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mixtape
[miks-teyp]
noun
a recording on a cassette tape, CD, or digital medium, consisting of music or songs selected by a single person.
My boyfriend made me the greatest mixtape for my birthday.
such a recording consisting of music or songs personally selected by the artist, usually a hip-hop artist.
His mixtape from a live performance helped propel him to stardom.
a recording consisting of blended or recombined tracks, or a series of tracks with smooth transitions, especially one created by a DJ.
Example Sentences
It was their second album in under a year; during which time they'd also released a new EP and a 12-track mixtape, Hop, featuring solo tracks from each of the eight members: Bang Chan, Changbin, Felix, Han, Hyunjin, I.N, Lee Know and Seungmin.
Pa Salieu was tipped as the UK's next rap star thanks to crossover hits like Frontline and his Send Them Back To Coventry mixtape.
At the age of 84, folk musician Martin Carthy becomes the oldest ever Mercury nominee - while viral pop star PinkPantheress's adrenalin-inducing 20-minute mixtape Fancy That is thought to be the shortest ever nominated album.
Afrikan Alien is his first mixtape since being released, and it showcased a newly philosophical angle to his lyrics – reflecting on his incarceration, his Gambian family, and what it means to be of African heritage in the UK.
The musical was inspired by Miranda’s reading of Ron Chernow’s biography; it started out as a concept album, “The Hamilton Mixtape”; and it was buoyed, in 2009, by an enthusiastic White House reception of its now-iconic opening number.
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When To Use
Unlike an official album, a mixtape is a more casual assortment of songs, organized by a listener or created by an artist.
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