Definition
To begin recording or playing back audio or video material.
How People Actually Use It
The phrase used when you are calling someone out on what you know is NOT TRUE - referring to a casino where EVERYTHING is recorded by the eye in the sky
"Bro, I did not borrow your sunglasses - I swear! Yea, well Roll the Tapes you asshole because I saw you wearing them Saturday. Mam, I ordered onion rings not french fries - Sir, you ordered french fries... Yea bitch, well roll the tapes...rings..."
Source: Urban Dictionary