by DJ Stretch Armstrong included in MXM Recommended Sources
View this post on Instagram @stretcharmstrong's "Cassette Culture" via Cuepoint on Medium.com. We are officially adding this series to the … More
A Happy Birthday Shoutout to Joe Conzo, Jr. aka Joey Kane aka “The Man Who Took HipHop’s Baby Pictures.”
Thank you for sharing Hip-Hop, through your lense! A photgraphic mixtape. http://www.joeconzo.com — In an article published on October 4, … More
HURRACAVE with Speech from Arrested Development
An Evening With Joe Conzo and Grandmaster Caz
WHEN: Wednesday, February, 18, 2015 at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame WHERE: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame … More
Celebrating Jam Master Jay’s 50th!
Hip Hop-Architect Passes
Recommended Reads on Larry Smith: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Larry Smith Key Tracks: Whodini’s Escape
DJ Red Alert Goes Berserk Full 3 Hour Show – 98.7 Kiss FM April 1989
DJ Blendoff DJ Battle at Hall of Fame Studios
Read: Amen, Brother: BreakbeatLou and The Legacy of Ultimate Breaks and Beats
Click picture or here to read Amen, Brother on www.passionweiss.com.
The Art Behind the Tape
The Art Behind the Tape is the first coffee table book dedicated to the history of mixtape cover art.
Global Spin Awards Hosted by LaLa Anthony
Hellbent & Humphrey: Mixtapes and Ghetto Blasters
OPENING: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 FROM 6PM – 9PM ON VIEW: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2014 LOCATED: 111 … More
Mixtapes and Mashups
Originally posted on Digital Realities:
Remembering Analogue “I’ll make you a mixtape that’s a blueprint of my soul” – Mixtape by Jamie Cullum…
A Celebration of Jam Master Jay
The Return of the IASPMUS Mixtape Series!
Submissions for the International Association for the Study of Popular Music’s call for mixtapes are now being accepted on a … More
An Eric Orr and Keith Haring Masterpiece!
These are two of my favorite artists so I had to share. This poster commemorates the 30 year Anniversary of … More
How “Born in the Bronx” Changed Me
Joe Conzo’s pictures were all black and white, but as I stared, I began to see them in color. -KeKe My … More
Rappers on bicycles
Originally posted on Noel Jackson:
As an enthusiast of both rap and cycling, I’ve been interested in rap music’s intermittent engagement…
The Mixtape Museum & Cassette: Documentary Present “Still Magnetic”
Stretch and Bobbito: A Film About Radio That Changed Lives
Forthcoming in 2015 http://stretchandbobbito.com/ @stretchandbobbito http://instagram.com/stretchandbobbito
August 10: Tedsmooth Old School Jam
Elodie A. Roy
For a few years I had a ‘mixtape correspondence’ with Hugh J. Noble from ActionPop! records.
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