Mixtapes

Mixtapes have been apart of the music culture for as long as I can remember. They have become a norm in the Hip-Hop industry since the beginning of Hip-Hop. These past few years have been some of the best years that Mix-tapes have hit the market and actually made a statement in the music game. It has been a few years since the declaration by historic lyricists NaS that "Hip-Hop is Dead". 


Wale as been one of the more contributing artist to the rebuttal of the statement that "Hip-Hop is Dead". With his release of his two mix-tapes, The Mixtape About Nothing and More About Nothing. These two tapes were proof to the Hip-Hop world that is Hip-Hop isn't dead, but has just been awaiting the arrival of fresh new breed artists'. J. Cole's release of his highly anticipated mixtape Friday Night Lights, came to no surprise for his following and the hundreds of thousands of fans that he gained with the classic tape. Other artists' such as Big Sean and Cyhi The Prince have also hit the mixtape circuit pretty hard with their latest releases and persistent work with other artists, such as Kanye West. 


Outside of the mixtape world, Kanye West and Nicki Minaj's albums have dropped within the last week and have SOARED to the top of the charts, with Kanye's album going platinum in the first week!