mixtape
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Definition of mixtape
: a compilation of songs recorded (as onto a cassette tape or a CD) from various sources
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Drake’s catalog numbers five albums, five mixtapes, two compilations, one EP, dozens and dozens of music videos, and hundreds of songs. — Jason Parham, WIRED, "With Scorpion, #DrakeSZN Is Back—as Overwrought as Ever," 2 July 2018 Is Fab gearing up for another Summertime Shootout mixtape? — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, "Fabolous & Ty Dolla $ign Team Up For Summer Banger 'Ooh Yea': Listen," 13 July 2018 But LeBron James ended up choosing the Los Angeles Lakers, a befuddling team of misfit toys with square wheels and bad mixtapes. — Chris Gayomali, GQ, "The Upside of the Lakers," 2 July 2018 However, his talent was always either overshadowed by other members of his Rich Gang collective, like Young Thug, or lost in mixtapes that favored quantity over quality. — Rachel Yang, Chicago Reader, "Rich Homie Quan shows he’s more than just the “Ooh Ooh Ooh” guy," 21 June 2018 That energy has also translated into healthy streaming success, with her most recent mixtape Pop 2 generating 60 million plays on Spotify alone. — Raisa Bruner, Time, "The New Women of Pop Are Choosing Sisterhood Over Competition," 21 June 2018 That October, the rapper released his first mixtape since the lukewarm pop-rap record Honest, his second studio album—and since the contentious demise of his engagement to R&B singer Ciara. — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, "The Cathartic Symphony of Future’s Beast Mode 2," 6 July 2018 The video was just a simple mixtape of him playing basketball, but quickly racked up more than 14 million views on YouTube. — Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic, "The Instagram Stars of High-School Basketball," 18 May 2018 Less than three months later, Future released another mixtape and cemented his takeover of 2015’s rap charts. — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, "The Cathartic Symphony of Future’s Beast Mode 2," 6 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mixtape.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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