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but hey, albums pay the bills. Released as a free download from their website but also 'free' of copyright, they gave anyone permission to not only have the album for free, but to produce their own physical copies they could sell for their own profit and market using the bands name and artwork. An album is put out for sale to the general public. So An album would be for sale digitally and physically (most times), a mixtape would be free (most times), a commercial mixtape is essentially a non-physical album. I've just finished writing about it and also the differences between an album/EP/Single for my blog and realised I've never seen the discussion arise on Reddit. Obviously its also available to listen on Spotify with a free account so its free, but then I can also listen to any 'album' on Spotify for free in the same way so whats the difference?In addition to that, its not actually that clear if you can sample whatever you like without clearing it as long as you don't sell the music. I can say what I want, with who I want, on whatever beat I choose. The mixtape used to be a gray market album of a rapper on top of other people's beats. Mac Miller was sued for using a sample in a free mixtape, it never went to trial but Mac settled, indicating the lawsuit had some precedent somewhat along the lines of you can never release a totally 'free' mixtape. An album is based on the wished of the label. 1017 thug is a mixtape. It will always result in marketable popularity and profit in other ways, such as merch/tours.I think the general opinion is that mixtapes are free. They essentially form an album in the sense that it’s a bunch of songs under one name, but it’s more like a throwaway album instead of an actual album.
Does that make it a mixtape? I don't think an album being free makes it a mixtape.If we start from the beginning mixtapes were used as promotional material for new artists. The term "mix-tape" has changed meaning since then.one distinction that hasn't been brought up here is that modern mixtapes (i know nothing about the background of this specific drake publication) are often less "official" and commercial and more "for the art". An album is based on the wished of the label. 5.
They'd rap over someone elses beat and make their own track.Somewhere around the mid 2000s it started to blur. It is seen as the quintessential mixtape but its on Spotify, does that mean its for sale?
I'm simply of the opinion that a mixtape is the same as an album but I wanted to hear what you guys thought about it.Here I am just wondering when and how a mixtape stopped being a collection of Mixtapes in hip-hop evolved from the DIY compilations we all know to home made demo tapes of artists rapping over sampled music. For example, Drake’s project If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late was marketed as a mixtape, but due to its quality and cohesiveness, it’s considered an album.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castA community for people who are passionate about music. releasing stuff for free can lead to increased touring revenue/merchandise sales exposure etcMixtapes are independent from the label. How about Radiohead's In Rainbows, is that also a mixtape? We would take all the 12-song albums that had exactly one good song (and 11 crappy ones), and then we would record all the one good songs onto one (cassette) tape.
The resulting tape was called a mix tape because it wasn't just one artist, it was a mix of many artists. So my last (and biggest) assignment at school has to be done in a week. Middle men duplicate the mixtapes and print out covers at Kinko's and hand cut them poorly then a store sells them. There are a few examples that blur the line, like Chance's Thats exactly what the original definition seemed to be. Stimulating, in-depth music discussions aren't rare here.Press J to jump to the feed. HIbachi for lunch is a mixtape, you can get it for free. It has slowly evolved to become the same as an album to me.This is pretty much right. So usually when an artist is unhappy with an label screwing with their work, they'll make a mixtape for the freedom.This reminded me of I still don't know what the difference an LP or an EP is or different from demo, mix tapes and albums?wtf you talking about? BTG is an album.
So let me explain this for you, Pretty GIrls Like Trap Music is an Album. Album. If something is on streaming services, I guess it’s technically not a mixtape? Mixtapes are just a collection of songs. Discussion. Discussion. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. 18.3m members in the explainlikeimfive community. releases may not be sought for samples/beats so releasing them for free on mix tapes without having to pay a lot of overheads.
Albums also have a clear storyline that includes cover, sounds and lyrics.
Nowadays with streaming it gets confusing. But in the rap world, mixtapes are usually given for free.
The labels have no say whatsoever. Mixtapes are less about the craft of music and more about just giving people good music to listen to and enjoy.
You'd buy them from the bodega or record stores that were a little bit not-on-the-level.
This configuration has rappers doing verses over other rap tunes. A demo tape is a mixtape made by an artist (rapper) in the hopes that a label will sign said artist based on a "demonstration" of skills. When tapes became obsolete, it then referred to independent, grey market recordings of various length.
Logic: Mixtape vs. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts I remember the local hip-hop record store having racks and racks of bootleg CDs. Albums are supposed to move units and to generate singles. We needed a dual-cassette recorder to do this. I pay for my Spotify subscription and I can listen to it so have I bought it? This is how, typically, it flew under the radar: rappers released mixtapes for free as a promotional item.