The Original AND1 Mixtape: The Skip Tape with Rafer "Skip 2 My Lou" Alston

The first volume of the legendary mixtape series - The Skip Tape - featuring NBA and AND1 legend Rafer "Skip 2 My Lou" Alston.
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Alston was the inspiration for the first Mixtape and is a longtime AND1 endorsee. He took his legendary streetball exploits all the way to the NBA, and remains with AND1 through today.
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In late 1998, a videotape containing streetball stunts was delivered to AND1 by a high school coach in New York. The low-quality video was a “mixtape” of hip-hop music and dazzling basketball moves by a streetballer named Rafer Alston, who had just entered the 1998 NBA Draft.
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A short while later, AND1 edited and reprinted 50,000 digital copies of Alston’s Mixtape and distributed them across America through basketball camps, clinics and record labels. The tape instantly became the buzz of the basketball world.
The videotape was later known as the "Skip Tape," referring to Alston's streetball nickname "Skip 2 My Lou." Alston, although not yet in the NBA, would soon sign with AND1.
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[@trufacts8934]

24 Yrs Later 40 Yrs Old.. And Still Watching 😧 ..

[@malontedavis304]

What time to be alive man that first mixtape tour was legendary

[@VDEP2727]

I lived in VA and we went on a field trip to NY in 1998. There was a footaction in Harlem that had the mixtape playing and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. It was truly revolutionary seeing cats ball like that. I bought four tapes and had one playing on the bus on repeat the entire way back home. Truly great memories.

[@trentyates418]

Alston will 4ever be one of the dopest streetballers to ever step foot on the court. This mixtape will 4ever be something we will never forget.

[@Diego_ndr0]

facts

[@АлексейНету-щ4л]

​@@Diego_ndr0ты свой братишкой не гордишься уже факт.

[@Rellbronjames9]

Big factz💯

[@809vision]

The world was so much better back in these days .

[@garytruesdale3210]

Facts.!!!

[@DennisOnyema-pk5qg]

Real.

[@juiicex2]

Omm

[@MoneyOverFame]

1:24 - is some of the smoothest shit I've ever seen. still amazes me til this day

[@ducekong7878]

The memories......00s

[@THEronleon1]

Got the original vcr mix tape in mint condition with box

[@THEronleon1]

The young skip was dopest

[@freddyyyi00]

thank you

[@ryleerichter804]

This movement changed the course of basketball history forever it stopped everyone from imitating a hand full of legends and make their own style which ultimately led to the kids we have today via their parents showing them this

[@LAC4925]

Love it at 44 years old

[@pedroduron3879]

Got to watch him as rocket 🚀!

[@ZayGore]

Rajon Rondo definitely was a fan, you can see alot of his game here

[@nolasco560]

Street baller still 2024 ❤️🔥

[@danfit4real]

In 99/00 copped a pair of Tai Chi lows and got vol 2 tape with em (really wish I held onto it idek how I lost it) and I watched that ish like crazy, these tapes remain a vibe to this day! What a time to be alive and for the culture

[@hallamdyal5730]

Thank u skip

[@lanceboise6459]

The professor was my guy … especially growing up just miles away from where he lived .. it was dope to watch back then I was 8-9 years old

[@whatlurks_]

@1:25 was insane crazy lay 😂😤

[@davinpearson241]

Yea I studied those too booger was a problem I definitely was rooting for arthur to make it

[@thadiscypal8874]

Conrad wasnt having that at the rim. RIP legend

[@NoahSon2024]

Time @16:10 Best Play🎉🎉On Whole Mixtape 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rogerjr416]

Skip was a killah

[@BruceLee-tb8jh]

what's the name of the instrumental of the Outro plz guys ??????

[@raemac2429]

It’s a Pete rock remix “slang editorial “ft Cappadonna

[@sirrich0608]

@@raemac2429​​⁠Wrong!!!!! BlackStar Ft. Black Thought -Respiration (Pete Rock Remix)

[@raemac2429]

@@sirrich0608 Bro it the same beat for both songs look it up,do your research,I gave him the Cap version because his vocabulary on another level

[@davinpearson241]

Dis was my bible as a shorty

[@DavidWilliams-vu5wc]

Lol right I still watch this tape and other basketball documentaries that I use to watch when I was young and I'm in my 40's now..This soul in the hole documentary with Kenny kings booger smith Charles Jones etc ..hoop.dreams..lots of great basketball documentaries to look at..

[@EGarrett01]

7:08 They're dancing for 40 seconds lol. Minus the one replay.

[@danielhong8620]

kyrie, curry, jcrawford, iverson, marbury, baron davis, steve francis, tim hardaway... jwill isn't even in the conversation. he had kids throwing no-look and elbow passes in the playground though

[@edwinalexanderzerpanieves519]

Minuto 14 como se llama esa canción donde la consigo

[@zama4378]

1:29 big jelly 🤦‍♂️

[@shyheimparker8433]

Finger roll we been doing that type shit since the 80s

[@theflyent7106]

Boy handles was on video game cheat mode

[@werebetryin]

Thanks to Shane Gillis for helping me remember the good days again.

[@TimothyMccarthan]

I pray that death rejects me and mine forever without end. Heavens ballers won .

[@sqredreaper]

Shit looks just like nba street v2

[@showofhands8214]

Street Hoops

[@freshdenim.]

Whats the 1st track?

[@victorschloss8697]

Real 🏀pioneer

[@devinmccampbell8110]

I had all of them on bootleg lol

[@cmoneytheman]

Hd preview on my page

[@vaughntrotman-bey3718]

There was a bunch of ballers in the 90s half wasn't making games cause they was missing to much money in that little hour and half balling out

[@DjKing-ep6md]

KZbin is a fake app nothing but fakes and lames pops up

[@QuietstormRB]

Everyone says Kyrie has the best handle in the world. It’s valid because he actually gets to showcase his handle but Skip holds that title. Everything Kyrie doing now Skip was doing as a young teen. Skip had the odds stacked against him. Refs were confused 🤣 We got glimpses but he wasn’t able to showcase his handle like that in the league.

[@DavidWilliams-vu5wc]

There was flashes of it but he showed he could play real basketball like a real point guard would give him a longer career in the NBA..And he probed he could do everything else besides just being able to dribble fancy and go crossovers he could shoot better than people realized he could play defense etc...He can't be in a real game wrapping the ball around people head crossover somebody and start doing the Harlem shake and dancing and stuff coach would have benched him for sure..

[@QuietstormRB]

@@DavidWilliams-vu5wc Most definitely. And1 theatrics were to entertain the crowd but Skip’s handle is insane. I remember playing make it, take it during warmups for a Summer Tournament game and he pulled off some shit that had me thinking what was the point of playing defense 🤣

[@DavidWilliams-vu5wc]

@@QuietstormRB oh I believe you his handle is crazy...him and ed booger smith if you seen the sole in the hole documentary on KZbin I actually played in a gym on the same team as him I usually play point when he was on my team he was was the point guard I played the 2 we ain't lose a game all-day his handle is crazy as well...

[@QuietstormRB]

@@DavidWilliams-vu5wc Soul in the Hole is a classic!!! Booger most definitely one of the coldest outta NYC. Growing up in NYC during the 90s was special. My older brother put me on to 🏀. Saw a lot of legends that made the league and didn’t make the league hoop.

[@carlostorrealba]

the and one dale llegate que etoy aqi pero tofdos son gafitos

[@carlostorrealba]

sky ti my love ganga

[@DjKing-ep6md]

Fake and lames comes when you lesson and watch KZbin