Nah beatbox had hella remixes

I think copyright infringement lawsuits put a halt to all that, if a dude spit better than you on your own beat then its as easy as sending out a claim on youtube.

They left with Diddy

Back in the day 12” singles used to have the instrumental and the acapella so DJ’s & MC’s could both get busy

I somehow missed that too I'll have to look into those

streaming killed the mixtape era and now this the state we're in

No remixes no posse cuts s*** ain't right man.

@op correct

Who would even be the line up for a new 1 Train type track

The fact that's so hard to answer is depressing, everyone either too distant sound wise or they already collabed and it was mid, kendrick needs to work with his influences tho

The future of rap is depressing

Until the music consumption is changed away from streaming.

How is it depressing? I think the future of rap is as bright as ever

Lack of posse cuts even worse rly

I’d honestly take another dedication from Wayne than tha Carter 6 rn

Young generation of artists do not make great projects

Yup

another worst thing about rap: nobody beefs on record anymore! I dont care about goddamn twitter threads and IG lives, let me have tracks

that guy that sued mac miller for sampling him on a free mixtape honestly killed a lot of this s*** because it made sample clearance some grey area and now with everything being monetized even soundcloud it makes the legality difficult to navigate

so f*** you lord finesse

I'm surprised somebody hasn't tried to revive the mixtape concept. So many guys out now grew up in peak mixtape years, would think it would be a good way to get some promo off nostalgia bait alone.

lean back remix
power remix
outta control remix
special delivery remix
welcome to atlanta remix
ante up remix

good times

Such a classic and poignant moment Rocky really made Rap history with that

S***s wild looking back he really put on and loved this s*** as did many others of the time