Mixtape

000 units in the United States and reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 200. Just recently, the first volume of The Hamilton Mixtape was released on ITunes. The Hamilton Mixtape is a compilation of songs from the musical, Hamilton, with a remix to your favorite music artists such as Kelly Clarkson, Sia, The Roots and much more. While both of these albums are very well…

Love Is a Mix, Love Is a Tape. Rob Sheffield’s impressive first novel focuses on the tragic romance between himself and his first wife set on a back drop of an unrelenting stream of indie rock tracks which have been carefully and painstakingly organized into mix tapes. Music is the heart and soul of this book, it is the spark that ignited the relationship between the author, Rob, and Renée and it is the driving force that informs both of these people’s lives. Music sets the pace for this book,…

The Black Power Mixtape is a historical documentary that shows footage shot by Swedish journalists who were examining the evolution of the Black Power Movement in America from 1967 to 1975. Their mission was to “[show] the country as it really is.” The documentary examines the movement year by year, highlighting important black leaders and historic events that have shaped our nation into what it is today. The footage they showed was very insightful. Interviews with black people living at the…

Three Track Phenomenon While thinking of the term “literary mixtape,” a mental list is developed of all the possible examples used to define the term. My mind travels to Brown Sugar when Sanaa Lathan and Taye Diggs first fell in love with hip-hop. I also think of the soul songs infused in the speeches of President Barack Obama. Maya Angelou’s mixtape is composed of her numerous speeches, poems and books, which moved the nations. Theopilus London once said, “Mixtapes are very personal, and they…

later obtain citizenship. Therefore, I want to help build better intercultural communication among my generation. I think I can achieve this goal by using music because it provides a creative way for people to share their emotions, meanings, and struggles with others. Furthermore, my research question is accessing communication and music. How do mixtapes foster intercultural communication among fans of Hip-Hop…

DJ MF Sunflower grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana; where she grew up in a household full of music. In fact, her grandfather was a musician at the Madame CJ Walker building in Indianapolis. DJ Sunflower's flare for all things musical started for her at an early age as she began by playing the flute in the first grade and continued throughout high school. As a child, she would watch music videos, and she wanted to be like Spinderella, as she thought she was the coolest and wanted to do what she…

praises of Wade’s musical influence and instructio, calling him mastermind behind his sound. Future came under the wing of Atlanta own Rocko who signed him to his label A-1 Recordings. Since then Future work ethic had driven him to success. From 2010 to early 2011, Future released a series of mixtapes including, 1000, Dirty Sprite and…

Introduction You Should Be Here is the second mixtape released by singer Kehlani on April of 2015. The mixtape is made up of 15 songs in which Kehlani channels a mixture of longing and uncertainty about both, romantic and familial, relationships in her life. The mixtape’s cover sparked my intreset as it was a painted portrait of Kehlani on top of a building. For the purpose of this paper, I will attempt to answer this research question: How does Kehlani’s mixtape cover further embolden and…

Music is the ultimate source of entertain for everybody. It's a part of human life nowadays. In fact, music is the medicine for soul. The love for musicians and singers among people is beyond limitless which clearly reflects the popularity of them and their prominence. There are several music genres. Whenever people talk about rap, a name comes in everybody's mind. That's none other than Drake. Yes, Aubrey Drake Graham is among the leading name in rap music. Who can forget hits like "Thank me…

His music was very unique due to his lyrics and many people started to notice. Drake began performing when he was only fifteen years old and he acted in 2001 on the show Degrassi: The Next Generation. He got fired from that show in 2008 and met Lil Wayne, who also became his mentor. This was the start of his singing career. In February the Canadian rapper and singer released an album length mixtape called ¨If You're Reading This It's Too Late¨ (Cox 57). While he was unknown the mixtape that…