Definition of mixtape
: a compilation of songs recorded (as onto a cassette tape or a CD) from various sources
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The mixtape dropped on Friday and Twitter loves it.
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But EJ Liddell’s YouTube mixtapes look a little different than those of his talented peers.
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The rapper Too $hort sold custom mixtapes out of his car in East Oakland.
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Independent label works such as his 2009 mixtape Psychological and 2010’s Young, Broke & Infamous sounded that often pressing and weighty lyrical charge.
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For years, hip-hop acts from Lil Wayne to Migos have churned out singles, guest appearances, collaborations, mixtapes and in Migos’s case, extremely long albums.
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Creating an 11-track mixtape comprised almost exclusively of up-and-comers instead of the Top 40 stars that grace her 1989 stage.
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Then: Receiving a mixtape was a sign that someone was really into you.
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Cosmopolitan - Gwyneth Paltrow shares her spring mixtape with Jay Z's Life and Times.
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First Known Use of mixtape
1991
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