^ i was just having a discussion wit my homie about mixtapes last night. and how we underground artists use the title.
even if using industry beats as opposed to soundclick, if there is no DJ and each track is in a 16 bar/ 8 bar hook song format to me it is a "street album"....
industry mixtapes ususally have freestyles with some talkin shit and stolen acapellas for bootleg featurez..
a great example to me is weech & loot flamed up "mixtape"
that shit is a slapping as album!! they just called it a mixtape because the production wasnt cleared