In a perfect world artists would be able to drop mixtapes on streaming services

damn it wasn't funny this time

I thought it was an interesting post lol

the f***ed up part about posts like that is that it discourages users from posting thought provoking stuff

mixtapes were used as a way for DJs to promote certain artists

but now in this generation of oversaturation and industry plants the mixtape concept has no purpose therefore is useless

Only few rappers can rap over other people’s beats an I want to listen. Wayne, Curren$y, Lupe, Bino just to make a few.

I miss mixtape hype, waiting for releases with everyone, etc

But the negatives outweigh the positives. A lot of mixtapes weren’t 320, those pushbacks were brutal, servers crashing, DJ tags, etc. These are all things I don’t miss at ALL

I feel you. I was wondering a couple years back why music was so dry nowadays then I realized how damn hard it is to get samples cleared. Wayne’s project getting on dsp’s proved that. Such a classic mixtape yet only half the songs made it on there.

Have to throw Fab in there.

100% yes to Fab

ill be honest -- I don't really go back to tracks with popular samples, it feels like those age the first and the worst. id rather hear an interesting flip of an obscure sample than hearing s*** like Nightcall or Toxic (shoutout Gambino) basically chopped in 4 bars with different chorus break. thats just me though

other than that id say creatively we're in a heyday especially for underground hip-hop where you really don't need to flip popular stuff, if youre good at it youll flip ad jingles and s*** and make it sound fantastic

in terms of distribution yeah streaming kinda added a lot of paperwork in music but thats mostly bc we're still running around with dumb licensing practices as they pertain to sampling. just let ppl hear your music and get inspired by it man is it really that hard. I guess it is bc that music is controlled by corporations who don't gaf about none of yall creative expression. oh well.

p.s. if youre not hip do get yourself more involved in the bandcamp scene; if ya got a $10 lying around buy that album that you streamed even 5+ times, a few yrs down the line it (or rather the habit) will literally be a lifesaver to some of yall favorites

Damn. People who are actually really great at rapping don't blow up like that anymore bc mixtapes aren't really a thing anymore

Wtf. Nobody Gave thanks 2 Spinrilla, Datpiff, & LM tha first page. Thanks Spinrilla, Livemixtapes & Datpiff 4 tha days🌑

Tha countdowns

Mannnnnnnnnnn-kanye follow god voice

Oo i missed it

It was more like a sport

Practice rapping by remixing other ppl's songs until you get so good that ppl start paying attention to you, then you're tested at making your own s***.

Worked for J.Cole and Kendrick, many others to a lesser extent.

Spinrilla mostly was my browse. Sometimes datpiff. Putting an artist & goin pages on pages too. Strolling 4 Datpiff

Good times

Any1 experience Ballin' Like I'm Kobe on Spinrilla? Or at all????

need me a feature length documentary on late 00s-early 10s all ab mixtape culture, datpiff and all that gold

This nigga so old he still hasn’t even accepted mixtapes lolll

Make 1. Great idea

Countdowns is when it got wack

What 👎

Fab's a good one