The Mixtape: How 50 Cent Changed It & Lil Wayne Solidified It

Get 20% OFF + Free Shipping + 2 FREE gifts with code HIPHOPMADNESS at https://mnscpd.com/HipHopMadness

——

From DJ’s selling cassettes in barbershops to young artists now digitally uploading their projects onto Spotify, The definition of a “mixtape” in hip-hop is fluid and has dramatically shifted over the decades. Not to mention household names like Drake, Chance The Rapper, Young Thug and Future flooding the market with “commercial mixtapes” and significantly blurring the line between mixtape and album.

From the late 2000s to the mid-2010s before the dawn of the Soundcloud era, the mixtape became an almost mandatory path for any young starving MC. From Mac Miller’s “K.I.D.S.” to Wiz Khalifa’s “K & OJ”, the peak of The Blog Era meant that a classic mixtape could catapult you from rags to riches with no label involvement.

But the defining moment of mixtapes happened in the early 2000’s, and you can draw a distinct line in the sand to separate the 2 main chapters of mixtape history- pre and post 50 Cent.

#lilwayne #50cent #hiphopmadness

https://instagram.com/hiphopmadness
https://twitter.com/hiphopmadness

Narrated by: Spencer Pearman
Concept by: Mathew Spence
Written by: Drew Landry
Edited by: Roman Bill
Music by: Josh Petruccio

Business Inquiries: [email protected]

© HIPHOPMADNESS 2022. All rights reserved

Videos are sourced from YouTube. Use of embeded videos from YouTube: YouTube allows third parties to embed videos through their public API. All articles, images, product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners. It remains the property of the copyright holder.