What is a mixtape in rap. What is a mixtape? Works of great renown
Hello my dear subscribers. Do you love music as much as I love it? Surely there are many music lovers among you, someone loves Hanna, someone Basta, and someone throws a new mixtape on their player.
"Mixtape what is it?" - you ask. Let's figure it out together, especially since I have long been interested in the issue of the legality of such recordings. Are there law experts among my readers? What do you say about this?
I often wonder how fast the world is changing. There is a joke in our family: my cat is 17 years old and my mother often says, they say, look, the cat was small and everyone listened to a tape recorder and cassettes, and now everyone has a tablet and a smartphone. So much has changed in one cat's life.
And, it’s true, if earlier Suga’s mixtape seemed to us the pinnacle of professionalism, then today, having several necessary programs and the minimum amount of skills and knowledge (all videos on how to do this can be freely found on YouTube), you can become the master of the dance floors yourself.
In addition, with the advent of the same YouTube, you can become popular without spending a single ruble, the channel itself and subscribers will make a profit. Have you ever created your own mixtape? If so, write in the comments and share your experience, it will be very interesting to read everything and, if possible, even listen.
So what is it?
A mixtape is a cassette or disc created by a DJ that contains a variety of compositions and all of them are combined into one or separate tracks. Mixtapes can be DJ-type (for example, Oksimiron's mixtape), where the musician took several tracks and mixed them, or they can also be rappers. A DJ can invite a rapper as a host, he will make announcements between tracks, there are also mixtapes written by rappers, where you will not hear the DJ at all.
Mixtapes are often mixed collections of individual songs by different artists, although you can also find themed ones (for example, a mixtape of songs of an individual musician or all artists rapping to the beat of one beatmaker). As a rule, mixtapes are released by the authors themselves - DJs or rappers of their own label, who then distribute their work through YouTube. Thus, they bypass long procedures for referral. own work to music stores and major music chains.
Many aspiring artists look at a mixtape as an option for their own promotion and popularization, they quickly and willingly give their new, yet unreleased tracks to popular DJs for mixtapes. Numerous mixtape series are released monthly by many DJs. Just imagine for a moment how many there are already at the moment. It seems to me that it is almost impossible to count it.
By the way, do not confuse mixtapes and individual records.
How is a mixtape different from an album?
Albums tend to take a very long time to record and release. All this is accompanied by large advertising projects, presentations, video clips, the release takes a long time to prepare, then it is sold.
The record is often prepared for more than one year, but all this is official - copyrights are protected, all taxes are paid, documents are drawn up. And mixtapes are created many times faster, as a rule, they are released unofficially. This is precisely the reason why you can hear different things in the tracks. musical accompaniment because the creator can do whatever his heart desires.
No producer or boss will say that this is “not a format”, there is no censorship here. Also, mixtapes often use other people's fragments from sound recordings, music that millions of people want to hear, in general, these are endless spaces for music lovers, no one will forbid taking Pugacheva's song and adding Rihanna's motives to it.
The finished list can be quickly uploaded to the World Wide Web or burned to disk, listened to in your own car or transferred to friends' phones. Who will forbid you to do this? That's right - no one.
Here's a cute mixtape for you!
Is it legal? Maybe you just stole this music?
Here I will write my personal opinion, and I would like to discuss this matter with you. On the one hand, we turn on sound logic, a person recorded a song, then a disc, posted it on the Internet, you purchased it on the official website or downloaded it for free from someone who previously bought everything for money. Why, explain to me, you cannot use this music in a remix, despite the fact that you do not try to pass off this song as your own, and always indicate the music of which author or artist was used.
You don't steal someone else's track from an artist's personal safe and try to remix it a few days before the official release.
It seems to me that the artists themselves do not mind their music becoming part of some cool mixtape. Don't you think so? Then explain why they, in their albums, release several variations of one track. This is especially true in rap. The first song, as always, is released to the public, then there is another version that will not be played on the radio (it will not pass the censorship). There are 2 more versions of the same track in the album: instrumental and acapella. If you have an opinion on this matter, I look forward to your comments.
Mixtapes exclusively use music famous artists?
I can't find a definitive answer to this either. Yes and no. You can create a mix of tracks from foreign authors, you can dilute a foreign language with domestic, you can add several personal compositions.
Why do artists make mixtapes?
There are many reasons for this. Firstly, you can't release a record that often, because it's a long-term process that requires a lot of money. Expensive advertising, presentation, video, you have to discuss all these points with the director of the label, with the producer, etc., but what if you can release one track every day?
The record contains only 20 songs, and you all write songs, come up with new topics - who needs it and where to go with it? You want to convey your own thoughts and creativity to the listeners, and they, in turn, want to listen to it. What's the solution - releasing a record a month? Believe me, no company will be able to implement this, no, it can, of course, but will not want to.
Secondly - demonstration of own abilities. Here comes the song talented performer, and you take a minus, and record your own version of the track, something like a cover version. The main thing here is not to rehash, but to really record something of your own: original, unpredictable, something that you like. You can even change the words, come up with an original musical addition, whatever your heart desires.
My dear subscribers, I wanted to discuss one more thing with you - have you heard the Monster rap mixtape?
If yes, share your impressions, if not, be sure to listen and you will definitely not regret it. This is probably one of my all time favorite mixtapes.
The world of music has no horizons, and I think there is a place for every performer, rapper, DJ or simple amateur who also wants to make himself known to the whole world.
By the way, if you are interested in good mixtapes, then I recommend this material from the Pitchfork website, which is one of the most authoritative musical sources of our time. The article is dedicated to the 50 best mixtapes from the early 2000s, and you can check it out Here. From Lil Wayne to Rich Gang, from Nikki Minaj to A$AP Rocky, there's a lot to like.
If you want us to consider another topic or raise any issue of interest to you, do not hesitate, I look forward to your comments. And yet, write the names or throw links of your favorite mixtapes, we will listen together.
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Part 2, in which the author under the nickname "38 bit" tells us what a mixtape is
When we were very young yard boys and girls who strolled carelessly among the Khrushchevs, playing Cossacks and robbers, while our parents and other personalities were sour from a strong hangover of the nineties, each of us was the owner of cassettes with a collection of songs.
It could have been a cassette like "Best AUE Blatnyak", "Popsa In Da House Vol. 1", "Rock Ballads", "Rhapsody" or a cassette that you traded for a stack of chips and a couple of caps with your breakdance friend. In fact, all these cassettes are mixtapes, though a very Russian mix and Russian tape, but the meaning, I think, is clear.
In general, a “mixtape” is tracks recorded in a chaotic or certain order,
usually in the style of hip-hop, similar to the Russian "collection", or the most fashionable "set". Well, that's first.
In general, it was like this. At the dawn of the rise of rap culture on the west and east coasts of the United States, where so far blacks were not allowed close to recording studios, the inhabitants of the ghetto had the need to record and distribute their, so to speak, creativity.
Since the possibilities were limited environment, and raising money with drugs brought little positive to the already very tense life of a black man - after all, they could shoot their ass and put them in lawlessness, many calmer inhabitants of the ghetto, usually DJs, began to compile cassettes with recordings of various kinds of local references, i.e. mcs. The idea found its response, and now every self-respecting gangsta, having recorded a couple of tracks, was amused by thoughts like “What if it shoots? And I’ll sit down, as they say, in a convertible and go somewhere.”
Classics of the genre - mixtape from Master Mike
And so, sometimes, having put on a bunch of cassettes, this very owner of a two-cassette player went to the club, or simply stood on a wheelbarrow with an open trunk, and was engaged in the distribution of his version of what was happening. Although not only he could sell, it could be done by the performer himself, his brothers, but anyone could, because if it is for sale, then why not sell it?
Mixtapes were distributed, given to local radio outlets, more or less famous people hip-hop at a glance. (In America, by the way, strictly with copyright, even in some cases they can put you on a chair with spades. In Russia, of course, there is chapter 70, but it is remembered only at lectures when they study the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, so there is a chance to get cash reward the Russian folk rapper has almost no sales of discs / cassettes, even such whales like Casta gave fresh albums to pirates - they paid at least a penny, well, they distributed it through motherfucker throughout the territory of the Russian Federation, not like these labels like "Stopro") .
Life went on
Someone was extinguished for diss, someone signed a contract and left without saying goodbye, but mixtapes played in boomboxes near basketball courts, at parties, from cars, and sometimes even on the radio. Last option extolled the performers as local superstars, and now they got hit much more often. Previously, you had to carry all sorts of nonsense about how beautiful the baby is, but now you don’t need to do this, because a real true star will only communicate with a fucked-up skin if it’s Dr. Dre’s mom.
It's strange to imagine how a young Eminem, Redman or Snoop Dogg run around and hand in cassettes with their tracks, isn't it?
It is worth saying that the practice of using mixtapes for the purpose of promotion was used not only by blacks and not only by rappers, but it was in this culture that they became an integral part of it. Mixtapes can contain a variety of music in their style and direction.
It can be a cassette under which you can stick, relax, make a revel, sip iron in the gym.
But that was in a time far from us, because development is proceeding at a frantic pace. It was the Inquisition that had its own reasons for holding back development, burning there all sorts of popular science books, citizens, employees of the Russian Academy of Sciences, for their ideas, to put it mildly, anti-divine.
Fuck, why did so many churches come across? And there, and there.
It is today you are like this with this Internet, fucker repost, and already there are discussions about any business on the other side of the world, whether it’s some couch, or special services. Changed audio media and other nishtyaki.
These guys are always hot. Massive Attack mixtape from 1994:
In general, today, a mixtape is not necessarily a cassette
And not necessarily a certain number of tracks. The concept of a mixtape was deformed, as was the perception of music and other branches of human intellectual activity.
Any artist has something like albums. The album is being prepared for a certain amount of time. For some it takes a month, for others a year. On these very albums, they usually use their own beats, unique ones, which are made mainly for the style of the performer. Texts are written with a specific message. Do more famous musicians there are labels that help them with recording, try to protect copyrights, shoot videos, organize concerts. In short, everything is very difficult, serious and dreary. This is work.
But in parallel with this, sometimes there is a desire to record, for example, a fit, or just got drunk at home with passes and you want to fill up a turnip, well, or just a bunch of material is free, where to put it? And now the rapper means that he writes songs under herpoimiprod, and merges them into the Internet, for the people. Basically, it's a mixtape. The people are swinging, and the rapper has steam out.
Such tracks can contain any beat, any text, even insert Pugacheva's acapella. Rap, so to speak, without frames and borders. And in the end it turns out that the whole underground is one big mixtape. That's it. *scratch sound
Where to listen:
https://vk.com/oldmixtapes
http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/mixtapes/
Top 50 mixtapes, xs who made the rating
For example:
DJ Hobot – Bugsy Mix
Mix Master Mike
Mix Master Mike - Rescue 916
Massive Attack-Essential Mix
Dj Premier + New York Reality - Check Mixtape
90s Rap Classics 1990-2000 - Back in the Days
Das Efx - Da Brokes Mix
Text — 38th bit
In contact with
Battle (battle, battle, battle) - a competition between rap artists, usually accompanied by humiliation of the enemy. A battle track is often nothing more than a diss on an opponent.
Beef (beef - meat (beef)
Beef (beef - meat (beef), in figurative meaning complaint, dissatisfaction) - enmity between representatives of hip-hop culture. Beefs, their features and unspoken rules of conduct are an important part of hip-hop culture. The most famous beefs are between rappers, but such conflicts are also possible between other representatives of hip-hop culture: DJs, b-boys or graffiti artists.
The reasons for beefs are usually allegations of plagiarism, claims of leadership in the genre (unfounded in the opinion of the opponent), irreconcilable creative differences, affiliation with competing record labels, and even occasional insults.
In practice, conflicts are expressed in specially recorded songs (traditionally called disses) and interviews, less often in fights and skirmishes, in some cases ending in murders.
Beat (English beat)
Beat - measure in music, used in the expression English. beat per minute, bpm - beats per minute. How more value, the faster the tempo of the music.
Diss (diss, disrespect - disrespect)
Diss (diss, disrespect - disrespect) is a direction in hip-hop. In practice, diss is disrespectful in the text of one rapper (or group) to another rapper (s). In such tracks, obscene speech is practiced, swearing towards the enemy, sometimes threats. Often disses come in pairs, that is - “diss - reciprocal diss”, or in chains of disses. Often disses are ignored. Disses are used in beefs.
Mix
Mix (mix) - several musical works(tracks) arranged in a continuous sequence. As a rule, mixes are compiled by DJs for various purposes (for example, for inclusion on the radio in thematic programs). Usually mixes consist of tracks that are similar in genre, mood and other features. On average, the duration of a mix ranges from 25 to 74 minutes (fits on an Audio CD), but can be much longer.
The sequence of tracks in the form of a mix is specific in that the tracks smoothly replace each other. There is no "gap" in the form of silence at the junction between the tracks, and the tracks themselves in the process of transition coincide in tempo, dimension and other features, thus merging together. The process of creating a mix by a DJ is called mixing.
Skills / skills (from English skills)
Briefly - rap "skills". More details - reading, diction, text, chips, presentation, flow, interesting phrases, phrases, original rhyming, etc. In general, the whole list of skills and criteria by which MS can be assessed.
Flow (from the English Flow - "fluidity")
Rhythm, speed of rap reading. How a rap artist gets into the beat or creates additional swing and dynamics with his reading (sometimes even listening to an acapella, you can start swinging to the rhythm). It is worth noting that a good flow is not maximum speed reads, and the correct speed.
The flow also includes changes to the speed of the recitation to express great emotions and show off his cool technique.
The rapper makes the rap sound more in tune with the instrumental than regular music. In fashionable songs, a melody of words, a motive, clearly emerges from a simple recitative.
For good rap flow you need good diction / pronunciation and breathing (so that there are no terrible breaks with sighs in reading), some performers still add artistic or comical features to their voice, but this is already a matter of style.
square flow
When the words in a line either do not reach the bit, or there are more of them and the reading has to be accelerated, or they simply do not fit into the bit. That is, the music flows and the recitative flows, and someone constantly has some kind of stones jumping out of the river, and this is a square flow.
Innings
The emotions that the rap artist puts into the track, during performance, as well as the game of intonations. (Can also be used as a synonym for flow)
Punch, punchline (from English punch - to beat with a fist)
The concept appeared in battle rap. This is a laconic phrase / line (line) that should hook the opponent very strongly. As in heavy boxing, opponents shift and occasionally deliver crushing blows, so in battle rap reading, your main blow will be the punch line, where you will "hook" the enemy as much as possible with a short line.
Stuff (stuff - things, trash)
Usually rap artists name their works (tracks).
In principle, even a literal translation is suitable, "rappers do things," which means "appreciate my thing" - "appreciate my staff."
Sharp-X: The point is that Stuff's word English language almost always (among rappers) is used with the prefix New. So it turns out New Stuff. That is, most often "staf" is the new work of rappers.
Rhyme with squares
Rhyming method ("square on square"). Rhyme in the text is added mainly at the end of the line, and lines of the same length - if you write such text on a sheet, then the written text forms a square or rectangle, hence the name itself. It is believed that this is the easiest way to rhyme, and if you can’t find fault with the above rap skills, then rate your opponent for “square”.
true
Tru (truth, truth, real) - the opposite of fake. "True rapper" is a rapper who reads the truth, a real rapper whose words do not differ from deeds.
fake
Fakes, fakers (fake - lie) - liars, performers in whose tracks there are a lot of lies, and reality diverges from the lyrics (To fake MC "s).
Mixtape
Mixtape (mixtape) - special kind music release. The name comes from English words mix and tape (literally translated as a mixed record).
Many aspiring artists consider mixtapes as a means for their own promotion, so they readily give their new tracks to famous DJs for mixtapes.
At the same time, mixtapes have a semi-official status, small circulations (relative to the official albums of famous artists) and instantly leak to the Internet. IN currently There are a lot of mixtapes (no one even counted them), and famous people in certain circles release another 5-20 pieces daily.
Fit (English feat.)
Fit - from English featuring. What does it mean to participate! i.e. feat is a joint song!
Freestyle
Freestyle - improvisation in rap; recitation of a rhyming rhythmic recitative composed by the performer on the go. It's not a pre-written, rehearsed, "raw" form of hip-hop. It is performed to beatbox, or to instrumental versions of previously recorded hip-hop songs. (wiki)).
Hustle
The word is used precisely in the concept of "spinning" through life (from the phrase "if you want to live, know how to spin").
Production
In translation, production, products.
In rap, it is usually used as music production, that is, "creating music", most often it means the production of music (in rap), but in principle, the production of a track includes recording, mixing, and mastering.
Respect
Respect (respect) - a good disposition towards a person, respect for his work.
Today we will talk about such a phenomenon as a mixtape. What is it, we will consider in detail in this material. Music lovers are able to listen to a hit dozens of times. Moreover, they must put all the melodies in their own playlists in order to play them in a certain order. To facilitate this task, professional musicians, especially for their listeners, came up with a new phenomenon, which will be discussed further.
A bit of history
So, our theme is a mixtape. What is it, you can answer very simply. This is a sound recording that combines several musical works on one medium at once. In other words, a collection of songs that have overall composition and a specific mixing style. This phenomenon appeared in the 70s of the twentieth century. At that time, there was no production of 8-track magnetic tapes. For the first time, this method of sound recording was discovered by drivers long distance. They were the first to mix their favorite tunes on audio cassettes. A little later, such carriers began to be traded in the markets. And so the mixtape was born. What did this mean in those years for music lovers? To understand this, it is worth listening to the audio cassettes popular at that time: Top 1977, Super 73, Country Chart.
Musicians have a different opinion about the emergence of mixtapes. It is possible that this concept originated in America among professional "black" rappers. This is why audio mixing is currently the most widespread in the hip-hop direction.
Rap
We continue to discuss the mixtape. What does this mean for rap? The main thing is mixing tracks from completely different artists. In some cases, the compositions used are related to the same theme. All tracks are owned by the same artist. Sometimes the beat is read different performers, although it belongs to a specific artist.
Album
I must say that the creation of a mixtape takes little time and does not require official confirmation of copyright. This job does not require a producer. There is no censorship here, the recording is simply adjusted to the radio release. The artist has the freedom to choose musical accompaniment, he chooses the right tools. You can, for example, use the composition of the bard, add to it female vocals, mix it all with the rhythmic melody of a popular rap hit.
Let's take a look at how a mixtape differs from an album. There is an obvious difference between these two concepts. To record an album professional musician you have to work long and hard. He produces commercials, records video clips.
In essence, the artist releases a music release, the rights of which are fully protected, all sound bites are purchased. Undoubtedly, this product is of high quality, which distinguishes author's music. The difference is quite obvious. By creating an album, the artist aims to earn income and become famous.
Thus, there is a significant difference between the concepts of a mixtape and an album, but in both cases we are talking about music.
Varieties
DJs and rappers work in this direction. The former are engaged in mixing various musical compositions, creating a single thread. The latter become leaders who read a certain text to a sounding melody. Sometimes they focus on the transition from one melody to another.
You don't need DJs to create rap mixtapes. In this case, the musicians combine their own tracks with others. They rap, which combines lyrics. There can be a huge number of such options.
Amateur mixtapes are also very popular. They are independently created by ordinary music listeners at home. How to record a mixtape, and what you need for this, we will tell you further. The process is not overly complicated. To create such a record, you need to have several musical melodies. Usually their quality is lower than the original mix. To record both an amateur and a professional mixtape, you need to have a list of necessary songs, a mixture of compositions, and common themes.
Works of great renown
Several projects can be distinguished in this direction: Memorial Day Mixtape; "New Russian rap"; "There was no sadness." DJs after creating mixtapes became very popular, for example, the composition White Owl Drop That 31 is known to many. According to certain categories, such records become a series of mixtapes. They become semi-official.
What is the purpose of this work?
What does mixtape mean music world? To understand this, just listen to a few records. Professionals release them in large quantities, but since they have no official status, the recordings are distributed only in the amateur music environment. It is much more difficult to give an exact answer for what mixtapes are for. Aspiring artists include them in their promotional presentations. To do this, they give their melodies to DJs. After mixing, a single tape is obtained, which has an original design, which is shown to the general public.
To create an album of author's music, a large financial investment is required. You need to make video clips, mix melodies and mastering. You can make a mixtape without the costs described above and without restrictions. An artist can easily mix several of his songs and quickly distribute them on the Internet. Amateurs are engaged in the creation of mixtapes according to the most different reasons: for your own listening, telling about your musical tastes, demonstrating your talent, trying out an unfamiliar program, out of interest.
How to record a mixtape yourself
It is very easy for a musician to do this kind of work. There are many different programs for this. Next, we'll talk about how to make a mixtape in FL Studio. The manufacturing technology consists of several steps.
Concept
It is desirable to have a specific direction. Come up with a title, draw a cover. To a mixtape from own compositions only new, unpublished creations should be included.
Compilation of beats
If your own beats are not enough, you can borrow other people's melodies. On the Internet you can find the necessary instrumental versions of the necessary tracks.
Sample selection
When creating a mixtape, you should always remember that this method has become very popular among professionals. Therefore, you need to use only high-quality author's texts.
True, not everyone may like this interpretation. There are two ways to get out of this situation. Create your own musical accompaniment or use previous works that did not appear in the albums. For example, songs of famous world performers.
How to record music
In case of difficulties when recording music, you can use the services of a professional DJ. It makes it easier to find the right tracks. The author will only have to perform rap under them.
Cover
To distribute your creation among rap lovers, not only on the Internet, you need to think carefully about the picture that will decorate the future CD. Her appearance should attract attention with its originality and bright colors. The cover should not contain unnecessary details. For complete success, it must have original picture and title.
So we discussed such a thing as a mixtape. What it is, you already know.
FL Studio: how to make a mixtape
First of all, let's start the program. Next, load from open sources all the necessary components, vocals, main melody, effects. At the first stage, we set the rhythm. Next, using the function of the same name, we determine the tempo. You can use a metronome for accuracy. Next, we move on to working with chords. The Newton 2 plugin available in FL Studio will help us with this. Thanks to him, you can get a sample located in accordance with the notes. Then you can diversify the melody with the help of piano and other instruments.
Behind last years in the names of rap music collections, the words MIXTAPE or bootleg and, if with the word mixtape you can somehow guess what in question- (mix on cassettes?), then what is a bootleg, I didn’t even bother, but just looked at Wikipedia.
And this is what I actually found:
bootleg
Bootleg (eng. Bootleg) - an audio recording compiled and distributed without the permission of the copyright holders. Bootleg should be distinguished from pirated copies- unauthorized copies of legally released products.
Often bootlegs are illegal publications, but some musical groups allow, for example, non-commercial distribution of their live recordings or amateur remixes. This has led collectors to legally exchange copies of these bootlegs by mail (first on audio cassettes, then on CDRs) and over the Internet.
The first bootleg is considered to be the 1969 double album known as The Great White Wonder, which features fragments of the joint studio sessions of Bob Dylan and bands The band. The identities of its publishers are hidden behind the names Ken and Dub. The popularity of the bootleg led Columbia Records to officially release the recording in 1975 as "Basement Tapes".
Types of bootlegs
Live recordings. By the method of recording, a distinction is made between a higher-quality recording from a mixing console (“soundboard”) and, often of lower quality, a recording made in the hall with one microphone using a portable recording device (“audience”). In the 1990s, when portable audio recording devices (minidisc, DAT) became widespread and available, allowing you to make relatively high-quality recordings on a small (and inconspicuous) microphone, the number of bootlegs of this kind increased significantly.
Recordings of music radio programs or TV programs.
Studio sessions and outtakes(songs or versions of songs not included in the numbered editions).
Unofficial collections of material, previously released on albums (for example, the series “Archive popular music»; Russian collection "An sich" by the group Einstürzende Neubauten).
Recordings by other artists or projects, given out as an album of an artist. There are two options:
1) A third-party album presented as an artist's album. Examples are the album "Tibet" by the Waterbone project, presented as a new Deep Forest release called "Waterbone Tibet"; album of the Dutch project Erotic Dreams - "Temple of Love" (1998), released in 2005 by pirates as a new album of the Enigma project - "Erotic Dreams". In such cases, the source material is released without any changes, the pirates only change the cover and, in some cases, the titles of the tracks.
2) " New album» is compiled from tracks of a wide variety of artists. Tracks not only get new names (as, for example, in the widespread bootleg of the Era project - “Infinity”), but also undergo significant changes: they are overlaid with extraneous samples, they are cut and reduced into a single piece of work. different compositions. The most famous bootleg of this type is the Metamorphosis album, which misled hundreds of thousands of listeners who were waiting for the release of the fourth album of the Enigma project.
mix tape
A mixtape is a special kind of music release. The name comes from the English words mix and tape (literally translated as a mixed record, see mix).
The very notion of mixtape"was born in the USA, among black rappers, so mixtapes are most common in the hip-hop community. Most often, mixtapes are mixed collections of individual tracks from different artists, although there are also thematic ones (for example, a mixtape from the tracks of a specific artist or all artists read to the beats of a certain beatmaker). Often, mixtapes are released by their own authors - DJs on their own labels, and then distributed on the streets through their channels, bypassing official music stores and large retail chains. When hip-hop was in its infancy, DJs sold their mixtapes on the streets from the trunks of their own cars and in clubs.
Many aspiring artists consider mixtapes as a means for their own promotion, so they readily give their new tracks to famous DJs for mixtapes. Many DJs release whole series of mixtapes, for example DJ White Owl released the WHITE OWL DROP THAT 31 mixtape in early September 2008, which is already the thirty-first of this series. At the same time, mixtapes have a semi-official status, small circulations (relative to the official albums of famous artists) and instantly leak to the Internet. At the moment, there are a great many mixtapes (no one even counted them), and well-known people in certain circles (for example, kotbay93) release another 5-20 pieces daily.
Also, in the hip-hop community, the fame gained by the artist in the underground market of mixtapes is especially appreciated. Such glory even has a certain name - streetfame(lit. "street fame"), street cred (lit. "respect for the streets") and it is typified by the fame achieved through clips, appearances in glossy magazines and music news releases
In the section on the question What is Mixtape (in rap) ??? given by the author pre-soviet the best answer is A mixtape is a special kind of music release. The name comes from the English words mix and tape (literally translated as a mixed record, see mix).
The very concept of "mixtape" was born in the United States, among black rappers, so mixtapes are most common in the hip-hop community. Most often, mixtapes are mixed collections of individual tracks from different artists, although there are also thematic ones (for example, a mixtape from the tracks of a specific artist or all artists read to the beats of a certain beatmaker). Often, mixtapes are released by their own authors - DJs on their own labels, and then distributed on the streets through their channels, bypassing official music stores and large retail chains. When hip-hop was in its infancy, DJs sold their mixtapes on the streets from the trunks of their own cars and in clubs.
Many aspiring artists consider mixtapes as a means for their own promotion, so they readily give their new tracks to famous DJs for mixtapes. Many DJs release whole series of mixtapes, for example DJ White Owl released the WHITE OWL DROP THAT 31 mixtape in early September 2008, which is already the thirty-first of this series. At the same time, mixtapes have a semi-official status, small circulations (relative to the official albums of famous artists) and instantly leak to the Internet. At the moment, there are a great many mixtapes (no one even counted them), and well-known people in certain circles release another 5-20 pieces daily.
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