NAH, NO MIXTAPES........THAT'S CHEATIN' TO ME....I AIN'T FEELIN' RAPPIN' OVER SOMEONE ELSE BEAT OR PRODUCERS BEAT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN USED BY ANOTHER ARTIST....I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE MY OWN STUDIO SO ATTAINING BEATS IS NOT A STRUGGLE FOR ME......DON'T GET ME WRONG, I USE TO RAP OVER INSTRUMENTALS AND RECORD IT ON CASSETTE IN THE EARLY 90'S THEN HAND 'EM OUT FOR FREE TO HOMIEZ IN THE TOWN BUT THAT'S WHEN A STUDIO WAS INACCESSIBLE AND DIDN'T EVEN EXIST IN MY AREA AT THE TIME.
NAH.....I DON'T SEE NOTHIN WRONG WITH TAKING A BEAT FROM A MILLIONAIRE PLATINUM SELLING ARITST AND REMIXING IT INTO A HARDCORE UNDERGOUND HIT! MIXTAPE CD'S KEEPS YOUR NAME AND PRODUCT OUT THERE...THEY'RE EASY TO DROP AND YOU CAN DROP EM BETWEEN PROJECTS...IT'S FUN FOR ME TO GET THESE BIG NAME BEATS AND TWIST EM MY WAY. MAKE FOOLS TRIP OUT WHEN THEY HEAR WHAT I DID TO EM.
PUT IT THIS WAY....I PUT UP THAT MINI MIXTAPE CD UP FOR FREE DOWNLOAD AND I BURNED A GRIP OF EM AND PASSED EM OUT....I HAD MY HOMIE DROP OFF A BIG STACK OF EM AT STREET BEATS IN SALINAS AND THE OWNER SAID THEY WAS ALL GONE WITHIN A DAY AND NOW THE WHOLE TOWN WAS BUZZIN....I TALKED TO HIM THE OTHER WEEK AND HE TOLD ME ON THE AVERAGE 4 TO 5 PEOPLE COME IN EVERYDAY AND ASK ABOUT MY ALBUM AND WHEN IS IT DROPPIN...HE'S ALREADY PLACED A "HUGE" ORDER FOR UNITS WHEN MY ALBUM DROPS....I CAN'T COUNT HOW MANY STORES I GOT GETTIN AT ME FOR LARGE AMOUNTS OF UNITS JUST BECAUSE I GOT PEOPLE COMIN IN AND ASKIN FOR MY ALBUM.....THIS WAS ONLY AFTER I STARTED PASSIN THE CD'S OUT IN THEM STREETS....I GOT PEOPLE FROM SPAIN, LONDON, GERMANY AND CANADA HITTIN ME UP ON THE COMPUTER ASKIN ABOUT MY ALBUM...SAYIN THEY CANT WAIT FOR IT TO DROP SINCE THEY HEARD THE MIXTAPE....I KEEP IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE IN COLORADO ALL THE WAY TO FLORIDA SAYIN THEIR AREAS ARE BUZZIN ABOUT ME...ALL WANTING TO KNOW WHEN MY SOLO IS DROPPIN.....AND ALL THIS FROM A FEW MIXTAPE STYLE TRACKS I DID IN ONE STUDIO SESSION....................DROPPIN MUSIC ON A REGULAR BASIS SHOWS YOUR FANBASE THAT YOU ARE STEADY WORKIN FOR THEM...TO GET YOUR MUSIC IN THIER HANDS. IF YOU WERE TO DROP SOLO AFTER SOLO AND COMP AFTER COMP ONE AFTER THE OTHER....I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT YOU'LL MOST LIKELY START TO FALL OFF AND LOSE THE FANBASE...KIND OF LIKE YOU ARE FLOODIN THE MARKET...BUT NOW IF YOU DROPPIN LITTLE TEASERS IN THERE HERE N THERE..SURPRISING YOUR FANBASE BY REMIXING AND DOIN TRACKS OVER BEATS THEY NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD EVER HEAR YOU ON....NOW THAT RIGHT THERE IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT...SHOWIN THEM YOU CAN BRING IT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND STYLES...SURPRISE EM...IT ALSO SHOWS YOU AS AN ARTIST WHAT KIND OF STAYING POWER YOU GOT IN THE GAME...IF YOU DROP A MIXTAPE AND YOU DON'T GET ANY GOOD FEEDBACK THEN YOU KNOW WHERE YOU STAND. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DROP ONE AND YOU GET AN INCREASE IN SUPPORT...THEN YOU KNOW YOU ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
SO FROM MY EXPERIENCE...DOIN THIS MIXTAPE THING HELPS. ESPECIALLY TO AN ARTIST THAT DOESN'T HAVE STEADY STUDIO ACCESS AND ACCESS TO BEATS. AND DON'T HAVE THE BIG BUDGET TO ADVERTISE IN MAGAZINES AND SHIT LIKE THAT....
BUT THEN AGAIN THIS IS ALL COMIN FROM SOMEONE THAT LIKES THE CONCEPT OF A MIXTAPE....TO SOMEON THAT DON'T YOU'D PROBABLY GET THE EXACT OPPOSITE......
SO FROM MY EXPERIENCE...DOIN THIS MIXTAPE THING HELPS. ESPECIALLY TO AN ARTIST THAT DOESN'T HAVE STEADY STUDIO ACCESS AND ACCESS TO BEATS. AND DON'T HAVE THE BIG BUDGET TO ADVERTISE IN MAGAZINES AND SHIT LIKE THAT....
BUT THEN AGAIN THIS IS ALL COMIN FROM SOMEONE THAT LIKES THE CONCEPT OF A MIXTAPE....TO SOMEON THAT DON'T YOU'D PROBABLY GET THE EXACT OPPOSITE......