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HIGHLIGHT: DJ X-Cell mixtape featuring rare/unreleased Wu-Tang affiliate material

DJ X-Cell mixtape featuring rare/unreleased Wu-Tang affiliate material
DJ X-Cell mixtape featuring rare/unreleased Wu-Tang affiliate material
DJ X-Cell mixtape featuring rare/unreleased Wu-Tang affiliate material

Before streaming, the mixtape was how new sounds traveled, passed from hand to hand and tape to tape. This DJ X-Cell cassette carries rare and unreleased material from artists in the Wu-Tang Clan’s extended orbit, a snapshot of hip-hop as it moved through the underground in the ’90s. It comes from Peter Guagenti, who collected it while working in marketing for record labels.

Key details & collectability

  • DJ X-Cell mixtape on cassette
  • Features rare and unreleased material from Wu-Tang Clan affiliates
  • Mixtapes of this kind were made to circulate rather than to be kept, which is part of why surviving copies are collected

Provenance

  • From the personal collection of Peter Guagenti, who collected it while working in marketing for record labels in the mid-’90s
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