One artist that I must call out for superior mixtape work this past year is Drake. Regardless of how you feel about him, he used Drake mixtapes to change the entire game and to build a monstrously successful career before he had even began working on his debut album.
Drake used a method which had not been used often before him. He created each mixtape as if it was an album, complete with concepts, full long songs, and he didn't go over-heavy on the guests like a lot of other artists do. His first mixtape, "So Far Gone", has become a legendary classic, and it positioned Drake to take over the game.
Since that first one, Drake has dropped tons of mixtapes and gotten consistently better with each one. I was just listening to that new remix of "Fall For Your Type" with Jamie Foxx and another weird song called "Hit It In The Morning" that Drake guests on, and just marvelling at how when he gets on the track he just takes it over. Drake is definitely one to watch over the coming year.
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