Millimeter Mac on Strictly Roots, Juicy & 90s Bronx Hip-Hop: My Friends Are Better Than Yours
Millimeter Mac (RMR)` has created MILLIMETERMAC FILMS, a film production that has amassed a collective viewership of over 30 million across streaming platforms such as TUBI TV, AMAZON PRIME, YOUTUBE, APPLE TV, and in independent theaters, still creating music for score
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BIG CED chops it up with his day-one homie, Bronx MC and filmmaker Millimeter Mac (aka RMR) about growing up in Lafayette, the golden era of hip-hop, Strictly Roots, Hype Williams’ first video, and building a film empire with Juicy The Series and Bishop & Cheney. From Bronx River and Zulu Nation stories to MCA major-label days, overseas love for 90s hip-hop, and surviving that “liquid dust” era, this episode is pure history and jokes.
We also get into how he transitioned from rapper to director, why he opened barbershops and a graphics company, why he put movies in theaters, why he landed on Tubi and Prime, and why today’s filmmakers need passion more than expensive cameras. If you love 80s/90s New York, golden-era rap, and indie Black film, you’re gonna feel this one.
Tap in, watch Juicy The Series and Bishop & Cheney, and support Millimeter Mac Films.
My friends are better than yours.
Connect with Millimeter Mac
Instagram: @MillimeMacFilms (Millimeter Mac Films)
Facebook: Millimeter Mac Films
YouTube: Millimeter Mac Films
On Tubi: “Juicy The Series”, “Bishop & Cheney”, “Way More Place”
00:00 – Intro: My Friends Are Better Than Yours, day-one guest setup
01:10 – Introducing RMR aka Millimeter Mac & early groups (New Sounds, Strictly Roots, Mercenaries)
02:45 – Growing up in Lafayette by Bronx River during the gritty 80s in NYC
04:20 – Zulu Nation, Afrika Bambaataa, park jams and seeing hip-hop grow with them
06:05 – First rhymes at 13 and catching the bug from his sister’s DJ boyfriend
09:45 – Boogie Boys, church, neighborhood heroes and seeing the first “celebrities” up close
11:10 – Getting a Strong City/MCA deal, videos, tours and that first 10K advance
13:35 – Video Music Box, Paper Thin stories and what it meant to be in a video back then
16:00 – From New Sounds & Strictly Roots to Mercenary Records and BIG CED’s first production
18:00 – Why he left music politics and shifted into entrepreneurship and film
19:05 – Hype Williams’ first video, being on classic sets and learning production on the fly
20:40 – Opening barbershops, graphic design, buying gear and shooting 100+ music videos
22:20 – Building Millimeter Mac Films and learning every job on set (shooting, grip, editing)
23:40 – Projects: Troubles, Gang Gang Gang, Juicy The Series, Bishop & Cheney, 12, Way More Place
24:45 – Getting on Tubi & Amazon Prime and plans for the next movies and seasons
25:10 – Advice for new filmmakers: story over gear, patience, networking and passion over money
26:25 – Thoughts on today’s hip-hop, drill, messages and why he doesn’t judge the youth
30:10 – From reel-to-reel to “microwave” music: why the grind used to feel different
34:00 – Overseas love for 90s hip-hop, random European fans and checks from old records
37:35 – Digital Underground, Shock G, Tupac memories and wild 90s tour stories
41:40 – St. Ides, 40s, Cisco and realizing they were drinking “gasoline” back in the day
44:45 – New music: final Strictly Roots project, unreleased Dion joints, and collabs with Grand Puba, Sporty Thievz, Mikey D & more
47:40 – His daughter Zoe’s rising celebrity and why he never chased stardom himself
51:20 – Growing up in Lafayette (LIP), Pro-Keds vs Keds, and realizing they weren’t as poor as they thought
55:05 – Kool-Aid, “losing your Black card”, and laughing at how they really grew up
59:03 – Where to find Juicy, Bishop & Cheney, and Millimeter Mac Films online
59:30 – BIG CED’s close and why his friends really are better than yours
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