Do Remember! The Golden Era of NYC Hip-Hop Mixtapes

Do Remember!: The Golden Era of NYC Hip-Hop Mixtapes is the first comprehensive deep-dive visual history of the golden era of hip-hop mixtape culture in New York City and beyond: freestyles, interviews with DJs, and rarely seen mixtape art.

Back in the late 1980s, the 1990s, and early 2000s, DJ mixtapes played a crucial role in hip hop, born in New York City. They helped dictate what rap songs were hot in the clubs and in the streets, and they even influenced which artists would get played on the radio and signed to major label record deals. Maybe most importantly, they showcased which DJs had the most skills, and also who had the juice to pull the illest exclusives.

Do Remember!: Hip-Hop Mixtape Stories combines the best elements of oral and pictorial histories to explore the evolution of mixtapes and hip-hop culture in New York City. Featuring a comprehensive collection of rare mixtape cover art and exclusive ephemera combined with never-before-published stories, and playlists from the most popular and influential DJs, artists, producers, business owners, and personalities of the time, Do Remember! captures an era that would go on to inspire future hip-hop generations all over the world.

Evan Auerbach is a globally recognized hip-hop historian whose career as a blogger and archivist has made him the number one source for providing rare hip-hop memorabilia to the masses. Daniel Isenberg is a seasoned hip-hop journalist who has written feature stories for Complex, Def Jam, Pitchfork, XXL, Pigeons & Planes, and NahRight, including interviews with A-List rap artists and producers.