Hood DVD Era Archive | Complete Directory of Street DVD Brands

THE COMPLETE HOOD DVD ERA ARCHIVE

Every brand, every collection, one era — preserved.

The Mixtape & DVD Era Archive preserves the physical media and digital footprint of hip-hop's last physical era. Below is every collection currently documented. New archives open regularly.

THE DVD ERA

URBAN MYTH

DJ Vlad’s series documenting street legends, larger-than-life figures, and the rumors of the era on disc.

HOOD CHRONICLES

Chapter by chapter, city by city, documenting the era's people and stories as they happened

DA PRODUCT

Hand to hand, trunk to trunk. Street documentation and music coverage

THE STREETS IS TALKING

Put the streets' conversation on camera. Interviews, reactions, and word-on-the-block coverage from the era

COD

Capturing urban street life with a focus on real interviews, authentic narratives, and unscripted moments

THE RAW REPORT

Unscripted street journalism from the DVD era. Real interviews, and real footage

SMACK

Dedicated platform for exploring the rich history of hip-hop beefs and rap battles.

TREAL TV

The Bay Area legend bringing his world to physical video at the height of the street DVD era. Unfiltered,

GRIND TIME

Coverage of the artists and hustlers putting in hours during the era

BLOCK STAR

Local legends and rising names whose first cameras were the street DVD crews.

STREET WARS

The battles, the beefs, and the rivalries that fueled the culture, documented raw on disc.

CRIMINALS GONE WILD

Unfiltered street narratives, confrontational interviews, real-world footage, and zero-bullshit storytelling

HOOD AFFAIRS

Everyday reality of street life with a focus on the people, the stories, and the moments that defined the era.

COCAINE CITY

Dedicated to preserving and showcasing the legacy of the iconic Cocaine City DVD series

WHAT'S REALLY HOOD

Real coverage of the culture from the inside, on the format that made the movement.

GET MONEY

Grind, the ambition, and the money culture that powered the movement, documented on disc.

BLOCK

Everyday reality, personalities, and stories of the neighborhoods during the height of the street DVD era.

STREET RUNNAZ

Mixtape-circuit energy on video, capturing the artists, the hustle, and the movement of the era in motion.

ALL ACCESS

Behind the scenes, into the studios, and onto the streets for a complete view of the culture.

THE COME UP

The Come Up DVD Archive is a dedicated digital space preserving the essence of early 2000s hip-hop culture

TRAPSTAR

Trap-era music, personalities, and street documentation from the years the sound took over.

GHETTO

Raw footage and real stories from the neighborhoods, on the format the culture actually consumed.

STR8 HOOD

Straight from the neighborhoods that made the culture, on the format the neighborhoods actually watched.

STREET LEGENDS

The stories, reputations, and neighborhood histories that mainstream cameras never touched

HOOD 2 HOOD

Raw reality of street life through documentary-style footage. A cornerstone of the hood DVD era

SUB-ZERO

Capturing the unfiltered reality of the streets during the height of the DVD era.

THE MIXTAPE ERA

DATPIFF

Datpiff was where every rising artist, established name, and street DJ dropped their tapes.

DJ KAY SLAY

DJ Kay Slay came up from the streets of Harlem — first as a graffiti legend in the 1980s

SWISHAHOUSE

Swishahouse rose from Houston's Northside in the late 1990s, built on slowed-down mixtapes

DJ WHOO KID

DJ Whoo Kid rose through the mixtape circuit as 50 Cent's official DJ, running Shade 45 and dropping tapes

OG RON C

OG Ron C is one of the pillars of Houston's mixtape legacy

DJ CLUE

DJ Clue’s mixtapes were the lifeblood of New York’s rap scene.

DJ SCREW

DJ Screw didn't follow the mixtape era — he invented his own lane inside it. From Houston, Texas

GANGSTA GRILLZ

GangstaGrillz operated at moving physical copies through record stores, barbershops, and street vendors

THE INSTITUTIONS

BLACK STAR VIDEO

Iconic Harlem-based hood and street DVD shop that defined urban street movies

JUSTO FAISON

Justo's Mixtape Awards ran for a decade and became a staple of hip-hop culture.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

This is an independent historical archive documenting the street DVD era and mixtape era. This archive is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or connected to any of the brands, labels, DJs, or individuals referenced on this page, and no such affiliation, endorsement, sponsorship, or connection is claimed or implied. All names, trademarks, likenesses, and artwork are the property of their respective owners and are used solely for historical identification, commentary, and educational purposes.

We are not collecting memorabilia. We are preserving history.