Mixtape

Ok, I'm going iiiiiiin (You know who says that, right? XD)

I know I ain't no Hip Hop specialist or something so somebody please explain to me what is about these "MIXTAPES" in Hip Hop today???? We never heard about them 10 years ago!!! Yet eeeevery rapper today is doing mixtapes, even the old ones started although I don’t know why they would, they don’t really need to!!!

So what's a mixtape? For those who don’t know, I checked my favorite online raw and real dictionary "urbandictionary.com" XD to give you the best definition: my favorite one was this one (pretty funny but very true lol): A mixtape is an underground CD that has instrumentals already used by some artists, so the MC in the mixtape raps over these beats to show that they can rap better than the original artists. In these mixtapes there´s also annoying DJs yelling all over the tracks XD

Ok so this may be fun, it is actually interesting to hear for example 50 Cent rapping on Kanye song but what's the real point of all this? Is it because labels don’t want to release two albums from the same rapper per year due to his thirstiness to rap and make money? Is it a new promotional technique to get the fame before success? Is it to give a chance for those who don’t have the means to make it? I personally still don’t know and would love to hear an answer if someone does...

Ok, now we all know that Lil Wayne has tones of mixtapes, he became mostly famous from them since everybody started to listen to his FREE Wizzy online albums. For those who don’t know this (ironically I heard it in a mixtape lool where you hear an interview of Wizzy, it's called "the rebirth of the Carter"): after finishing Tha Carter III album, Wizzy wanted to add a last song, freestyle type with no chorus, like in his mixtapes since his known for that, so the DJ came up with "a milli", and it became an absolute hit...

Ok now despite of Wizzy, my real question is what's the legal aspect of all this??? I mean isn't there a law that regulates this way of doing business??? If I was a rapper and had an album on sale, then I find another rapper on the net using my own instrumentals to rap on them and making a buzz or making money, I'll definitely sue the guy!!!

The funny thing about all this, is when you Wiki a new rapper (example: Drake, Young Jezzy, Ya Boy...) You'll find that he or she has like 10 mixtapes but 1 or 2 official albums XD and it's even confusing sometimes because they will first release a mixtape then an album with the same title, like Drake did, "So Far So Gone" was first a mixtape, then he released an album with the same name. Before it used to be only ''albums'', now it's mixtape, independent album, collaboration album, EP, LP, official album -_-

I remember I used to download these mixtapes, till I realized that this shit is infinite, you'll never be able to hear them all, so I deleted them all and kept the rest XD

Speaking about DJs previously in the definition, who are they??? I mean in these mixtapes, I always hear ''DJ ROCKSTAAAA", "ILL WILL", "CUFF UR CHIIIIIICK", "GREEN LANTERN" every two minutes in the whole mixtape album with the same voice for all the new mixtapes, WTF!!!!!!

OK I must first say much respect to these DJs, because without them there will be no Wizzy nor other rappers, they're the secret behind the glory, they work very hard but the thing is you'll never see their faces anywhere, no Wiki no video clip, you rarely see them in a mixtape cover, they are like ghosts XD

Another funny thing about mixtape albums, is the "COVER", they all look alike XD, as if they have being designed by one man WTF!!! They remind me of Marvel magazines, but instead of super heroes, you see rappers XD, the picture is like a mixture of a real photograph, hand drawing and 3D effects XD I don’t know how to explain it, I guess the best way is to check it yourself, just type in Google image "Lil Wayne mixtape" for example... I guess there is like an exclusive special industry that produces them all lol

To finish, I would hip hop is gonna be whatever rappers want it to be... Mos Def said before: "we are all hip hop: me, you, everybody..."