But Lil Wayne was so prolific on the mixtape scene that he redefined it.
Of course, you can always make a mixtape for that special someone.
C. rapper Wale dropped a brand new freestyle just one day after he released his latest mixtape, The Eleven One Eleven Theory.
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You write a message, and Mixcard sends off a postcard to your recepient with a QR code for them to get their mixtape.
Unsigned artists have to prove themselves somehow (be it YouTube or mixtape buzz) before getting near a single contract, let alone an album deal.
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As a young professional programmer living in Belle Meade, NJ, he went to the mixtape vendors on Canal Street to satisfy his love for the artform.
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But I prefer Lil Wayne in untrammeled mixtape mode, and there's plenty of that on the new release as well, especially the slightly pricier deluxe version.
And will he be able to keep his mixtape-enthusiast underground fans as he continues rise to a larger stage with bigger hooks and poppier guest appearances?
Most hip-hop artists nowadays prime the pump with gray-market mixtape CDs that add guest tracks, skits, freestyles, and other second-drawer material to scattered previews of their next album.
The biggest success story associated with Grindcore Karaoke is abrasive California hip-hop group Death Grips as the label released their acclaimed debut mixtape, Exmilitary, in August 2011.
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Soon the pair were recording songs together, and by the time Drake released his third official mixtape in 2009, major record labels were already circling to get a piece of the action.
The company previously held a similar contest for general Pokki apps, which resulted in apps such as Mixtape, a mix tape music listening app, a Chess app and Instagrille, an Instagram app.
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Theoretically, this is OK because the Carter 3 mixtape where it appears isn't for sale, although artists and bootleggers do sell mixtapes under the counter, at brick-and-mortar holes in the wall and online.
When 50 signed to Interscope, it was with the backing of both Dr. Dre and Eminem, who were at that time the most influential musicians in rap music. (Having once been the future themselves, they thought they could predict it.) "Wanksta, " from the No Mercy, No Fear mixtape, ended up on the 8 Mile soundtrack, and 50 was off to the races.
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