“The smooth criminal on beat breaks / Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes,” rapped Nas on his 1994 classic “N.Y. State of Mind.” Like other underground genres that hit their stride in the ...

The post 15 Best Hip-Hop Mixtapes of All Time appeared first on Consequence. So much of hip-hop history was recorded on humble mixtapes, from early concerts captured on cassettes to the digital ...

Who knows what the term mixtape even means in 2011? After all, these downloadable albums haven't existed on magnetic tape or even CDs for years. But there's no doubt that mixtapes remain the lifeblood ...

June was one of the strongest months for mixtapes so far this year, thankfully—as 2013 had been feeling a little sparse once you got beyond the big names. As ever, there's plenty of great rap being ...

Freddie Gibbs has as much popularity as he ever has these days, but when he dropped "B.A.N.ned," featured on his Cold Day in Hell mixtape in 2011, he was still on the come up. His storytelling ...

Yesterday we kicked off the countdown with 50 of the best mixtapes released in 2010, and of course, all you readers were asking us why we were missing this artist or that mixtape. Well, the answer is ...

If you grew up in the same era as me, you had your notifications on, waiting for the moment Hoop Mixtape, Yay Area’s Finest, or Ball is Life dropped a new highlight reel. These were not just videos; ...

Another year closes this Mixtape Monday. This week we take a look back at The Best of 2019. This week’s roundup features over sixty projects from some of the dopest ...

The 2026 Grammy Award nominations are in and the Best Rap Album category is stacked this year. On Friday (Nov. 7), The Recording Academy unveiled all the nominees for the next year’s annual awards ...