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Mixtapes were big business — one striking two-page photo documents a handwritten inventory list from Rock ’n’ Will’s, a storied shop in Harlem, which showed the breadth of stock on display ...

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 ...

In celebration of Travis Scott’s beloved ’Days Before Rodeo’ mixtape coming to streaming, here are 12 more mixtapes that need to be on DSPs.

The mainstreaming of mixtapes is the best argument for Billboard and the RIAA to treat them the same as “legitimate” label-backed releases. It’s probably also exactly why they haven’t ...

But mixtapes were still being treated like introductory releases to set the stage for the main event: an album. In 2009, though, the album took the back seat for the first time since the genre's ...

Mixtapes of this era were “very grassroots and very community-based,” sold at barber shops and out of trunks, says Charles Carson, a professor of musicology at the University of Texas at Austin.

"Mixtapes were really, really important in my older youth," Jodi says. "If you were to make or receive a mixtape, this was a very big deal, especially if this was someone you had a crush on or ...

Mixtapes (an anachronistic name -- they're all on CD now) can be powerful publicity tools -- a tactic used by artists to keep their buzz on the streets while record labels push their official ...