Comments on: Mixtape buzz is a myth

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:04:46 +0000

“Hey, this DJ writes humorously and eloquently. He must be white” [checks google images] yep.

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By: AV from OK

AV from OK — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:18:53 +0000

Im tried of these fuckin geek ass journalist talking shit about people that could buy and sell them. xxl needs to get some REAL muthafuckers, but apparently most journalists are straight bitch. Stop hatin you fuckin faggot get a real job. Suck these COUNTRY NUTS. Fuck you.

By: DJSHORTDOGG

DJSHORTDOGG — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:40:44 +0000

MIXTAPES IS EVERYTHING,THE ARTIST MAKE BETER MUSIC FOR MIXTAPE THEN WHAT THEY DO ON ALBUMS ,WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HERD AN ALBUM WERE EVERY SONG HAD GOOD WORDS AND MADE YOU THINK ? SINS BIGG AND PAC ,SO WHY PAY 15.00 FOR ONE OR TWO SONGS THAT YOU LIKE FROM AND ALBUM WHEN YOU PAY 5.00 FOR A MIXTAPE AND GET THE TWO SONGS YOU LIKEDED AND 20 OTHER BETER SONGS FROM EVERY OTHER ARTIST AT THE SAME TIME.PLUS GET SONGS THAT ARE UNDERGOUND AND NOT EVERYBOUDYS HERD FROM UP COMING NEW ARTIST MIXTAPE IS THE BESTWAY CREATE A BUZ FAST IF YOU PUT YOUR WORK IN, EVERYBOUDY THINKS THEY CAN BLOW UP LIKE 50 CENT ,JUST REMEMBER ONE THING 50 PUT IN LONG HOURS AND WAS CONSISSTEN WITH HIS WORK HE WORKED VEREY HARD TO GET WHERE HES AT SO HES PAID IF YOUR NOT GETTING ANY BUZZ FROM YOUR MUSIC YOUR NOT PROMOTING HARD ENUFF IF YOU DONT HAVE A BUZZ IN YOUR HOME TOWN IF PEOPLE DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU AND YOU THINK YOU PUT IN WORK ,THEN GET A NEW JOB BUDDY NOT EVERYBOUDY CAND DO IT SOME ARE BORN FOR IT?

By: FUCK YOU BOL!

FUCK YOU BOL! — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:33:40 +0000

stupid fool

mixtapes are great for hip hop

why?

because i said so bitch nigga

peace out

By: cvunit

cvunit — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:43:11 +0000

Bol shut the fuck up u allways talking that stupid shit Fucking pussy!!! When ur FATASS can rap and sell Cd’s like a real nigga u can talk but other then that all u do is EAT AND YAP about things u nigga don’t know about Fagot!!!!! Ur stupid ass Said Chamillionaire is the 5th Hottest rapper in houston HA HA HA HA U show me a nigga who Had a even harder time going big then him and a nigga who can freestyle better and write better then him in houston!! u can’t cus there is not 1 rapper better then him U fag!!!!!! This nigga let’s his own fans get his mixtapes for free bitch name a rapper who does that!!! Chamillitary mayne!!!!!

By: Big D

Big D — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:49:44 +0000

I love listening to mixtapes to the point that I rarely buy albums now. From the consumer/fan perspective, mixtapes are great. Where else can you get like 5 cds w/30 songs (some unreleased and rare) for like $20? Plus, as my man earlier mentioned, the artist can be themselves.

From the artist perspective, it USED to help a lot but I am not really sure if they have that big of an impact like they used to. Everyone has a mixtape out now. Aren’t we on like G-Unit radio part 90? I stop buying them after three. Plus, as a consumer, I may buy a man’s mixtape but I won’t even think about coping the album because the mixtape is usually better. Buzz wise, the mixtape stuff works but financially, it might actully hurt the artist.

By: BigNad

BigNad — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:37:41 +0000

Word up Bol, you speak the truth.

By: REAL HIP HOP LISTENER

REAL HIP HOP LISTENER — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:22:41 +0000

RIIIIIGGHT…. im gonna take this as a valid opinion from XXL magazine…you gotta be kidding me!!!!LOL

you guys are about as important as a mixtape

By: Lil Fats

Lil Fats — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:18:27 +0000

First of all, I want to say that whoever wrote this is an idiot. Saigon and Lupe Fiasco are 2 of the dopest cats out right now, hands down. And the fact is, mixtapes give light to the truly talented artists who dont always pack albums with bubble gum singles. Its not a matter if there album is better or not. Mixtapes create a huge buzz for truly dope artists, and theres no way around it, its a fact. Any dumbass out there who denies that does not belong on any site speaking about hip-hop. Thanks,
Lil Fats
Hi Rollerz Records
http://www.hirollerz.com

By: AJTHROWBACK

AJTHROWBACK — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:06:50 +0000

As usual, Bol makes some points that I agree with, particularly regarding Dipset. (They make way better mixtapes than commercial albums, although a lot of rappers do, so that’s not saying much.) Some of these rappers have great mixtapes and get a good amount of buzz off of it, but when it comes to their albums, a lot of them cannot capitalize on that buzz or the record companies do not promote the artists as much as the streets promoted them. I may not agree with Bol dissing Saigon or Lupe Fiasco, but he’s got a point that the mixtape buzz does not guarantee success in the mainstream.

By: Triniti

Triniti — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:50:10 +0000

I feel that the mixtape market is a the best thing to ever happen for artist trying to promote who they are.
While I dont like the fact that its not profitable and yes now its become the new “DEMO”, its a way to show the labels you do exist even if they cant see it or refuse to see it.
I wonder what JD thinks now of Nelly and luda.
He told them no and now they are Diamond Status.
The one issue with mixtapes is that most rappers are not executives,they are from the streets and the mixtape market is the only real sense of music marketing they know. I wish rappers would also take avantage of online sales.
What will get the interest of labels faster SALES REPORTS or BUZZ REPORTS
Folks in the Music Industry are in it to make money and have no real connection to the music only to the sale of it. So Do your mixtapes Build a loyal fanbase and make your real product and sale it online.
The Best online sales outlet is Burnlounge
I am a retailer of Burnlounge
my store is located at http://www.burnlounge.com/trnmusic
where this gets best is that a rapper can make his music and sale it from his own store and if one does not like his music could do what they would normally do ,,buy someone elses music and the rapper would still get paid. So we have to think more like busines folks and music folks at the same time! if anyone has any questions call me I would love to asist anyone in getting them informed on how it really works.

By: G.R.I.T.S. Gutta

G.R.I.T.S. Gutta — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:21:44 +0000

Coming from a rapper and not someone that listens to the music and has there own uneducated opinion, people really dont understand that for an unestablished rapper mixtapes are our outlet.if you dont have lil jon or scott storch producing your single you won’t get radio play anyway, so what do you do?Download there beat,make it your own,and put out something the actual artist would respect and bump.Do I make money off them?No, but i Guarantee,in one year,you’ll be reading about me, on the strength of MIXTAPES!!!!!!

By: e

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:49:16 +0000

Most mixtape rappers are severly overated because people want to hype up some rapper people don’t know about but some mixtape artists have undeniable skills JR Writer, The Clipse, Joe Budden

By: memphis all day

memphis all day — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 21:04:21 +0000

dude that wrote the story look wack ass hell anyway mane mixtapes r 4 the streets it aint like da shit new i mean im sure every artist made 1 at least one made 1 at sum point of theyre career

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 17 May 2006 21:33:34 +0000

Hell yeah look at all those garbage ass rappers doing the mixtape thing. Dipset. How many different ways can you say i make crack and rhyme it with abra kadabra, tooty fruity, smooty zooty and all that other shit they say. You need a 4th grade iq to fuck with dipset, that’s why they don’t sell. People don’t want to listen to that stuff on the radio. Exposure my ass, they put out the mixtapes b/c they can’t sell records to anyone other than to their die hard fans. That lame shit they put out don’t sell. I love the mixtapes when they’re done right, b/c it’s like another lp from your favorite artist, but I hate it when you have non sense like Dipset on there

By: Tyler Durden

Tyler Durden — Thu, 11 May 2006 22:46:17 +0000

oh yeah…Fuck you too Byron…U just mad cuz u was the nigga in high school who never got any ass so now you are mad at the world…i hate you and those little gay ass Ms. Santa Claus glasses u got on your Milk Dud head…u look like a broke ass Sadat X…

By: Tyler Durden

Tyler Durden — Thu, 11 May 2006 22:41:53 +0000

Fuck your mixtape Jmoney…i dont even like it when REAL rappers rap..so why would i like your shit….ass clown

By: jmoney getmoney

jmoney getmoney — Thu, 04 May 2006 21:40:14 +0000

damn homie you really mad at these rappers. you seemed pissed off.lol for what. cuz your writing a articl and they writtin music.lol you sound like a nazi talking about niggas.lol damn homie fall back and let these black men make there money.
everybody go get my mixtape at http://www.soundclick.com/hustlehardentertainment

By: Dee

Dee — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 07:33:18 +0000

I have to say that mixtapes are helping hiphop for several reasons.
I think that rap music has kinda hit its high. If you look at album sells since 50′s Get Rich and Nelly’s Nellyville in 2003 no rap artists ahve hade the commercial sucess of selling 11 or 10 million records.

For instance 50 and Nelly’s last albums sold significantly less.
50′s sold 5 million
Nelly’s Sweat and Suit together i think sold around 3 million

Even extremely popular rappers with alot of buzz like young jeezy just broke a million (and im not saying that not sucessful, its just not anywhere near 11 mil).

I even say T.I. with selling over 500,000 in the first week still won’t go past x2 or x3 platinum

So with the overall decline in rap sells, i would say that mixtapes allow rappers to make some $ on their own. Its a good thing for hiphop and music in general. If you like hiphop then why not buy a mixtape? At least you know that the money u spend on the mixtape is mostly goin to the rapper, instead of going to some company like Universal, Sony, Warner etc.