Dec 2, 2020Along with other albums that were billed as mixtapes, what is the actual explanation?
Fever was LP length, all original music and it’s for sale. That’s literally an album
Dec 2, 2020Idk lemme call Ja Rule
Dec 2, 2020Testing the waters
Dec 2, 2020·2 repliesThe project that sells is the official debut, that’s the rules
Dec 2, 2020
Dec 2, 2020·1 reply
cause this is a classic
Dec 2, 2020It’s a playlist
- Dec 2, 2020·2 replies
The project that finally doesn’t flop is the debut in this new era
Dec 2, 2020We need a Megan :eukh: emoji! This is sexism and I won’t stand for it :meganeukh:
- Dec 2, 2020·edited·7 replies
I’m trying to figure out how y’all are still stuck in 2006. We have had this discussion since If You’re Reading This.
No something being for sale does not make it a studio album anymore. Uploading music for consumption in the digital era is now very easy and nearly priceless, so it makes sense to even upload mixtapes on official services. It only brings profit which especially makes sense for an artist who is just starting out and needs money. Why would you lose money by making your music not fully available just so you can say it fits the old head definition of a mixtape?
It’s clear in the streaming era a mixtape is more like a side project, and it is usually defined by not having a push similar to a studio album nor having the same commercial expectations. It also tends not to have a rollout prior.
Dec 3, 2020NozukaThe project that finally doesn’t flop is the debut in this new era
This, just like when drake released that "playlist" if they re afraid it will flop they label it a "playlist" or "street album" like 50 cents awful animal ambition
Dec 3, 2020KdogoneThe project that sells is the official debut, that’s the rules
couldn't be what she just dropped then
- Dec 3, 2020EuroNymous
cause this is a classic
real
Dec 3, 2020·1 replyAlbums have label promo
Those other projects don’t
- Dec 3, 2020·2 repliesmjpplus
Albums have label promo
Those other projects don’t
So hot girl summer wasn't promoted by her label?
Dec 3, 2020·1 replyiHypeI’m trying to figure out how y’all are still stuck in 2006. We have had this discussion since If You’re Reading This.
No something being for sale does not make it a studio album anymore. Uploading music for consumption in the digital era is now very easy and nearly priceless, so it makes sense to even upload mixtapes on official services. It only brings profit which especially makes sense for an artist who is just starting out and needs money. Why would you lose money by making your music not fully available just so you can say it fits the old head definition of a mixtape?
It’s clear in the streaming era a mixtape is more like a side project, and it is usually defined by not having a push similar to a studio album nor having the same commercial expectations. It also tends not to have a rollout prior.
I know you’re 10000% right but I’m gonna continue to get pissed when people call their s*** mixtapes and don’t have it up for an actual free download
Dec 3, 2020NozukaThe project that finally doesn’t flop is the debut in this new era
this really one of the biggest ways young thug changed the game, but y'all not ready for that conversation
- Dec 3, 2020·1 reply
It is, it just didnt sell well enough. Good news isnt her debut either lol watch
Dec 3, 2020·1 replyiHypeI’m trying to figure out how y’all are still stuck in 2006. We have had this discussion since If You’re Reading This.
No something being for sale does not make it a studio album anymore. Uploading music for consumption in the digital era is now very easy and nearly priceless, so it makes sense to even upload mixtapes on official services. It only brings profit which especially makes sense for an artist who is just starting out and needs money. Why would you lose money by making your music not fully available just so you can say it fits the old head definition of a mixtape?
It’s clear in the streaming era a mixtape is more like a side project, and it is usually defined by not having a push similar to a studio album nor having the same commercial expectations. It also tends not to have a rollout prior.
So no mixtape exist now?
- Dec 3, 2020Wt701
So hot girl summer wasn't promoted by her label?
Hot Girl Summer was not on Fever
- Dec 3, 2020Wt701
So hot girl summer wasn't promoted by her label?
Was it on a project?
No, it was an intended single for a debut
- Dec 3, 2020·1 replyLil sleepy
It is, it just didnt sell well enough. Good news isnt her debut either lol watch
I'm gonna be crying next album cycle when meg says it was an EP
- Dec 3, 2020tomorrow volverse
I'm gonna be crying next album cycle when meg says it was an EP
Fr lmao
- Dec 3, 2020
To expand on the point
Did IYRT, More Life, and Dark Lane have big label promo? No
There weren’t any late night appearances for those projects. No big single pushes, no nationwide tours for the projects. That’s what sets an album and a mixtape apart in today’s landscape.
- Dec 3, 2020iHype
I’m trying to figure out how y’all are still stuck in 2006. We have had this discussion since If You’re Reading This.
No something being for sale does not make it a studio album anymore. Uploading music for consumption in the digital era is now very easy and nearly priceless, so it makes sense to even upload mixtapes on official services. It only brings profit which especially makes sense for an artist who is just starting out and needs money. Why would you lose money by making your music not fully available just so you can say it fits the old head definition of a mixtape?
It’s clear in the streaming era a mixtape is more like a side project, and it is usually defined by not having a push similar to a studio album nor having the same commercial expectations. It also tends not to have a rollout prior.
Exactly. Not sure how 5 years after commercial tapes started that people are confused