Mixtape albums

I have heard talk that a playlist will always feel polished and clean and intentional and that they will never have the gritty, in the moment feel that a cassette mix has. My response to that claim is that about 1/3 of the files contained on my personal playlists are either leaked or live recordings of unreleased material. In the same way you could go and buy a nice clean album on a cassette in the 90’s I can do the same online today, so why would I take time to include a common, and easily found file on a unique playlist? One of the comments Sheffield makes about why he likes a mix tape is that its a very active process, you have to be actively listening to the radio and ready to hit record to get the song you want. I have no equivalent in my modern playlisting habits, the process has changed, the challenge has changed. Instead of having an single, tiny, microscopic feed of music on the radio, I have the entirety of all the music, sound clips and pieces of dialogue that have ever been uploaded to the internet at the tips of my fingers. In my opinion this is a much more romantic proposition. If I were getting a…

In this essay, we will go into depth about how Cole came from a no-name artist to making hip-hop history. At first, Cole was releasing his music locally and wasn’t gaining much popularity. Cole first began to be recognized as a rapper after the release of his debut mixtape, The…

Took two years to really come together fifty different producers came in on this album. Unlike Jon’s mixtapes, he bounced his ideas off of people and tried to make his album the best he possibly could. With good reason as well. Not only was this the first Jon Bellion album on sale, it has a very specific purpose. The Human Condition is business proposition for Pixar. Bellion wants someone like John Lassiter to see the hard work that was put into every aspect of the album. Jon put $50,000 of…

and the group was all American girl group comparing four members. The four girls are Amy Correa, Melissa Tessmen, Tynisha Keli and Katy Scanlan. The Gyrlz society released their single, Double 'D' Mix, produced by Damon Jones in 2002. In 2003, the group album was cancelled and the group quickly disbanded. Tynisha knew that she was being part of the group was not her desire to be in a group she wanted to try is on her…

The reason I picked to write about Jermaine Lamarr Cole is because he is on my top three favorite artist list. I remember back in in 7th grade in 2007 my brother first introduced me to his debut mixtape “The Come Up,” it was love at first listen. My all-time favorite J.Cole album to date is Forest Hills Dr. Forest Hills Dr. to my opinion is one of Coles best work. Another reason I’m a big fan of Forest Hills Dr. is because I attended his Forest Hills Drive tour in 2015. That day was such a…

I had never heard a crowd cheer like when the spotlight shined on him and he began to sing. The atmosphere was incredible, and I have yet to experience something similar at any other concert I have been to. The different spotlight they used and the screens that played videos behind him on stage were done very well. Throughout the concert he played songs from Kiss Land most of the songs on his Album. He also played some of his more popular songs from his previous mixtape, The Trilogy. I was a…

He made a generous amount of income with the releasement of his albums but not enough to continue his career as a solo rapper. With great luck, after stressing for where he’ll earn money, he was contacted by rapper Lil Wayne and was asked to join him in his America’s Most Wanted Tour. During his collaboration with Lil Wayne, it was smooth sailing to stardom. He later dropped his next album, So Far Gone, which included his famous single, “Best I Ever Had,” which made it to the Billboard’s Hot…

in the 1960’s and became an icon for an entire music genre as well as for that decade. As they gained immense fame as one of the greatest bands of all time, it was easy to forget they are people too. They may have been musicians, but this did not stop them from expressing themselves, and showing that they are humans like everyone else through the photography of two of their album covers. The two album covers are also probably some of the most recognizable covers of all time and are titled, “Sgt.…

He played “My Little Girl,” “Bubbles Toes,” Sleeping Through the Static,” and even “Better Together,” which was a song off his first album. Mind you, all these songs are so relaxed, they’re a little upbeat, but mellower than anything. I’ve heard people say that the best time to listen to Jack Johnson is when they are smoking marijuana and just want to relax. I guess you can’t really take that to heart, unless you have done that before, but that’s just what I’ve heard. Anyways, Jack finally…

Channel Orange One of the artists that has inspired me to produce my own music is Frank Ocean with his second album, Channel Orange. The first time that I ever listened to the album back in 2012, I remember thinking, “Holy shi*t…I have never heard anything like this before in my life.” Telling a song-by-song story, his poetic lyrics about his personal sexuality, strip clubs, pregnancy, wealth, drugs, and corruption show Frank’s slightly strange perception of it all. That is one thing that…