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mixtape

Or mix tape

[miks-teyp]

noun

Music.
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. a recording consisting of blended or recombined tracks, or a series of tracks with smooth transitions, especially one created by a DJ.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mixtape1

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Example Sentences

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Villarreal: Are we going to learn any of the other songs on Cal’s mixtape?

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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.

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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.”

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The 23-year-old's new mixtape, Fancy That, is accessible, hypnotic and seductive alt-pop.

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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.

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When To Use

What does mixtape mean?

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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