Tom finds a haul of cassettes in his parents' loft, artist and producer Scrimshire revisits his teenage demos, Sommer McCoy takes us to the mixtape museum, and Jonathan Mael tells the story of the Harlem World Battle and the cassette that sparked a hip hop debate that still rages to this day.

The Harlem World Battle cassette recording.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrPRxCyytFQ&t=341s&ab_channel=TapeDeckWreck

For more from Scrimshire visit Albert's Favourites.

https://www.albertsfavourites.com/

The Mixtape Museum

https://mixtapemuseum.org/

Harlem World by Jonathan Mael

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Harlem-World-Showdown-Changed-Forever/dp/142144688X

This episode was recorded, produced and sound designed by Tom Whalley

It was made by Tbone Productions.

Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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