The State of the Modern Mixtape—Appreciation Thread

[Non Sequitur]

So we giving props to nikkas for dropping they best material for free & on mixtapes so when they put out label driven sub par/garbage they have a excuse. "Oh well i gave my fans the real me for free"
Yeah Lupe etc....

Uhhhh...


Yeah.

 

[mortuus est]

I like the old mixtape way, i have no problems with dj's shouting over the track or 50 talking smack about how much money he has.

but i have to say these "new mixtapes" are just free albums tbh in this era.

 

[151_Pr00f]

Alot of artists give a away their best music months and maybe even years before they drop a debut album, this is one of the reasons nikkas album sales look like they do. Why pay for a nikkas album and he's givin you all he's got 3 or 4 times before his shyt officially drops? There is no element of suprise or exciting suspense when it comes to releases anymore.

Some artist will put some cuts from a mixtape on an album which I think really cripples replay value but it's usually label heads at fault for bad marketing. Yet with mixtape your almost always guaranteed artistic integrity that you won't get when an official project is pushed in a certain direction.

To me the trade off just makes the buzz for mixtapes stronger than it did for albums. Win win situation for the fans, maybe not so much for the artist, at least financially.

 

[neph27]

Word, besides I'd rather get a sick project legally and for free than some over hyped up sugar coated debut album

right?

by cutting out the industry machine these guys are putting out pure shyt

no a&r's meddling with the final product

they're putting out exactly what they want

this is an exciting time for hip hop

 

[C. Dante]

Black Radio 66.6,b*stard,and 1999

yessssss

 

[LucaBrasi]

right?

by cutting out the industry machine these guys are putting out pure shyt

no a&r's meddling with the final product

they're putting out exactly what they want

this is an exciting time for hip hop

Resulting in so much FREE quality music dropping you don't have time to enjoy everything as it drops

and SMH @ people trynna complain on free quality music

OverlyDedicated
1999
Nostalgia
Return of 4eva
Kush&OJ
Yellow Album
LiveLoveASAP
KIDS



Off top of my head kills most of the music that has come out through the label machines last 3 years

 

[neph27]

Resulting in so much FREE quality music dropping you don't have time to enjoy everything as it drops

and SMH @ people trynna complain on free quality music

OverlyDedicated
1999
Nostalgia
Return of 4eva
Kush&OJ
Yellow Album
LiveLoveASAP
KIDS



Off top of my head kills most of the music that has come out through the label machines last 3 years

i honestly think we're in one of the best era's of hip hop EVER but a lotta old heads are too stubborn to realize it

people keep talking all this shyt about how NY is terrible now

have any of those people listened to the new DZA? meyhem lauren? bronson? rocky? exquire? rocky? el-p? pro era? roc marciano? flatbush zombies? anything harry fraud has done recently? frenchie?

im just waiting for people to realize whats going on so i can laugh and say "i told you so"

 

[LucaBrasi]

i honestly think we're in one of the best era's of hip hop EVER but a lotta old heads are too stubborn to realize it

people keep talking all this shyt about how NY is terrible now

have any of those people listened to the new DZA? meyhem lauren? bronson? rocky? exquire? rocky? el-p? pro era? roc marciano? flatbush zombies? anything harry fraud has done recently? frenchie?

im just waiting for people to realize whats going on so i can laugh and say "i told you so"

Word, only problem is that many of these dinosaur n***as act like they never seen the current mixtape game before when they talk about the current state of Hip-Hop like really my dude

Rappers are really creative and taking the game to new heights, lets be honest

 

[iPod Raheem 2.0]

Another thing that is dope about the modern mixtape is that people have gotten back to talking only about the music...at least for a little while. The conversation inevitably devolves into talk about how many records the artist is going to sell when he releases a commercial album. For a moment, though, people just appreciate the music and an artist's creativity. And that's been missing, unfortunately.

 

[iPod Raheem 2.0]

Breh's lets pour out liquor for artists who've mixtapes should've been albums.

I see you Joey Button's

ARE WE IN THAT MOOD YET?!?!?!


Yeah mixtapes today are like the Ryan's buffet line on Sunday so much shyt comes out a nicca got diabetes don't even have the time to enjoy all of the tapes I download.

I thought about Budden

I wish more of his stuff was great quality

Them Mood Muzik joints are , anyway, but can you imagine if they were mastered

 

[raidersreceiver]

Resulting in so much FREE quality music dropping you don't have time to enjoy everything as it drops

and SMH @ people trynna complain on free quality music

OverlyDedicated
1999
Nostalgia
Return of 4eva
Kush&OJ
Yellow Album
LiveLoveASAP
KIDS



Off top of my head kills most of the music that has come out through the label machines last 3 years

really??? ima have to check it out

 

[doublenegative]

Agreed.

 

[Ineedmoney504]

True, shyt is crazy,

Also add

Cole warm up and fml
Alley boy - definition of fukk shyt 1 and 2
All 3 trouble mixtape
Freddy Gibbs- cold day in hell
Dream chasers

And many more, I can go on forever

 

[labelplant]

Gucci has like 10+ mixtapes that are full length albums

 

[LucaBrasi]

really??? ima have to check it out

Dude was on a mission