These are just a few of the newest titles added to the site that can be streamed and downloaded free for the first week of September 2014. DJ Gifted Son is back with another installment in the “Str8 Fiya” blend mixtape series. This release contains tracks, blends, and remixes from Lil Wayne, French Montana, Young Thug, A$AP Mob, Ca$h Out, Migos, Metro Boomin, Young Jeezy, and more. DJ Jay Rock drops off “Blazin R&B 32” with the latest hit r&b music in the streets. New tracks from r&b musicians such as Ariana Grande, August Alsina, Try Songz, Jeremih, Usher, Chris Brown, Omarion, Tinashe, Sisqo, and many others. DJ Smooth Montana DJ Speechless drop the 11th installment in the “Fall Out” mixtape generation. The 11th edition showcases new efforts from artists Ransom, Kid Ink, Cory Gunz, Uncle Murda, The Dream, Tyga, Young Dougie, G-Unit, Fabolous, Jadakiss. The mixtape titled “Welcome To Reggie Noble 2” features the latest music put out by popular Wu-Tang member Redman. Guest appearances with the New York emcee include Ready Roc, Kurupt, Bobyleon Bobo, Method Man, Biggie, and Nate Dogg. DJ King Leak drops a mixtape featuring southern music artist Big K.R.I.T. and west coast rapper Kendrick Lamar titled “Control Olympus”. Tracks by the two emcees contain features from Jasmine V, B Martin, Juicy J, Mike Will Made It, Lil Wayne, Future, Slim Thug, Kirko Bangz, Z-Ro, and many other talented music performers. DJ Kurupt releases another edition in the “Street Corner Gangstas” mixtape series. The September 2014 edition plays you tracks from Nicki Minaj, Troy Ave, Jeezy, Game, Lil Boosie, Plies, 2 Chainz, Diddy, Fabolous, French Montana, Future, and many other top hip hop acts. Log-on to the site to pick up all these free as well as a wide selection of otherdrops from various genres.
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Upload and Submit Your Mixtapes
Professional DJs and music artists now have the ability to upload submit their music to be featured on our website! Many people have asked about this option, so we went ahead and added it. Since our website is mobile compatible, you friends and fans can listen to your mixtape anywhere! No extra annoying apps are required and our website is not stripped down to almost nothing like other mobile websites. What you see on your computer screen will be the exact same on your mobile screen. Our website gives your projects the best presentation available. Stop by today and fill out our short application to start uploading your mixtapes @ http://www.buymixtapes.com/uregister.php
Frank Nino and DJ Kurupt drop this mixtape which features mainly music from Vado, Chinx Drugz, and Troy Ave. These 3 are just a few of the hottest emcees out right now. Vado. who once was Cam’Ron’s protege, is currently signed with DJ Khaled’s label. Chinx Drugz is signed to French Montana’s Coke Boyz label. Troy Ave releases his music with B$B Records.
DJs Ricky Allenz, Murpy, and E-Dub drop off ‘The Street Is Ours’ mixtape with music from Speaker Knockerz, Young Thug, Ray Banz, Gucci Mane, Migos, PeeWee Longway, Flyhi, Snootie Wild, and many others. This mixtape can be streamed or downloaded absolutely free @ http://www.buymixtapes.com/DJ-Ricky-Allenz-The-Street-Is-Ours.15537.mixtape
These are some of the new mixtapes just added to the website. DJ J-Ronin drops volume 2 of his ‘Freestyle Files’ mixtape series. This mixtape contains 50 tracks from some of the top emcees out there. The freestyles on this mixtape are nothing but raw, classic hip hop. Any true hip hop fan will be pleased with this release.
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Big Mike Releases 3 New Mixtapes to Start Your Summer Off Right
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Big Mike is back with new 3 drops just in time to begin your summer. These releases contain the latest hip hop and r&b hits being played right now. The first in the series is the July 2K14 Edition of the ‘R&B Jumpoff’ mixtape series. This mixtape gives you the latest music from popular recording artists Jazmine Sullivan, Mila J, Tinashe, Jeremih, Teedra Moses, Sevyn Streeter, and much more. Big Mike has some of the best mixtapes out, so be sure to give this one a listen, as fans of r&b music will definitely enjoy this release.
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The next release contains pop hits from your favorite music stars. This is the July 2K14 Edition of the ‘Something For The Radio’ mixtape library. On this mixtape, you will find musical features from Childish Gambino, Meek Mill, Fabolous, 50 Cent, We Are Toonz, Lil Jon, T-Pain, and the list goes on! People of all ages will surely love this mixtape.
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Finally, to begin your summer, this mixtape is more of music for the streets. The July 2K14 Edition of the ‘Soundtrack To The Streets’ mixtape series gives you rugged hits from rappers such as 50 Cent, G-Unit, Fabolous, Meek Mill, A$AP Mob, Cam’ron, Juelz Santana, and more. If you like hard hip hop, then you will surely want to give this mixtape a listen.
Check out these mixtapes and so much more on our site today. You will not be disappointed! For those wondering about being able to upload your mixtape to be featured on our site, we are almost done and hope to have it ready within the next week or so. Write down your best lyrics, get a producer to make you some sick beats, hop in the sound booth, and get set to have your work available for your fans, friends, and family to obtain absolutely free. There are no fees because you bring in the visitors, so why would there be a fee? The others sites that copied us and charge to display your talent are ridiculous to even think about doing that. In the long run, it wil end up costing them.
Mixtapes and How They First Began
One thing that has made music very popular today is the internet. If the internet was not around, would these music compilations be as popular as they are now? Would they be as easy to find as they are on the internet? DJs first released their music compilations of unreleased music or soon to be released music from popular music industry artists on cassette tapes. Mixtapes became very popular in the 90’s. One of the best DJs of that mixtape era was DJ Clue. In the 90’s, these compilations were typically released on cassette tapes. Most, if not all originated in New York City, where hip hop was very popular. Due to the popularity of these compilations in New York City, it became known as the ‘Mecca’. In order to obtain one of these mixtape gems, one would have to travel to New York City to purchase a copy. Mass distribution came about when local mom and pop shops would buy them in bulk at wholesale prices and sell them under the table. These compilations in the 1990 were still scarce because not many businesses knew how to obtain wholesale. Because of this, bootleg copies were very common as it was the easiest method to obtain these gems. Bootleg copies are when someone has a real copy or master copy of the DJ’s mixtape compilation and then dubs their own copies to sell or give away. Many people would not to travel to New York all the time just to buy these products since they were released very frequently. This would be very time consuming for anyone that did not live close to New York. The easiest way was to know someone that could make you a copy of the one they had.
Mixtapes became very popular on the internet at the beginning of the turn of the century, right around 2002. It was very easy to go on a website and place an order for these products because the turn around time was very quick. You would have them in your mailbox within the week. This method allowed for worldwide distribution. Many people liked the ease of going on an internet site to pick out which songs they wanted to purchase. This method is still used today to distribute hard copies. Eventually everyone caught on and the next step was digital downloads. This is the quickest way as you can download the mixtape in mp3 format within minutes depending on your internet connection speed. There are many many websites that allow you to download mp3s for free in mp3 format, although many of these sites display ads that can ruin your mixtape downloading experience. Some of these ads can contain malware that will infect your computer and steal your personal information without you knowing it. There are very few sites that offer ad free downloading. The sites that offer ad free downloads are the best.
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Mixtapes and Their Recent Popularity
When these compilations became very popular in the late 1990’s and 2000’s there were not as many DJs as there are today. A few of the top DJs were DJ Clue, DJ Kay Slay, DJ Envy, and DJ Whoo Kid. Nowadays it is hard to find a release from these DJs. Although out of all of them, you are still likely to find a DJ Whoo Kid mixtape release. DJ Envy now hosts a morning radio show with Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God. DJ Kay Slay releases maybe 2-3 mixtapes a year at most. The last release by DJ Clue was in 2009 and for a short time he was a VJ host on MTV. In today’s world of music, the market is heavily saturated with compilations containing much of the same music being released at the time. Back in the DJ Clue and DJ Kay Slay days, many did not contain the same music at all. The DJs would also have problems with each other if one of them released a track that the other had already released. Today, it is very commonplace to find many of the products with the same tracks. Back when DJ Clue and DJ Envy were releasing projects, they only released about 1 every 1-2 months. People could not wait for these DJs to release a mixtape and when they did, people did whatever they could to get the exclusive release. Today, DJs release drops every 1-2 weeks and most of these are overlooked because there are just so many products being released that it’s not such a hot product anymore. With today’s technology it is very easy to find music on the internet and put together a mixtape. Back in the day, the popular DJs that were releasing exclusive music had an inside connection with record labels.
When DJ Clue was releasing drops, most of the tracks had well-known established artists with maybe 1 or 2 unsigned artists. Today is the opposite, these compilations are filled with unsigned artists and have only a few tracks by popular music artists. In the past, DJs would frequently give shout outs over the most popular or unheard tracks. This kept other DJs from stealing their music and claiming to have it first. Shout outs are still common today, but not nearly as frequent as they once were. They used to hold an event in New York City every year similar to the Grammies, but for mixtapes. This event was called ‘Justo’s Mixtape Awards’, but that event no longer takes place. One reason the event may not take place anymore is because the awards show would end very early with mixtape DJs backstage fighting with each other. It may have become too dangerous to hold the award show and was ended before someone was fatally hurt. Another awards show is the SEA which stands for ‘Southern Entertainment Awards’. Information about this awards show can be found online by searching Google.
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Mixtapes and How They Can Help Music Artists
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There are many artists who have been discovered through these products and have landed major recording deals. One of the first who was featured on many DJ Clue releases was Fabolous. His real name is John David Jackson and is from Brooklyn, New York. He first appeared on DJ Clue drops in 1995 and after that was featured on many of his projects. His slick freestyles and catchy jingles is what landed his a recording deal with Elektra Records. He ended up releasing 6 albums and is still going hard in the underground scene. Just this past December of 2013 he released his 3rd official feature in the series titled ‘The Soul Tape’. This series alone solidifies his presence in the rap music genre, as well as the underground game.
One of the most notable and famous rap artists to be signed to a major recording deal after being discovered through mixtapes is Curtis Jackson better known as 50 Cent. He is well known as the rapper who was shot 9 times and did not die. His first retail album was ‘Power of the Dollar’ in 2000, but it was never released. After this, he resorted to distributing his music to the streets and then finally landed a million dollar deal with Eminem on Shady Records in 2002. Before he released the highly acclaimed ‘Get Rich or Die Trying’ in 2003, 50 Cent released about 4 features consisting solely of him and his G-Unit crew. G-Unit was comprised of 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo. The projects he released in the following order were ’50 Cent is the Future’, ‘No Mercy, No Fear’, ‘God’s Plan’ and ‘Automatic Gunfire’. A few weeks after his highly successful ‘Get Rich or Die Trying’ album was released to retail markets, he dropped another mixtape titled ‘Bulletproof’. All of these drops were hosted by DJ Whoo Kid who was just as famous as G-Unit at the time. 50 Cent’s fame helped launch Whoo Kid’s DJ Career. 50 Cent went on to have an excellent career in music even though it did not last as long as anticipated. Most of his wealth was acquired from Vitamin Water which was sold to Coca-Cola for 4 billion dollars. His share in the health drink was 250 million dollars. 50 Cent also went on to release a retail album with his G-Unit crew entitled ‘Beg for Mercy’. The artist Young Buck was added to G-Unit after Tony Yayo became incarcerated. Another rapper that was eventually signed to G-Unit because of his freestyle material was west coast music artist The Game, who is now known as just Game. G-Unit and Game had their differences and split. Eventually Young Buck also followed and split from G-Unit.
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Mixtapes and the Music Industry
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The Music Industry
In today’s digital age of music, downloading music is very common. Mobile phones have evolved to allow you to browse the internet anywhere you are. You can also plug headphones into your mobile device and listen to music you have on it or on the internet. What defines a mixtape today is much different than what a mixtape was 20 years ago. Mixtapes 20 years ago were mostly many different musical tracks recorded on a cassette tape. Today, even though cassette tapes are obsolete and the new format is CD, which is on its way of being replaced by digital music, these compilations are still called by the same name.
These products in the hip hop and rap genre are used today to break new artists. Unknown or well-established artists use musical tools to hopefully land a recording contract with a major record label. In today’s hip hop music industry, it is a must even for signed music artists to release projects to the streets. This helps to keep the artists relevant with their fans and also remind them that they still have what it takes to make hit records. Many artists will release free music downloads in between their album releases to hype up their retail efforts. Sometimes, if not most of the time, these projects are better and more in tune with the artist’s emotions then their retail album. This is because many of the record companies want their music to be album specific and liked by the general population. Mixtapes contain raw and uncut music that may not be suitable for an album, so it is released on a mixtape.
These products have been around for a very long time, but one artist that made these underground music compilations very popular was 50 Cent. He claims to have to be the inventor of these projects, but that is not true. Artist were being signed from street material before him. 50 Cent may have invented releasing a whole project with just him and his G-Unit members on it, but he did not invent it. DJ Clue, Fabolous and a whole slew of other artists would say otherwise.
Many aspiring hip hop musicians use these music compilations to help boost their career. They use this as a way for their music to be heard. Anyone that is serious about their music career will use this product to help establish them in their local community, city, state or even worldwide by means of the internet. Although these works mostly contain hip hop and rap music, some r&b artists have also used them to help establish themselves.
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Mixtapes and the Best Place to Find Them
It used to be that these products in the 1990’s and early 2000’s could only be found at your local mom and pop’s stores or at the barber shop. These places of business would make purchases in bulk and sell them for a profit. This was done under the table since these products were never cleared of any copyright issues with the record companies. Some record store’s would also sell these under the counter or would give them away for free with the purchase of a retail album. This method would entice people to buy a retail album from the store in order to obtain a copy of a music compilation they wanted. They were originally circulated on cassette tapes, but as technology has evolved, the faster, cheaper and more efficient way to distribute these musical projects is on CD media. Just one computer tower containing 11 CD burners can produce up to 11 drops within a matter of minutes, so this method is very quick, easy, and consumes much less time than dubbing on cassettes. Eventually some of these business that were selling were raided by the RIAA and they faced hefty fines and possible jail time.
The internet is what made them as popular as they are today. These products began on the internet in 2002 and were distributed the same way as they were on the streets. Although a business on the internet is a little smarter on how to distribute them without facing any legal issues. Hard copies of mixtapes are still distributed on the internet today, as well as at your local mom and pop’s stores. Another way to obtain these music compilations is through digital download. This has become the most popular method for these products to be distributed. It is easy to do, the only wait time you have is based on your internet connection speed, almost always free to download, and best of all you never have to leave your house! This method helps to get an artist’s work to a ton of their fans quickly rather than take the time to produce and distribute hard copies. It is also much cheaper and faster to do it this way. Using this method, rap artists can obtain the feedback they are looking for much quicker and at a much higher rate. The only downside of digital downloads is that fans might put the artist’s hard work at their disposal and not have much appreciation for it. Where as if they took the time to obtain a copy from one of their local mom and pop’s outlets, they might appreciate the artist’s hard work more. There is also a downside to purchasing hard copies because you run the chance of the products being a bootleg and not being a legit copy of the music artist’s work. When you download these projects, there is no worry if it is a bootleg or not. Going on the internet is also a way to obtain free mp3s.
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The Mixtape Industry
In today’s music industry many artists in the rap/hip hop genre are using mixtapes as a way of being heard by fans and record companies. These products contain a compilation of the artists work. Some producers even use this as a way for their musical production to be heard. One of the first of today’s popular artists to use this format is 50 Cent. He used them as a way for his fans to be heard and eventually signed a $1 million deal with Shady Records, which is Eminem’s label. When he released his first retail album, it sold over 8 million copies. One of the reasons it sold so many copies is because he created a buzz about his music by distributing about 5 freestyle works with his group G-Unit. His music was on many other releases put together by popular DJ’s such as DJ Whoo Kid, DJ Kayslay, DJ Clue and others. He would also guest host these projects because at the time people wanted to hear anything and everything dealing with 50 Cent.
Another one of today’s popular artists that got his start from these underground releases is Machine Gun Kelly. Before signing with Bad Boy records, he also distributed these musical efforts. Some of today’s popular artist also use this outlet to keep relevant with their fans and continue the buzz. These artists include Gucci Mane, Young Jeezy, Meek Mills, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne and the list goes on. It’s almost mandatory by record labels for artists to constantly release music to keep their fans interested.
Many of today’s popular artists release these projects to keep relevant with their fans. These releases help to keep their buzz going so fans don’t forget about them and also to let them know they still have what it takes to be a music artist. Some of these include Gucci Mane, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Lloyd Banks and many many others. Too many to list. If you have ever heard of a track from your favorite artist but are not able to find it on their retail album, you can most likely find it on one of these music compilations or one of their official project releases.
Some artists also release music through these products to see what kind of buzz their music is receiving. Sometimes this will also determine their next single that will be released to retail outlets or to be played on the radio. This can help the record company save a big amount of cash determining which song is the best to be released and not release a song that will just become a flop.