Ye Stands on Top of the World in New Orleans, Brings the Hits and Lets His Catalog Speak for Him 50 Cent and Rick Ross’ Latest Beef Gets Even More Personal With Jabs at Fif’s Ex Daphne Joy and Ross’ ...

There was a time when giving someone music took planning. You had to sit with a stack of records or a stereo tuned to the radio, finger hovering over the record button, waiting for a DJ to stop ...

From DJ Clue's casette tapes to major label involvement, we trace the history of the iconic hip-hop mixtape. Over their lifespan, mixtapes have changed in body, but never in soul. Whether the vehicle ...

Streaming services have made us a little spoiled. We have access to practically the entire history of music at our fingertips for a monthly fee. Back in the day, buying an album was a real financial ...

The introduction of DJ Screw's indelible work onto streaming services began this week with the "Originals (Volume 1)" drop. DJ Screw spent his life as an underground legend, and his afterlife has been ...

Last month, rap star Lil Wayne announced that his much-anticipated album, "Tha Carter IV" would be released Aug. 29. It was a long wait from the original anticipated date in May -- even longer for ...

Late last month, J. Cole released three fan-favorite mixtapes on streaming services for the very first time: The Come Up, The Warm Up and Friday Night Lights. The move coincided with his nostalgic ...

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2015 has seen a crazy amount of great album releases, and it's no different in the realm of mixtapes. With all the albums that have been released, you might actually forget all the fantastic projects ...

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 ...