Mixtapes have long played an important role in hip-hop. Often viewed as an unfiltered, more authentic alternative to the traditional album release, the mixtape format as we now know it rose to ...

Song sharing is one of the most—if not the most—vital parts of music fandom. A hundred years ago, the medium was the phonograph record. Today, whether on Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube, the playlist ...

2015 has seen a crazy amount of great album releases, and it's no different in the realm of mixtapes. With all the albums that have been released, you might actually forget all the fantastic projects ...

The post 15 Best Hip-Hop Mixtapes of All Time appeared first on Consequence. So much of hip-hop history was recorded on humble mixtapes, from early concerts captured on cassettes to the digital ...

It only took ten years, but Travis Scott’s beloved mixtape Days Before Rodeo was finally added to streaming services today. The project arrived just a year before his official debut album Rodeo, and ...

The underground mixtape has long been a staple in hip-hop, with blended DJ selections being all the rage throughout the '90s. But this decade saw the format mutate: Rappers began to take matters into ...

What would hip-hop be without Lil Wayne? Let’s just say, it’d be a lot different. Mans literally influenced a generation or two with his G.O.A.T.-level lyrical abilities, crazy flows and versatility.

The word "mixtape" — the hip-hop equivalent to the bootleg concert tape — now refers to mixes of songs burned to CD or offered as a digital download, sold on street corners and swapped on message ...

The business behind the hip-hop mixtape, and how a raid on DJ Drama's studio in 2007 kickstarted a whole new industry that, 10 years later, is itself facing the music. By Dan Rys On the afternoon of ...

Young Jeezy made ends meet moving another type of weight. He was relentless on the streets, making the transition from drug-dealing narrator to one of hip-hop’s biggest names on the corporate level.

Why do cassettes evoke such powerful memories? The poet and novelist Lavinia Greenlaw rewinds to consider. I was one of those teenagers who insisted on being in charge of the record player. If friends ...