Name: DJ Babe – The 7 Mile Album mixtape series, Volumes 1–9
Brand: Ronier Golightly
SKU: NYC_EMINF_002
Availability: InStock

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DJ Babe – The 7 Mile Album mixtape series, Volumes 1–9

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DJ Babe's The 7 Mile Album—named for the road that runs across Detroit's north side and that gave 8 Mile its geography—was one of the series that carried Detroit rap out of Detroit, sold hand to hand and through local shops, and stacked with exclusives months before anything official appeared.

The covers announce the pitch without subtlety: "Featuring new music from Eminem, 50 Cent, Royce da 5'9", Jimmie Hoffa, Benzino." Volume three is hosted by Cristal Bubblin of HOT 92.7 FM in Charlotte, North Carolina, and its track list reads as a snapshot of exactly where rap stood at that moment—"In Da Club," "What Happened To That Boy," "Invasion," "Get Busy," "X Gone Give It To You," "I Know What You Want"—sequenced alongside Detroit's own: Obie Trice, Proof freestyling, Street Lordz, Snype Da General. Later volumes carry their own editions and hosts, including volume five's "Technitions Edition," volume seven's "The Take Over Edition," and volume eight, hosted by the Ruff Ryders' Fa-Red and Cross.

The series bills itself, on the inserts, as "The World's Shortest Mixtape Series," mixed and produced by DJ Babe for Illegal Entertainment—"the world's first mixtape label"—with artwork by Skinny Boys Graphix in Detroit.

Key details & collectability

A run of DJ Babe's The 7 Mile Album mixtape series on cassette, consigned as volumes one through nine
Detroit-produced and Detroit-distributed, on Illegal Entertainment with No Tyme Entertainment
Carries pre-release and exclusive material from Eminem, 50 Cent, Royce da 5'9", Obie Trice, Proof, Benzino, and Jimmie Hoffa
Volume three hosted by Cristal Bubblin, HOT 92.7 FM, Charlotte, North Carolina; volume eight hosted by the Ruff Ryders' Fa-Red and Cross
Cover and insert artwork by Skinny Boys Graphix, Detroit
Primary-source documentation of the mixtape economy that carried Detroit rap into the mainstream

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Provenance

Private collection; consigned to Wax Poetics by the seller, Ronier Golightly

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