Advertisement
Advertisement
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
She even has a plan to get Leo’s mixtape heard by the hottest club owner in town, and she’ll finish explaining it just as soon as she’s finished vogueing with real-life ballroom staple Natasha Twist.
It was while living on her own that she recorded and produced what eventually became her buzzy 2012 mixtape, an R&B experiment she uploaded to the internet called “Drunken Babble.”
The 23-year-old's new mixtape, Fancy That, is accessible, hypnotic and seductive alt-pop.
In a recent Reddit thread, PinkPantheress said the mixtape represented a "more fun" side to her personality than the introspective, "emo asf" lyrics of her debut album Heaven Knows.
It is, exactly as Adebimpe suggested, akin to a mixtape that acts as a time capsule for a portentous period for an individual as much as the collective.
Advertisement
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.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse