The post 15 Best Hip-Hop Mixtapes of All Time appeared first on Consequence. So much of hip-hop history was recorded on humble mixtapes, from early concerts captured on cassettes to the digital ...

Mixtapes have long played an important role in hip-hop. Often viewed as an unfiltered, more authentic alternative to the traditional album release, the mixtape format as we now know it rose to ...

In the Hip Hop universe, mixtapes have often been the unsung heroes that serve as the foundation for raw talents to blossom into legends. From the gritty streets to the digital realm of sites like ...

The past two decades of hip-hop music have been well-documented, thanks to social media and streaming platforms. Today, anyone with internet access can essentially tap into a database of their ...

The Summer is over and it’s just about that time to take a look back on all of the excellent music that has dropped in 2012. Since the lines of mixtapes and albums have become so blurred with so much ...

DJ Drama and a few other notable deejays revolutionized the music industry with mixtapes. In 2004, DJ Drama hosted Young Jeezy’s “Trap or Die” mixtape and set the stage for artists and deejays to ...

One key component of hip-hop is punch lines, those highly rewindable metaphors, turns of phrase, or straight-up jokes that make fans’ ears stand at attention. Another important aspect is ...

For the latest sounds in hip-hop, don't bother with the radio. Turn off your computer, too. The good stuff lives and breathes on mixtapes, unlicensed CD compilations crammed with unofficial remixes, ...

Years before streaming giants like Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music made mixtapes available to the masses, rappers were pushing their DIY projects independently. Often without a major-label backing, ...

Spotify‘s Gimlet is tapping a nostalgic vein with “Mogul Mixtapes,” a throwback interview series taking listeners back to iconic moments in hip-hop history. The new show is a spinoff of critically ...

Spotify‘s Gimlet is tapping a nostalgic vein with “Mogul Mixtapes,” a throwback interview series taking listeners back to iconic moments in hip-hop history. The new show is a spinoff of critically ...

Rappers like Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Jay-Z and Nas rallied their fans behind President-elect Barack Obama's campaign. And like their hip-hop forefathers, the kings and queens of rap preached about ...