June 13, 2019

Kid Capri "52 Beats" (Mixtape, 1992)


Born in Brooklyn, raised in the Bronx, Kid Capri was born to be creative and ambitious. As a young child scaling his family’s old Zenith stereo system in the attempt to scratch records before he was even ten years old. Kid first inched his way onto the hip-hop scene with the grass-roots approach of club gigs and creating mixtapes. Kid is the original guru of mixtapes, as he saw their profit potential early in his career, he paved the way and other DJ’s followed. His 52 Beats mix tape set the benchmark for live mixes, and while DJs have the advantage of new technology and his blueprint to work from, 52 Beats is still one of the best mix tapes to come from my generation. This is one of those mixes that I'd recommend listening to on its original cassette, but at least it's the Kid's link...