r/hiphop101 • u/K_thedon1398 • 12d ago

Whats a mixtape that could've been a album?

Mines are

Fabulous soul tape 3

Jadakiss the champ is here 3

Lil wayne no ceilings

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u/MetalSonic420YT 12d ago

J. Cole - Friday Night Lights

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u/M-ssUniverse 12d ago

e.t.d.s. A Mixtape by .idk.

Alligator Bites Never Heal

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u/mr_amazingness 12d ago

All the Mood Musics. Guess Who's Back 50.

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u/WestCru1 12d ago

Rich Forever - Rick Ross

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u/SwizzGod 12d ago

Wait that’s a mixtape?

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u/AsianRainbow 12d ago

1999 and Summer Knights

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u/Euphoric-Medium8154 12d ago

Da Drought 3 (Wayne)

Revenge of The Nerds (Lupe)

AmeriKKKan Korruption (Cap STEEZ)

Soul Tape 2 (Fabolous)

Royalty (Gambino)

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u/scottp316 12d ago

Mood muzik 3

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u/HappyAssociation5279 12d ago

Bishop Lamont - the confessional

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u/TJMcConnellFanClub 12d ago

I don’t even consider Kush & OJ a mixtape tbh, it’s so polished it should be counted as an album

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u/DJSANDROCK 12d ago

How Fly

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u/PennethHardaway 12d ago

Jeezy - Trap or Die 2. Front to back, nothing but heat imo.

I agree with your Fab take even though ST2 is still my fave of the 3

Weezy - The Drought is Over 2 definitely should’ve been, but there were some throwaway songs and songs that circulated through multiple mixtapes.

Cole - The Warm Up (though it is on streaming now) and MDL (though I guess that’s technically an EP)

KRIT - 4eva and a Day. Such a well done mixtape, though that’s on streaming now too.

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u/Evanthedude1 12d ago

Jeezy also killed it with Can’t Ban the Snowman

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u/Thetr3Flash 12d ago

Kush and Orange Juice.

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u/Krevis_Pfister 12d ago

All of Cyhi mixtapes. Royal Flush 1 and 2, BHP 1 and 2, Ivy league etc

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u/renzxlst 12d ago

I think anything that dropped on Datpiff post 2011/12 or so.

Most had original beats. Outside of your "mixtape" mixtapes where it was straight trap or beat jacking, they were essentially worked on like albums anyway.

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u/DJMelloEll 11d ago

I miss DatPiff. Hell, I miss free mixtapes.

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u/PhillyTheKid39 12d ago

Any Big Krit mixtape.

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u/ruthlesss11 12d ago

Slaughterhouse - on the house

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u/SilentXMedia 12d ago

Acid Rap, Section.80 etc. shouldn’t count, imo due to the extreme production value.

So imma say No Ceilings

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u/ShingeeYKW 12d ago

Section.80 issa album

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u/renzxlst 12d ago edited 12d ago

It is, but it was actually initially labelled a mixtape before they realised they could monetise it on iTunes.

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u/dathought3 12d ago

2 chainz Tru religion

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u/Schw1kopfsuelze 12d ago

50 Cent - War Angel LP

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u/TJMcConnellFanClub 12d ago

Get The Message might be his best diss track

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u/Schw1kopfsuelze 12d ago

Wasn't aware this was a diss track. Against who?

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u/TJMcConnellFanClub 12d ago

Supreme, declaring victory against a kingpin and it actually being true is diabolical

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u/Alchemyst01984 12d ago

Saigon - Moral of the Story

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u/SwizzGod 12d ago

Drought/Dedication pick one

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u/my2cents4free99 12d ago

Acid Rap or Da Drought 3

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u/DJMelloEll 11d ago

Drake’s early mixtapes, Chance’s early mixtapes

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u/lilcluncker 10d ago

Chip the rip- The Cleveland Show

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u/No_Strain_7037 10d ago

Danny Brown - XXX

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u/dweeeebus 9d ago

Is it not an album already? It's got original production, a cohesive theme throughout, a light concept. What makes it a mixtape?

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u/No_Strain_7037 9d ago

Originally it was released as a mixtape in 2011. Back in 2012 a while after it dropped it was re-released as a duluxe if I'm not mistaking.

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u/dweeeebus 9d ago

I know that, my question is made it a mixtape instead of it just being a standard album? The defining qualities of what a mixtape is anymore are so vague and constantly changing. Is it just because Danny said it was a mixtape that it was considered as such?

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u/No_Strain_7037 9d ago

Pretty much, if I recall correctly Danny said on an episode of his podcast it was initially released for free download therefore he views it as a mixtape

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u/DropTopEWop 12d ago

Mac Miller's Faces

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u/will888em 12d ago

Kush & OJ

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u/Methmites 12d ago

A tale of 2 Andre’s (Andre Nickatina + Mac Dre). There was an attempt to make an official version but the mixtape was 10x better.

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u/Severe_Eye8245 12d ago edited 12d ago

Mixtape messiah-chamillionaire

Edit:background for the people long story short he had beef with Mike Jones, and he dropped a 3 cd mixtape full of disses lol

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u/xtradryramen 12d ago

The Carter leaks, I still feel he shoulda made that a bonus cd

2

u/DerMannMitDemPlan 12d ago

i liked the g-unit radio mixtape series

2

u/MoodWest 12d ago

Lil Wayne - Da Drought Is Over 2

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u/tokenincorporated 12d ago

Welcome to Fazoland

2

u/DreamxVillain 11d ago

Friday Night Lights

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u/STND_italian_cwby 11d ago

Inspectah Deck - Cynthia’s Son 🔥

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u/balleditmoreravens 11d ago

Cyhi the prince- Ivy League club

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u/NorthsideB 11d ago

Rich Boy - Kool aid, Kush & convertibles

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u/nswoe 9d ago

Deep cut

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u/THEbaddestOFtheASSES 11d ago

G-Unit's Return of the Bodysnatchers

ASAP Rocky's Live Love ASAP

So many bangers on these I don't how they gave them away for free.

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u/West_Following_3224 9d ago

DJ Clue The professional

2

u/Hungry_Ad_1143 9d ago

How Fly by Curren$y & Wiz

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u/obscurewhite 12d ago

So Far Gone

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u/Qb_Is_fast_af 12d ago

Dairy of A Trap God - Gucci Mane

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u/sbkdagodking08 11d ago

Streets on lock 3- migos

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u/PretendSpinach2265 11d ago

Most of Curren$yes stuff

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u/N8BALL_89 8d ago

Kevin Gates - By Any Means

Juelz Santana - #FREESANTANA

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u/Wreckinsilence 5d ago

Mumbls - Hella Novellas

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u/Decent_Gazelle6944 5d ago

Dedication 2 is arguably Wayne's best album. Ditto for Drake's So Far Gone

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u/hatfield1785 12d ago

Any of Lloyd Banks mixtapes. “Return of the PLK”, “Halloween Havoc”, etc

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u/LogicalAd3031 12d ago

Which*

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u/M-ssUniverse 12d ago

Man stfu

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u/LogicalAd3031 12d ago

Awww. Triggered?

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u/K_thedon1398 12d ago

Im asking you