Outside the Lines With Rap Genius
OTL 60: Roc Marciano Excerpt #3 “The Age of Blend Tapes”
Roc Marciano: Ron G, S & S, you know, Kid Capri. That's what it was before mix tapes was blend tapes, you know what I'm saying. The old, you know, Frankie Beverly and Maze mixem, Stephanie Mills acapellas with Honey Drippers, and stuff like that. They were really blends, and mixings. I used to hang out with older dudes, you know what I'm saying. They used to take me out, uptown out with them. To go hang on 1-2-5th, and the mixtapes - the blend tapes, I should say - were always in the car. So Ron G's tapes, S & S tapes, that was our theme music. That's how we rolled out. Them tapes was important