![]() ![]() ![]() *I included download links to these gems, so you too can enjoy these magical sounds in lo-fi the way the rap gods intended. Walk with us as we rank these classic tapes in terms of the mixing of tracks (extra points are given for Puffy's shit-talking). ![]() I used to play these tapes until they popped. Before the Internet really took over, this was how hip-hop heads got their hands on new music. They made names for themselves by being able to get exclusive records before anybody else. 4, each one hosted by veteran DJs Doo Wop, Stretch Armstrong, and SNS, respectively. 1 featured some of the most memorable songs ever that were heard for the first time on that tape. The first tape was mixed by DJ Clue?, then an up-and-comer out of Queens who was on his was way to being one of the first mixtape DJs to get a major label record deal. So, being the astute businessman that he is, Puff decided to host a string of tapes alongside New York's hottest DJs. During this time mixtapes weren't free albums with original production, they were a means of promoting new music. Puff did everything big, from videos, to clothes, to cars. Once Biggie's Ready to Die went platinum, Diddy and Bad Boy went on a run that changed rap forever, positioning the genre as a real force in popular culture. Puffy started Bad Boy Records in 1993 after being fired by his mentor, Andre Harrell, and he hasn't looked back since.
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