Yeah I'm definitely hoping they both drop some type of mixtape...
I'm from the outside lookin in, but it seems to me like they would rather drop random shyt than to lock in and drop a cohesive project
Mixtapes as we knew it are dead. Dropping song and visuals on Youtube and DSPs is the wave with the target demographic.
Think about it, they drop a mixtape of 12 songs only for maybe 2 or 3 to really stick. But if you keep dropping songs, each song gets it's own time to shine. And that helps with touring also.
Foogiano dropped a mixtape with 17 songs and at best 2 might be remembered now.
Visuals>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>mixtapes
It's been years (the blog rap era) since an actual full mixtape put a Black artist on. Now it's almost always particular songs that put people on (Kodak, Cardi, City Girls, etc). Even with Youngboy it was the videos to "38 Baby" that made peoole check out that mixtape.