I have so many mixtape memories from high school and college that I decided to write a book about mixtapes.
Magazine
DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution by Lance Scott Walker
Lance Scott Walker has interviewed nearly everyone who knew Screw, from childhood friends to collaborators to aficionados who evangelized Screw’s tapes—millions of which made their way around the globe—as well as the New York rap moguls who honored him.
Street Dreams
I remember driving home from work and listening to Clue on Hot 97.
Memory, Mixtape & Scholarship | Hip Hop at Virginia Union University
Hip Hop at VUU is dedicated to exploring African American history and culture through a Hip Hop lens. This exploration…
Justo Presents: The Mixtape Documentary
MIXTAPE Documentary presented by Tribeca and Universal Music Group
The premiere event of Mixtape will take place Thursday, April 7, at The United Palace in Washington Heights in New…
“Mixtape Nostalgia” released with Glowing Reviews
“Mixtape Nostalgia is a deeply personal book that diligently documents the evolution of the mixtape.
January ‘93
“This mixtape memory is an excerpt from my manuscript The Divine Chronicles. It is literary a mixtape.”
Archiving Hip Hop: Community-Based Approaches
REGISTER HERE The Association for Recorded Sound Collections Continuing Education Webinar Series presents: Archiving Hip Hop: Community Based Approaches. Since…
Mixtape Master: A Q & A With Skyzoo and Chris O’Shea
Though the mixtape hasn’t been a “tape” for many years now, the idea—that this highly personal collection of songs can move minds—remains the same.
5/27: Untold Stories of Eclecticism w/Sommer
MXM Featured in “Hit the Decks Fanzine”
4/17 – Herstory: Mixtape Memories with the Autry Museum
Join a dialogue on Zoom with women leaders in the field of sound, music archives in the LA/NY music scene.…
Screwed Up HQ Non-Profit in Partnership with Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Mini Nifty’s Holiday Hijinks
This year, the two of us at Mini Nifty made a special Christmas mixtape called Mini Nifty’s Holiday Hijinks. For…
Zack Taylor Remembers Lou Ottens
There’s a good chance that Lou Ottens impacted your life. With the advent of the compact cassette, Lou gave the…
DJ Rock Jesus, Hampton, Va
My vivid mixtape memory is when I first heard Kid Capri do the blend with Stephanie Mills, “Something in the…
In Remembrance of Justo by DJ Chela
I met Justo at a conference in spring 2004, and in a brief year we became friends. He was also…
2/4: Black Beauty Archives: Decolonizing The Archive
Join Black Beauty Archives Founder Camille Lawrence, Celebrity MUA Michela Wariebi, and Mixtape Museum Founder Regan Sommer McCoy as they…
10/17: Basement Tapes Day 2020 is here!
Join our friends from 10am-3pm on Saturday, October 17 at the 15th Annual LA Archives Bazaar! RSVP here. Basement Tapes…
The Mixtape Movement
Hi-Arts and DJ Reborn just dropped a mixtape! The launch of The Mixtape Movement series features music, sound, and memos…
Merry-Go-Round Mix by Rich Nice
Happy 47th Anniversary Hip-Hop! This is a glimpse of what authentic Hip Hop music sounded like before record companies and…
MXM Featured in Tape OP Magazine
A major shout out to Tape Op Magazine for the feature. Tape OP Tape Op is an independent bi-monthly magazine…
DJ Screw’s 49th Birthday Celebration
SCREWED UP RECORDS & TAPES CELEBRATES DJ SCREW’S 49TH BIRTHDAY PARTY ONLINE WITH VIRTUAL EVENTS DUE TO THE RECENT INCREASE…
Motivational Mixtape Minute with Toni Blackman
UHHM and USPS Celebrate Hip-Hop Forever Stamp
Watch the live-streamed dedication ceremony here.
Digging in the Archive with NSSH
Screwed Up Records & Tapes Remembers Big Floyd and DJ Screw with Limited Edition Tee
Analog Love
Analog Love is a joyful look at why this ritual of communication through music still continues to be so meaningful.
Street Dreams: An Independent Fanzine About Hip Hop
Kalani Caraballo releases Hip Hop Fanzine to fill a void during covid.
Mixtapes Explained to Modern Kids
View this post on Instagram Houstonian George Floyd had so much love for screw music, making music w DJ Screw.…
Screw Quarantine!
By Rocky Rockett
Remembering Justo Faison and Hip-Hop’s Debt to the Mixtape
Tony Touch vs DooWop – Round Two
Trailer for Foul Child: The Legend of Big L Docu-Short Released
DJ EFN and Tony Touch Talk Mixtapes
Mixtapelogie Author Epée Dingong Interviewed on Blockout Radio
Hip-Hop Loves New York
Reimagine Your Creative Work for New Audiences
A SYMPOSIUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARCHIVING & PRESERVING HIP-HOP CULTURE
Community Scholar’s Mixtape Museum Is an Ode to Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop, Archiving, Preservation, and Mixtapes Panel at 2019 Audio Engineering Society’s NYC Convention!
On October 18, 10:15 – 11:15 am, we’re discussing hip-hop, archiving, preservation and mixtapes at the Audio Engineering Society’s NYC…
Tapemasta Remembers
The year is 1985, September to be exact. This is the birth of Pushin’ Tapes! In this pic, I was…
RIP Justo Faison by DJ EFN for Tablist Magazine
Not long after Justo’s death, Tablist Magazine asked me to write something in remembrance of him. Below is a transcript…
EFN Remembers Mixtapes #1 Fan: Justo Faison
Everything I do today was built on the back of my mixtapes and although this article is not about me,…
Mixtapelogie: History and Business of Mixtapes
Mixtapelogie by Epée Hervé Dingong retraces the history and business of mixtapes.
Table Talk with DJ Cash Money at The New School
DJ EFN on Launching ‘Drink Champs,’ Building a Career off of Mixtapes, and More
Hip-Hop Education: Propelling and Preserving the Movement
For the last few years, I’ve continued developing, The Mixtape Museum with the support of a Columbia University through their…
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