This week’s question comes from web producer Baraka Kaseko: What’s the best mixtape you’ve ever received? With all due respect to former boyfriend G., one of whose mixes once made it impossible for me ...

Supposedly, albums are where it’s at. That’s when the artist is supposed to bring their A-game, convert the doubters, all that good stuff. So why is it that a lot of the time it’s the mixtapes that ...

Somewhere on the internet, someone is already mad about this mixtape. Do your thing, people. We're gonna be over here chilling with Gucci over wonkyass dubstep and crazy Flying Lotus mind spirals and ...

Some people judge the passage of time by the rotations of the earth. Others feel change in the seasons. And then there's a select few that use rap mixtapes as their temporal benchmarks. Apparently, ...

Mixtapes have come a long way. Over the past three decades or so, they've evolved from literal DJ mixes to rappers' throwaway promotional material. But in 2012, with record sales revenue still ...

In the days before CD, MP3 or iTunes, when Sony's Walkman was just about the only mobile music player worth having, hip young music lovers engaged in the painstakingly intricate process of recording a ...

It was a big month for hip-hop. And I'm not just referring to Drake's new "playlist" or to Kendrick Lamar's new jam. Because this month the mixtapes were out of control, especially for many of the ...

What does “mixtape” mean anymore? In assembling this list, we asked the question again and again, partly because rap continues to redefine the term. In 2000, mixtapes were generally still piles of ...