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HotFreeLayoutsHis love for music started way before the Fatback Band, Curtis Mayfield, The OJays, The Isley Brothers, Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, etc was all that was played in his home during the early 70s..His unique listening to music has helped a lot of mixtape djs with their ideas today..Which comes from his collecting of mix tapes since the late 70s until even today. Who do you know have early Doo Wop, Ron G, Kay Slay, Juice, Dexterity, Clue, Iroc, Double R, Kool Mike Ski, Brucie B, Starchild, Chubby Chubb, Jazzy Joyce, Showtime, Chill Will FTE & others all on tape ????The name Tapemasta started from listening to early Doo Wop tapes stating that he was the Bouncemasta of the mix tape game, so he flipped it & started calling himself Tapemasta ( Not Tapemaster, who was a person supposedly taping djs at certain parties back in the days )..Basically, the collection started by listening to Red Alert, Awesome 2, Hank Love & Silva Sirfa, Chuck Chillout, Marley Marl & others on the radio..When one radio station went to commercial, he went to the other radio station & keep recording until the tape stops ( which usually was 90 or 120 minute tapes )..Then early Sunday morning be outside playing all the hot stuff on the Monster Radio on the block.Next move: Mix tapes
He used be in Harlem every Friday night waiting for Jamel to bring the hot joints to the corner on 125th - Back then his Grandfather used to live on 116th so he knew when all the stuff that was going to drop the day before because everybody was running around with these hot tapes in Harlem ( everybody was on 145th in front of Willie's Burger playing the hot joints ).So when he got to Bklyn, it was a wrap !!! Stereo Plaza/Palace was the spot to get all the mix tapes. Harlem & South Bronx was the home for this mix tape store back in the late 80's early 90's ( shout out to Rock n Will on the 7th av )..Next stop was the lady called Sandy..who changed the mix tape game because dj's didn't want to give her masters..lolSo now you know that's how he got hooked on this thing called Mix Tapes..So basically, He was in all boro's collecting tapes from dj's like Luv Bug Starski, Hollywood, Kid Capri, Grand Master Vic, Dr. Rock & The Force MCs, DJ Priiest ( Original Spinderella ), Early Dirty Harry tapes ( on 60 minute tapes ), Kay Slay, Chill Will FTE, Clue, Boo Tha Barber, Rello, Doggtime & others..Believe it, the collection is bigger than ever before..He can boast about having over 900 mix tapes & that's not even counting the mix cds which came later on. A certain person ( Justo of Mixtape Awards ) wanted to take his collection & put them on plaques for the current winners of the mix tape awards.That would have been a good thing for the djs worldwide because then people would have known what they dropped for the entire year or their careers..So came with the idea about reviewing mix cds..but he would only do hot joints & not the corny ones-to him that was a waste of time.There's a lot of hot djs ( Mixtape, Club, Mixshow )in the world today, believe me they're not just in NYC either - so he felt it was his luv for Hip Hop to let people know about this thing called Mix Tapes..Now practically, everybody is jumping on the bandwagon about mix tapes/cd now....He has worked with Da Mixtape Madness ( Mixtape Reviews ), The Foundation Magazine ( Mixtape Reviews ), LXG ( A group of Djs, Graphic Designers, Mix Tape Critics ) www.Rapmullet.com ( Pushin Tapes ), www.Tapekingz.com ( Mix Tape Reviews ), The Connex List Magazine ( Mixtape Madness ), Scratch Academy, a DJ academy that was founded by late pioneer DJ, Jam Master Jay (of Run DMC notoriety), Nasty Nes & The Rapattacklives ( Reviews with King Apex ), Justo & The Mixtape Awards 2k2 ( One of the Board Members ), Mixtape Madness ( The first web-site to review mix tapes with King Apex ), The Technition Magazine ( The first magazine to bring mix tape reviews to the Record Labels - Scrap Dirty, send me my check now - lol ), Grind Mode Entertainment, Media ( Mix Tape Reviews ) & other Web Sites/Magazines.PS: He's been in the mixtape game for over twenty years behind the scene-whether it was reviewing or just collecting tapes or cds-which he's still doing today.
He's now putting together a book on mix tapes & also the catalog for everybody to see the collection worldwide.For any info requested you can contact Tapemasta at: [email protected] or http://www.myspace.com/tapemasta...
