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Old 03-03-2012, 12:23
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Rappers seem to have a lot of them - how do they differ from an album?
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Old 03-03-2012, 12:31
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At least nowadays, mixtapes are usually put for download for free, whilst albums you have to pay for them.

Mixtapes can be done completely without any intereference from a record label, so it gives some rappers more artistic freedom than they usually get (even though they might also get less resources to use to actually make the songs). Since mixtapes are free, that means the rappers are allowed to sample whatever they want (whilst on albums you have to go through loads of legal processes to sample something, and you risk getting taken to court unfortunately). Mixtapes, probably since people don't make money from them, also don't usually get promoted (if anything they themselves serve as promotion for the next album).
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Old 03-03-2012, 13:12
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At least nowadays, mixtapes are usually put for download for free, whilst albums you have to pay for them.

Mixtapes can be done completely without any intereference from a record label, so it gives some rappers more artistic freedom than they usually get (even though they might also get less resources to use to actually make the songs). Since mixtapes are free, that means the rappers are allowed to sample whatever they want (whilst on albums you have to go through loads of legal processes to sample something, and you risk getting taken to court unfortunately). Mixtapes, probably since people don't make money from them, also don't usually get promoted (if anything they themselves serve as promotion for the next album).
Oh cool - that makes sense - artistic freedom without red tape. Ta
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