Now that I’ve completed my topten mixtapes of 2009 list, it’s time to move on to the top tapes of the decade. This was the decade where mixtapes became more than DJs yelling over new exclusives, the mixtape transformed into the “street album.” Not only are these new-age mixtapes almost integral to an artist’s set up for their album release, but they have also been used to keep their names in the streets–they’ve cut out the “middle man” (record labels) & are delivered directly to the consumer. You should know what to do by now if you don’t agree with the list.
10.
Jay-Z S. Carter Collection (2003)
This mixtape dropped outta nowhere. I did hear about something coming along with those cinder blocks, I mean, RBK S. Carter shoes that dropped in April ‘03–but I didn’t know that it was a full-length mixtape. And to say it was a good mixtape is not saying enough. At all.
This is Part Two of My Top 10 Mixtapes of 2009. Once again, if you disagree with the order of the list or what tapes made the list, you know exactly where to leave your comments!
5.
Gucci Mane (DJ Drama) The Burrprint: The Movie 3-D
I was seriously considering putting the three best Gucci Mane mixtapes of the year in one slot (The Burrprint, Writing On The Wall & The Cold War’s Great BRRRitain), but I decided that I would put *the* best Gucc tape of the year at #5 all to itself.
This is part one of My Top 10 Mixtapes of 2009. Part two will be up tomorrow.
I think we can all say this was the year that mixtapes outperformed albums. There’s proof everywhere you look, from the success of Young Money’s Drake & Nicki Minaj to Gucci Mane to J. Cole, their mixtapes are providing the foundation to their young careers. Once again, this is *my* top 10 mixtapes of 2009, so if you see something you don’t agree with, you know exactly where to leave your opinion.
10.
Nicki Minaj (DJ Holiday & The Trap-A-Holics) Beam Me Up Scotty
This is definitely a respect pick. I’ll tell you all day & tomorrow, I don’t listen to Nicki’s music like that (but I did love this picture). Prior to this year, the sound of her voice was an automatic skip for me. I remember going to the I Am Music Tour stop in Hampton earlier this year and being surprised at the crowd when Nicki performed her verse from Drought 3’s “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” freestyle. I was surprised because, well, every girl in there knew her verse word for word. It was pretty obvious that she was on to something. That “something” grew into something bigger when her tape Beam Me Up Scotty dropped.
RICHMOND – RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Three members of a Richmond rap group have been sentenced for distributing cocaine and using the money to support their music venture.
U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride says 36-year-old Christopher Woolridge, also known as “Big Get It,” was sentenced Monday to 24 years and four months in a federal prison.
Twenty-eight-year-old Natasha Payne, also known as “P Get It,” was sentenced Monday to four years and three months in prison. On Friday, 31-year-old Terry Battle, also known as “Little Get It” and “Tredd Hott,” received a nine-year sentence.
All three pleaded guilty to cocaine distribution.
MacBride says the defendants were members of the rap group Get Money Green Brother, or GMGB.
