The Tonearm<p>"These tapes and the underground, tape-trading economy played a vital role in documenting and spreading the music nationwide."</p><p>How Cassettes and Tape-Trading Shaped Hip-Hop’s Early Years: <a href="https://www.spin.com/2024/02/cassettes-tape-trading-hip-hop/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spin.com/2024/02/cassettes-tap</span><span class="invisible">e-trading-hip-hop/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lol/tags/HipHop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HipHop</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/TapeTrading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TapeTrading</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/cassettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cassettes</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/mixtapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mixtapes</span></a></p>