Mixtapes Quotes

When I put out my first mixtape, '50 Cent is the Future,' it was the first tape where an artist did the entire tape in song format. ~ Curtis Jackson

Before I had my daughter I actually wanted to do something that I could put out for free, like a mixtape, but it wasn't going to really be a mixtape, it was just going to be songs that I wrote and release for free. ~ Jhene Aiko

Lil Wayne is somebody who I used to ride to school listening to in my car. You know from Tha Carter to Tha Carter II, to Dedication 1 & 2, to Da Drought, his mixtapes. You know you got that for him as him being a rap legend, somebody who you look up to. ~ Big Sean

Even though I'm out there as an artist, I continue droppin' mixtapes, I continue doin' this and continue showin' DJs love personally. That's why I continue doin' a lot of things other artists don't do. ~ Ace Hood

I think mixtapes have been really important for keeping my buzz strong. ~ JD Era

I'm working on a mixtape called I Made Hip-Hop Smile. It's going to be a free online mixtape. I think it's going to get some crazy buzz. We have a few marketing campaigns, that I think are going to make it pull through. ~ SonReal

I lost a boyfriend over Elmore James. You know that moment when you send mixtapes at fifteen? He sent me pop hits, and I sent him Elmore James, and I never heard from him again. ~ Imelda May

I think right now a lot of albums that are out there, they sound like mixtapes. ~ Tyrese Gibson

I have done whole projects with Scoop Deville, I like to basically work with a single producer. I always just worked on a bunch of songs, and then put them together, whether it was an EP or another project. None of them were mixtapes where I was rapping over other peoples beats. ~ Young De

[Relationships] never seem to work out, I mean it gets to the point where I have to be extremely cautious. You have to understand, this stardom thing is still new to me, I don't even consider myself "famous". It's 2008: if you have a blog, a mixtape and two pairs of skinny jeans you, too, can be 'famous'. ~ Danny Denzongpa

"Snapped" happened maybe like two months after I released the mixtape. I just like took a break from recording and that was the first song I wrote and recorded after the mixtape. ~ Jhene Aiko

I am international. When I put out my second mixtape, we did four tours and a tour overseas. ~ Theophilus London

I listened to a mind joint, and I wanted to do my own version of it, and what you hear on my mixtape is my take on what the whole CD sounds like. ~ Talib Kweli

When I started Fool's Gold and producing consistent records that were like electro beats with rapping on it that was experimental and weird. I made a mixtape called Dirty South Dance where I put rap vocals over dance music. That was literally an experiment. Now all these rappers are rapping on dance music. This is something I've been trying to build for a while. ~ A-Trak

I was down on the floor in a pile of DVDs and mixtapes, faced with 135 pounds (or was it 145?) of angry mom. She pressed hard on my chest with her foot, ~ G.L. Tomas

I don't want to be stuck in the same spot, just dropping mixtapes for no reason. ~ Shy Glizzy

Mixtapes are always small scale to me - they never get taken seriously, and they're always short-lived. ~ ASAP Ferg

I usually sing a lot on my mixtapes. I sing a lot on songs that just really aren't singles. Even my first single, 'My Last,' which I feel like is more pop than anything - I was originally singing the chorus on there. I'm used to that. I've always had fresh melodies. ~ Big Sean

Mixtapes are very personal, and they describe who you are better than an album sometimes. ~ Theophilus London

If I could never put out an album in my life, I could just put out mixtapes. The music got to be out there somehow. ~ Richard Hilfiger

The mixtapes we made for ourselves were musical mirrors. The sadness, anger, or frustration you might be feeling at a given time could be encapsulated in the song selection. You made mixtapes that corresponded to emotional states, and they'd be avaliable to pop into the deck when each feeling needed reinforcing or soothing. The mixtape was your friend, your psychiatrist, and your solace. ~ David Byrne

With each project, whether it's an album or a mixtape, I try to learn more in the process. ~ Yo Gotti