The prevalence of mixtapes and free albums has inspired Green-Label.com to craft “A Ranking Of The Dopest Free Hip Hop Albums/Mixtapes.”
“Formerly recorded by deejays to display their skills or break exclusive songs, these projects are now designed to either build new artists from the ground up or help others maintain a buzz until a label signs off on a retail release,” the story says. “Stars such as Drake and J. Cole got their start this way while Jay Z took this approach just for the sake of competition.”
Among the projects listed is Jay Z’s S. Carter Collection.
“After releasing albums for seven consecutive years, Jay Z decided to release a free mixtape celebrating one of his earliest corporate deals,” Green Label’s story says. “In conjunction with his Reebok sneaker, the S. Carter Collection featured new and old rhymes that clearly demonstrated why Jay had already cemented his status as an all-time great.”
To view the entire “A Ranking Of The Dopest Free Hip Hop Albums/Mixtapes” list, visit Green-Label.com.
Jay Z is da best!
Too stupid fake it till you make it idiots.
I’ll take the Ghostface JLove Mix tapes. 1,2 and 3 over that BS carter shit.
S carter house negro corp
Whoever put that list together should be slapped black and blue.
He doesn’t have one of those Ghostface Mixtapes on the list.
Hov is the illest to ever do it hands down
DX – It’s hilarious that Lil Wayne isn’t even on that list. He’s probably the artist that has had the biggest impact on the Hip Hop mixtape game in the last 10 years. Massive sales difference between Carter 2 and Carter 3 is solely because of his tapes
G shit. That makes the list lose a lot of credibility to me.
Dam I remember that Re-Up 2! The bul Sandman was droppin crazy bars on that thang! That was a nice ass mixtape. The Cole and Royce was ridiculous too. I think Fab Soul Tape 3 is the best out of that list, he used original beats..that shit was literally a free “album”.