Game’s not reached the heights 50 did but he was a lot more consistent in dropping after 50 gave up on music.
I never knew this site had so many 50 fans or considered Before I Self Destruct a classic. I’m not mad at it.
You can’t just shrug off the importance of mixtapes because you don’t personally like them, when they were the backbone of the culture for a long ass time
Mixtapes are just as important as albums straight up
Only if you’re a Wayne Stan
Only if you’re a Wayne Stan
If you think mixtapes aren’t important then you are not a rap fan
If you think mixtapes aren’t important then you are not a rap fan
They were basically just to build hype for an album. Mixtapes with original production I’d put on a level with albums, otherwise it’s just freestyling over instrumentals other artists have made hits with very little song stricture. This is coming from someone who used to buy mixtapes from mixunit before leaks were a thing