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Is it Mixtapes for life? Or F*ck Mixtapes?!!


July 01, 2007 | Tags: West Coast, crooked i, mixtapes

I know I was supposed to come back with part two of my ten best ever list but I gotta question that I need sum feedback on…….Is it Mixtapes for life? Or is it Fuck Mixtapes?!!........... Let us explore this shit for a second……Mixtapes are a good vehicle to promote artist on a street level but are artist overdoing it?........Would a rappers album sound better to the consumer if he didn’t release ten mixtapes a year?......A lot of mixtapes are better than albums because the artist has more freedom of expression on the mixtape……….

If I say fuck G.W.Bush on my album, my distributor can refuse to distribute my project but I can yell it all day on a mixtape…..If I’m an up-and-comin’ young artist who can’t afford production from superstar producers, I can grab instrumentals from Dre, Timbo, Just-Blaze, or Kanye and show the world how I get down…on a mixtape……..Now I’m sayin whatever the fuck I wanna say over hot ass beats and fans are loving the tapes but when I drop my record the feedback is not the same………..

Does it hurt the artist when the fans say the mixtape is hotter than the album?......Is the artist over-exposing his or herself when three or four mixtapes drop before the album?........Is buying an album the first day it drops a big deal when you already have five mixtapes on that same artist?.........I got 21 questions like 50 my niggaz!!..........I want to know how yall view it……..I dropped Young Boss Vol.1 with D.J. Warrior and D.J. Hideo, Young Boss Vol.2 with D.J. Skee , Young Boss Vol. 3 is coming in august with Warrior and Young Boss Vol.4 is already done!..........I’m dropping weekly freestyles online too so if mixtapes are overdoing it, I’M OVER OVERDOING IT!!!........Holla back at me, let a nigga know son!.........

If  R&B niggaz dropped mixtapes  all over the place, would their fans miss their music enough to line up on the Tuesday their album comes out and buy, buy, buy?..............Is it mixtapes or fuck mixtapes?.....All you mixtape d.j.’s, don’t point your gun at me yet!.......I’m just askin’ a few questions cuz I want this Hip Hop shit to thrive!..........I know mixtapes are extremely important when creating a buzz for artists but I still have questions!............I’m everywhere my dude!!......Hood to hood my guy!!....Me, Jim Gittum, The Horseshoe G.A.N.G., Sauce the Boss, Jay-Cee and the whole C.O.B. are in the streets heavy!!....

I said that to say this, niggaz in the streets give me feedback everyday…….From Cali to N.Y. cats tell me shit like ‘ I like 50 but his underground shit was better’ or ‘ Lil Weezy’s mixtape is way doper than his album!’……………I really hear these things!..........I personally don’t think mixtapes are ever going to totally disappear but I think they will decline a little because record sales are down and niggaz are re-thinking EVERY STRATEGY AND FORMULA!………

So maybe we should educate the fans on the reasons mixtapes sometimes come out hotter than albums…..I SAID SOMETIMES!.....Too many classic albums out there that are SHITTIN’ on a gang of mixtapes so don’t get it twisted!!!.........Tell me what the deal is people……..Holla at a boss!!!.............C.O.B. out!!!!!!!!

If you haven't already, BE SURE to check out Crooked I's Hip Hop Weekly v13 over UGK's International Player's Anthem instrumental.

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