As streaming plays the hot knife to the album sales' butter, the free album has become less of a leap of faith. Home studios, the internet, and DIY—it's a familiar storyline as of late. The booming ...

What does “mixtape” mean anymore? In assembling this list, we asked the question again and again, partly because rap continues to redefine the term. In 2000, mixtapes were generally still piles of ...

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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 ...

That there ain't one gosh darn part you can't tweet" So how did Coloring Book (rumored for a long time to be titled Chance Three) end up with three Grammy nominations? In June 2016, the Grammys ...

One thing we have in common with Canadian ragga-rapper Kardinal Offishal and Philly Roc star Freeway is an undying affection for the blunted beats of the early- to mid-nineties. On these tapes, Free ...

The Harlem rapper completed a 16-year journey that began in 2009 with a 75-year sentence. Thanks to several reductions, including a 2019 deal that dropped his term to 12 years with time served, he ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The rise of streaming and its massive effect on record sales has pretty much done away with the art of the mixtape. That's a shame considering just how much the platform changed hip ...

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What does “mixtape” mean anymore? In assembling this list, we asked the question again and again, partly because rap continues to redefine the term. In 2000, mixtapes were generally still piles of ...