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from doo wop's myspace bio
"the Virgin situation [1994] fell apart due [...] trying to steer me away from the thing that made me which is the streets. They heard of me thru my street mixtapes but still wanted me to stop making tapes"
"Everyone agrees that Doo Wop gave birth to the formats Mixtape DJ's use nowadays, i.e. skits at the beginning of their tape, collaberationswith fellow dj's, catchy titles to co-inside with the concept of a particular tape as well as the one thing used by most mixtape makers today, freestyles by well known artists."
Observed Dec 18, 2008 http://www.myspace.com/doowoptapes
from doo wop interview, 2007
"I started making mixtapes in 1989 but in 1991 is when my name became pretty well known in the game and that was because the already famous DJ Kid Capri & me had the first ever "mixtape beef".
[In 1993 NYC,] Every popular mixtape DJ had their own niche.
If you wanted exclusives you cop a DJ S&S/Craig G joint. If you wanted blends then you cop a Ron G.
As far as my tapes, they were like no other because I was the only DJ that rhymed on his joints
People use to look forward to hearing what kind of intro we were going to come up with next.
We actually got a major record deal with Virgin Records just off our intros. We never shopped a demo.
With all the new technology and internet access, nowadays you don’t really have to even take yo ass down to a record shop and actually spend money for some records. You aint even gotta have turntables. You could download programs that allow you to DJ right on your laptop.
Mixtapes nowadays are strictly a promotional tool. You don’t even have to be a DJ to make one. Also, the popular DJ's nowadays rarely break anything new.
If you go to a mixtape stand today and you have a choice between lets say a Big Mike CD that has a bunch of D-Block & G-Unit songs or DJ "so & so" who actually mixes, blends, and breaks new artists on his cd, 99% of customers are gonna cop that Mike joint. "
http://www.sixshot.com/articles/8904/
ron g on making blendz 1, 1991
"I KNEW THAT I HAD TO MAKE A TAPE THAT WAS HOT AND DIFFERENT FROM WHAT ALL THE OTHER DJ'S WERE DOING AT THE TIME. I NEEDED THE BLENDS TO BE HOT, TOO. I WANTED TO PLEASE AND APPEAL TO PEOPLE WHO WERE 16-40 YEARS OLD. I WAS 16 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME I MADE THIS TAPE AND I WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN HIP HOP. I PICKED UP ALL THE NEW HIP HOP RECORDS FROM GUYS LIKE BIG DADDY KANE, BIZ MARKIE, EPMD & CLASSIC JAMES BROWN ONES. I ALSO BOUGHT ALL THE HOT BREAKS AND BEATS THAT THE YOUNG HEADS LIKED. THEN I GOT ALL THE OLDIE BUT GOODIE MUSIC FROM MY MOTHERS HOUSE AND RECORD STORES. STUFF LIKE MARVIN GAYE, MICHAEL JACKSON, ANITA BAKER, PEBBLES, TEVIN CAMPBELL AND MANY MORE. AFTER I GOT ALL OF THIS, I WAS READY TO MAKE THIS MASTERPIECE. WHILE I MADE IT I WOULD TAKE A BREAK FOR A DAY OR TWO TO SEE WHAT WAS HOT AT THE MOVIES OR THE HOOD THAT I LIVED IN...THEN I WOULD BE CREATIVE WITH IT. WHATEVER I DID THOUGH, HAD TO MAKE MY MOTHER HAPPY. SHE WOULD TELL ME TO TURN THE MUSIC DOWN, BUT IF SHE HEARD ME PLAYING A MARVIN GAYE RECORD, SHE WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING. FROM THERE ON OUT, IT WAS ON!"
http://www.mixfeed.info/2008/04/dj-ron-g-blendz-vol-1-1991-remastered.html
Kid Capri from Source dec 08
"Starchild [, my partner, sold tapes] for $20. He take 10. I take 10.
The mixtapes gave a chance for the DJ to be the one-man band again. I didn't need a rapper in front of me."