Mixtape

After the first couple of days of the hip hop artists Drake and Future’s new mixtape being out, (What a Time to be Alive) the downloads went through the roof.This caused the duo to change the free mixtape into an ten-dollar album, which made them over three-million dollars. But this album is making money for them and for the seven-hundred-billion dollar company, Apple. Drake and Future have teamed up with Apple making it so that the only place you can buy the album is on iTunes, which is owned…

Nicki Minaj has been the most talked about female rapper name in the hip hop community for about six years now. Nicki Minaj is not only an artist, she is a brand. She has many products and endorsements. She has appeared on television shows and movies. Nicki Minaj real name is Onika Tanya Maraj. She was born in Trinidad and Tobago. She moved to Queens, New York when she was 5 years old. Her father was a drug addict on crack. He attempted to kill Nicki’s mother by setting arson to their house in…

Sir Robert Bryson Hall II known by stage name as Logic is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Born January 22, 1990 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Logic is now currently living in Beverly Hills, California and is signed with record label Visionary Music Group. Since 2010 logic has released 8 albums about to be 9 with the upcoming new album titled Everybody. Logic’s growing up in a low income area his father did whatever it took to make money. Both his parents were cocaine addicts…

the cyclic nature of love, considering the fact that the mixtape starts and ends with the same song. However, the mixtape is poorly assembled, consisting of songs which have no relevance within the narrative. Specifically, Brown is unable to keep the story concise. The story is filled with repetitive song titles that have the same meaning and contribute the same progression of plot to the story.…

aged. After the warm welcome that the general music industry has given him for his mixtapes, Mineo have been prolific in doing some music stints with also-trying musicians on the likes of Lecrae and Tedashii. His first known single has been In My City released the same year which garnered him more attention to the listening masses. During these times, he goes by the name C-Lite until the release of his second mixtapes entitled Formerly Known, by where he's back to using his legal name. During…

other things that he has been through. Aubrey Drake also likes to entertain and inform people with his music when he is performing. Based on his research, he was born on October 24,1986 (“Hip-Hop Biographies Drake” 6). When he releases his first mixtape he started using the name Drake. During Drake’s early life he was going through a couple of rough times. He lived with his mother in a very wealthy Jewish neighborhood (“Hip-Hop Biographies Drake” 6). His parents got divorced while he was just a…

his sound and takes me back to previous mixtapes or albums with his new releases. His latest mixtape, “Laugh Now, Fly Later” takes me back to his 2011 release of “Cabin Fever.” It definitely has that same sound. A perfect combination of bangers and motivational tracks to make more money. I’m not gonna sit here and break down track-by-track, but there are a few tracks that I’d like to highlight.…

The cover of Big K.R.I.T’S mixtape cover is relatable, because every day I can see myself in the little boy who is sitting down, positioned on the wall, especially being in college, and being exposed to liquor, clubs, drugs, etc. This image shows that in everyday life people have to choose what to do and what not to do. People have to make a choice between different influences, and choose what is the “right thing”, or “wrong thing” to do. I have seen myself all of my life having to make this…

"2 Chainz" 2Chainz aged 38 is a United States rapper who was born as Tuheed Epps on 12th September 1977 at college park, Georgia, United States. His first stage name was Tity Boi before reverting to 2 Chainz in later years. He attended Alabama state university, Arizona state university, north Clayton high school as well as Virginia state university. He is famed for being a member of the southern rap duo Playaz circle together with his childhood acquaintance and beneficiary singer, Earl ‘Dolla…

Kid Cudi Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi is better known by his stage name Kid Cudi. Cudi was first recognized for making a mixtape called A Kid Named Cudi. This caught the attention of a rapper Kanye West who subsequently signed Scott to his GOOD Music label in late 2008. Since then Kid Cudi has launched his own record label called, Dream On, Mescudi has added a singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, music video director and film composer to his music labels. Scott Ramon Seguro…