Great or classic mixtapes took the place of great or classic albums in the 2000's

[Obtain Knowledge]

In my opinion, great or classic mixtapes took the place of classic albums in the 2000s. I think classic albums stopped coming out after the 90's but with the 2000's came the era of great or classic mixtapes.

Some of my favorites that were great and or classic were:

50 Cent Is The Future - 50 Cent and G-Unit
No Mercy, No Fear - 50 Cent and G-Unit
Gangsta Grillz The Legends Series 1 - Bun B
Public Enemy Number Number 1 - Beanie Sigel
Million Dollar Baby Radio - Max B
Million Dollar Baby - Max B
Million Dollar Baby 2 - Max B
Public Domain 3 - Max B
The Trauma Mixtape - Dj Quik

The most recent mixtape that I felt like was classic or great was Asap Rocky's first one. I know there's a lot of other great mixtapes I'm forgetting but the ones I listed were the ones that stayed in heavy rotation.

What's been some of ya'll favorites that you consider classic or great?

 

[The Dust King]

I definitely heard classic albums in the last 12 years.

maybe you should obtain knowledge

 

[Ineedmoney504]

cole has 2 classic mixtapes(fln, warm up
drake got one(so far gone)
wayne got some(dedication 2, drought 3)
budden(mood music 2 and 4)
clipse (road till the casket drops)
spitta
krit(krit wuz here)
cam and the dips(dip vol. 1 2 3, public ememy, boss of all bosses 2)
game(stop snitchin stop lying
gucci(a bunch)
jeezy(trap or die 1 and 2)
jim jones and birdgang
nipsey(maraton)
ross(rich forever, AA, ashes to ashes)
meek(dreamchashers)
wiz(kush and oj, cabin fever)
wiz and spitta(how fly)
yo gotti(cocaine music)
and even tho its not a official mixtape i would say the "good friday" mixtape is classic
future(streets is watch)

but its way to many to name, mixtapes have feed me well

 

[Ze Pequeno]

Overly dedicated

 

[Flav]

why do they call albums that have all original music and no blends at all "mixtapes"?

im not into the mixtape scene because i dont hear no blending like hey used to.

whats a good "mixtape" that have good blends from one song to the next?the last dope real mixtape i heard was from ice cubes dj,dj crazy toons.

 

[DaveyDave]

why do they call albums that have all original music and no blends at all "mixtapes"?

im not into the mixtape scene because i dont hear no blending like hey used to.

whats a good "mixtape" that have good blends from one song to the next?the last dope real mixtape i heard was from ice cubes dj,dj crazy toons.

because it's changed from being a tape that is mixed by a DJ to a marketing scheme from the rapper themselves or the label to promote upcoming albums. they are now made on cd's or completely digital but they still call them mixTAPES but that doesn't mean anything, it's just a name.

 

[Flav]

im not talkin about the Tape/cd part im talkin about the blend part.you know Djs can still blend songs together on a cd or mp3 right?

 

[Shuteye]

cole has 2 classic mixtapes(fln, warm up
drake got one(so far gone)
wayne got some(dedication 2, drought 3)
budden(mood music 2 and 4)
clipse (road till the casket drops)
spitta
krit(krit wuz here)
cam and the dips(dip vol. 1 2 3, public ememy, boss of all bosses 2)
game(stop snitchin stop lying
gucci(a bunch)
jeezy(trap or die 1 and 2)
jim jones and birdgang
nipsey(maraton)
ross(rich forever, AA, ashes to ashes)
meek(dreamchashers)
wiz(kush and oj, cabin fever)
wiz and spitta(how fly)
yo gotti(cocaine music)
and even tho its not a official mixtape i would say the "good friday" mixtape is classic
future(streets is watch)

but its way to many to name, mixtapes have feed me well

all these mixtapes aint got shyt on a real modern classic album like my beautiful dark twisted fantasy

 

[BlackZilla]

A Cold Day in Hell by Freddie Gibbs and The Great Debater by Skyzoo are classic mixtapes as well, IMO. I could play either one right through and not skip a track.

 

[DaveyDave]

im not talkin about the Tape/cd part im talkin about the blend part.you know Djs can still blend songs together on a cd or mp3 right?

you know it's just a name right? "mixtapes" have rarely been mixed ever since Clue killed the game with the exclusive. since the 50 Cent/Dip Set/Sqad Up era it has been about releasing your own versions of someone elses song or at least freestyling over a popular beat. you could say since then it has been a MIX of original songs & freestyles over pther people's beats.

the fact that terms such as "street album" or "FreEP" haven't really taken off helps the name "mixtape" stick.

 

[Yecht]

I agree with OP's point, but his list is

 

[Ineedmoney504]

all these mixtapes aint got shyt on a real modern classic album like my beautiful dark twisted fantasy

I agree that mbdf is a classic, but they have a couple mixtapez on that list that better than, fln and warm up,krit wuz here is also

 

[feelosofer]

Jadakiss - The Champ is Here

in fact it better than the album.