If It Costs $5, Is It Still a Mixtape?

Posted by Jonathan L. Fischer on Mar. 19, 2010 at 12:23 pm

A semantic question: At some point, I'm fairly sure all these Raheem DeVaughn mixtapes were free. Now they cost $5. So aren't they just compilations now? Can a mixtape stop being a mixtape? Is it OK to charge for something conceived as a promotional tool? Is it smart? Is it pointless?

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Haterade March 19th, 2010
12:47 pm

#1

I think hip-hop mixtapes usually cost money. Cheap, but they cost money. I could be wrong I guess, but that was my impression.

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