Did Mixtapes hurt Rap

[Terrance Curtis Beasley]

no

 

[ULCYril]

I don't think mixtapes hurt rap as much as digital releases it seems like as soon as the shyt came out like apple etc artists started caring less and less about the overall project just wanted the music out and the money coming in

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

I like albums.

Those mixtape rappers usually put quantity over quality.

 

[mortuus est]

One thing i dont i like is when rappers release a project and call it a mixtape but its album worthy, all new songs and everything

 

[The God Poster]

Mix tapes are inherently weaker than albums because they don't have original beats the whole way through. In addition, you got trash tween-appealing rappers like Weezy, c00n$y and Dipshyts who flooded the market with basura upon basura.

On a side note, this is why Drake will never be a legend. His fans say his best material is "So Far Gone", and that shyt is a mix tape

Same goes for J Cole.

Go ahead and neg. All your favorites done caught it.

you stuck in the 2000's still breh

Give control of the mixtapes back to the DJs, problem solved...

why so we can have Rappers just redoing other people's songs.

 

[Wacky D]

mixtapes saved hip-hop in the early & espeially mid-00s.

then in the late '00s on out, it got corny when it really hit the internet. it allowed any ole joe schmoe to pose as a somebody. and worst of all, the industry found a way to manipulate it, and use it to bring in their industry plants and make them seem credible.

 

[50CentStan]

Mixtapes are so vast now, albums arent special. I miss waiting on rappers to drop their albums. Only 50 had the Goat Mixtape/Album 1-2 punch consistantly.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Think how many classic mixtapes dropped that were followed by albums

If shyt was like the 90's Classic Mixtapes like GFID,Rich Gang TP1 would have been albums.

A nikka like Fab who gets knocked for subpar albums would have three 4 mic albums with Soul Tapes.

It's just frustrating running into fans who not up on a classic project because it's not an Album

On the flip side a lot of excess garbage that gets released wouldn't see the light of day

Who cares whether it's labeled an album or mixtape though

You can't fit 2015 form and functions into 1990s boxes

Take the best songs from the mixtape and album and create your own classic playlist for the artist

 

[Mr. Negative]

Nah.

Only way Mixtapes hurt rap is because we saw exactly what an artist is capable of without label interference.

If them artists ain't lazy they can still go out and get that tour money.

Record labels is starving without 360 deals right now.

Cats getting 6 cents a record but making 20k a show getting forced by label execs to tell us to stop stealing they shyt.

Cats saying it ain't all about he money and giving their "albums" away for free.

Mixtapes is great. Thank You, G-Unit.

 

[Still FloW]

G-Unit showed us how mixtapes should be done...

tapes were playful, fun, witty & FUCCIN DOPE..

and when the album dropped it was NOTHING alike and still heaters upon heaters...

these days mixtapes are hot and albums are hot doo doo, smh Fab & Jadakiss

 

[CrimsonTider]

Cost...

What cost? Most people aren't spending a dime on music

 

[MF budz]

Mix tapes are inherently weaker than albums because they don't have original beats the whole way through. In addition, you got trash tween-appealing rappers like Weezy, c00n$y and Dipshyts who flooded the market with basura upon basura.

On a side note, this is why Drake will never be a legend. His fans say his best material is "So Far Gone", and that shyt is a mix tape

Same goes for J Cole.

Go ahead and neg. All your favorites done caught it.

someone neg this fukkhead. Curren$y is a c00n how? Yet ASAP rocky isn't?

 

[Danie84]

DJs scratching up new singles and rappers freestylin was golden

...but, when mixtapes became full-length album it hindered the game in a perverse way. Tapes were better than actual retail-album, and thru fanbases for a loop (pun intended)

Altho, without that market, I'd never become a Spitta fan, tho