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Mixtape
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A mixtape is a home-made compilation of music recorded in a specific order, traditionally onto a cassette tape, though later replaced by CD or MP3 playlist formats. The songs can be sequential, or by beatmatching the songs and creating overlaps, compilations may include a selection of favorite songs, or music linked by theme or mood, perhaps tailored to the tapes intended recipient. Writing in 2004, essayist Geoffrey OBrien called the mix tape perhaps the most widely practiced American art form. Homemade mix tapes became common in the 1980s, but improvements in fidelity finally allowed the cassette to become a major player. The growth of the mixtape was also encouraged by improved quality and increased popularity of audio players in car entertainment systems. These recordings tended to be of technical ability than home-made mixtapes. One 12 October 1974 article in Billboard Magazine reported, Tapes were originally dubbed by jockeys to serve as standbys for times when they did not have disco turntables to hand, the tapes represent each jockeys concept of programming, placing, and sequencing of record sides. The music is heard without interruption, one- to three-hour programs bring anywhere from $30 to $75 per tape, mostly reel-to-reel, but increasingly on cartridge and cassette. Club proprietors, as well as DJs, would often prepare such tapes for sale, throughout the 1980s, mixtapes were a highly visible element of youth culture. The high point of traditional culture was arguably the publication of Nick Hornbys novel High Fidelity in 1995. Some mix enthusiasts also appreciate the potential of the mix CD for extended, continuous mixes, MP3 players have further enhanced track accessibility, though ones without a screen defeat that purpose. Today, websites concerned with electronic music provide mixes in a digital format and these usually consist of recorded DJ sets of live, beat-matched mixes of songs, which are used by DJs seeking to demonstrate their mixing skills to an online audience. Some radio shows worldwide specialize in mix series, including The Breezeblock on BBC Radio 1, The Solid Steel Show, and Eddy Temple-Morris/The Remix on Xfm. Additionally, DJs such as Grandmaster Flash, DJ QBert, DJ Spooky, DJ Z-Trip or DJ Shadow, The Avalanches, and Rjd2 have gained fame for creating new songs by combining fragments of existing songs. This practice is derived from the use of song loops as musical backdrops for an MCs rhymes in hip hop music. Frank Creighton, a director of anti-copyright infringement efforts for the Recording Industry Association of America and this requires the mixtape creator to consider the transitions between songs, the effects caused by juxtaposing a soft song with a loud song, and the overall narrative arc of the entire tape. It also came with an actual CD featuring ten of the songs discussed in the text, many have been so widely distributed that the CDDB has logged and can identify ID3 tags when a disc mix tape is inserted into a PC. In hip hops earliest days, the music existed in live form, so performers music was spread via tapes of parties
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Lil Wayne
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Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American hip hop recording artist and author from New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1991, at the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, in 1996, Lil Wayne joined the southern hip hop group Hot Boys, with his Cash Money label-mates Juvenile, Young Turk and Lil Doogie. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live. that same year, Most of the groups success came with their platinum-selling album Guerrilla Warfare and the 1999 single Bling Bling. Along with being the flagship artist of Cash Money Records, Lil Wayne is also the Chief Executive Officer of his own imprint, Young Money Entertainment. Lil Waynes solo debut album Tha Block Is Hot, was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and his subsequent albums, Lights Out and 500 Degreez, went on to be certified gold. Wayne reached higher popularity with his fourth album Tha Carter, which was led by the single Go D. J. and his appearance on Destinys Childs Top 10 single Soldier, that same year. The album was followed by Tha Carter II, as well as several mixtapes, Wayne gained more prominence with his sixth album Tha Carter III, which became his most successful album to date, with first-week sales of over one million copies in the United States. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and includes the hit singles Lollipop, A Milli, following the success of Tha Carter III, Wayne decided to record a rock-esque album titled Rebirth. The album, released in 2010, was certified gold by the RIAA, in March 2010, Lil Wayne began serving an 8-month jail sentence in New York after being convicted of criminal possession of a weapon stemming from an incident in July 2007. Waynes eighth album I Am Not a Human Being, was released during his incarceration and his 2011 album and first following his release, Tha Carter IV, sold 964,000 copies in its first week of availability in the United States. It includes the singles 6 Foot 7 Foot, How to Love, on September 27,2012, Lil Wayne passed Elvis Presley as the male with the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with 109 songs. The record has since passed by other artists. Lil Waynes thirteenth studio album, Tha Carter V has been delayed multiple times and has no scheduled release date, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. was born on September 27,1982, and grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. His mother, a cook, gave birth to him when she was 19 years old and his parents divorced when he was 2, and his father permanently abandoned the family. Although Wayne and Birdman have a relationship and Birdman calls Carter his son, Waynes biological father. Lil Wayne has also spoken about his stepfather, Rabbit. Carter has a dedicated to Rabbit, who was murdered before Carter became a star. Carter enrolled in the program of Lafayette Elementary School and in the drama club of Eleanor McMain Secondary School
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Hip hop music
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It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements, MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling beats or bass lines from records, while often used to refer solely to rapping, hip hop more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture. Hip hops early evolution occurred as sampling technology and drum machines became available and affordable. Turntablist techniques such as scratching and beatmatching developed along with the breaks and Jamaican toasting, rapping developed as a vocal style in which the artist speaks or chants along rhythmically with an instrumental or synthesized beat. The Sugarhill Gangs 1979 song Rappers Delight is widely regarded to be the first hip hop record to gain popularity in the mainstream. The 1980s marked the diversification of hip hop as the genre developed more complex styles, prior to the 1980s, hip hop music was largely confined within the United States. However, during the 1980s, it began to spread to scenes in dozens of countries. New school hip hop was the wave of hip hop music, originating in 1983–84 with the early records of Run-D. M. C. The Golden age hip hop period was a period between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s. Notable artists from this era include the Juice Crew, Public Enemy, & Rakim, Boogie Down Productions and KRS-One, EPMD, Slick Rick, Beastie Boys, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Ultramagnetic MCs, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest. Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that often focuses on the violent lifestyles, in the West Coast hip hop style, G-funk dominated mainstream hip hop for several years during the 1990s. I. G. In the 1990s, hip hop began to diversify with other regional styles emerging, such as Southern rap, at the same time, hip hop continued to be assimilated into other genres of popular music, examples being Neo soul and nu metal. Hip hop became a pop music genre in the mid-1990s. The popularity of hip hop music continued through the 2000s, with hip hop influences also increasingly finding their way into mainstream pop, the United States also saw the success of regional styles such as crunk, a Southern genre that emphasized the beats and music more than the lyrics. Starting in 2005, sales of hip hop music in the United States began to severely wane, during the mid-2000s, alternative hip hop secured a place in the mainstream, due in part to the crossover success of artists such as OutKast and Kanye West. Creation of the hip hop is often credited to Keith Cowboy, rapper with Grandmaster Flash. However, Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, and DJ Hollywood used the term when the music was known as disco rap. Cowboy later worked the hip hop cadence into a part of his stage performance, the first use of the term in print was in The Village Voice, by Steven Hager, later author of a 1984 history of hip hop
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Young Money Entertainment
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Young Money Entertainment is an American record label founded by rapper Lil Wayne. Young Moneys president is Lil Waynes lifelong friend Mack Maine, the label is an imprint of Cash Money Records and is distributed by Republic Records. The label has released eleven US No, current artists include Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Mack Maine, Jae Millz and Cory Gunz among others. The label has released three albums, We Are Young Money, Rich Gang and Young Money, Rise of an Empire. In October 2007, Lil Wayne said in an interview with Vibe that he had stepped down as President of the label, as of 2009, Mack Maine is serving as President. Rapper Drake signed a joint venture between Cash Money Records and Young Money, President Mack Maine confirmed that Omarion was no longer on the label after many rumours were circulating the internet. To promote their collaboration album We Are Young Money, which was released on December 21,2009 and we Are Young Money debuted at number 9 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 142,000 copies in its first-week sales. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over a shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States, the album featured the highly successful single Bedrock. BedRock debuted at thirty six on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending December 12,2009, on the week ending March 13,2010, the song reached a peak of two, making it the most successful single by the group on the chart. BedRock debuted in the UK Singles Chart on 6 February 2010 at forty, on March 6,2010, the single climbed to twenty two, and the subsequent week the single climbed to eighteen, marking Young Moneys first Top 20 hit in the UK. Peaking at number nine on April 3,2010, making it Young Moneys first Top 10 hit in the UK. The label had three of the top 10 highest 2010 hip hop album sales with—in order—Drakes Thank Me Later, Lil Waynes Rebirth, on March 6,2010, Lil Wayne confirmed that rapper Cory Gunz was the latest artist to sign. In November 2011, Lil Wayne introduced 14-year-old singer Torion Sellers, on February 15,2013 Mack Maine announced We the Future and Lil Waynes 14-year-old daughter Reginae Carter had signed to Young Money. The next albums released by Young Money were Lil Waynes I Am Not a Human Being II, Tygas Hotel California and Drakes Nothing Was the Same on March 26, April 7, in December 2012 Mack Maine announced a second Young Money album will be released. In February 2013 Birdman released a mixtape with Cash Money and Young Money titled Rich Gang. Shortly after he announced an album titled, Rich Gang that was due to be released on May 21,2013 featuring members of Cash Money, Young Money. The first single from the project, Tapout would be released on March 12,2013 and featured Lil Wayne, Future, Mack Maine, the album would then be pushed back to July 23,2013. On January 22,2014, it was revealed that Young Money would be releasing their own album on March 11,2014, titled Young Money
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Dedication 5
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Dedication 5 is a mixtape by American rapper Lil Wayne. The mixtape was released on September 1,2013 and it is the fifth installment of Lil Waynes Dedication series, following its predecessors The Dedication, Dedication 2, Dedication 3 and Dedication 4. Its also the fifth installment of Lil Waynes Gangsta Grillz Pentalogy, the mixtape features guest appearances from The Weeknd, Chance the Rapper, Jae Millz, Future, Birdman, Mack Maine, T. I. Vado and Kidd Kidd among others, on June 10,2013 Lil Wayne released a freestyle over Ace Hoods hit ”Bugatti” instrumental featuring fellow Young Money artist Boo, which was later confirmed to be the first song from Dedication 5. Later that day DJ Drama confirmed on his Twitter that the mixtape is coming by stating, hinting that the mixtape was still in development. Mack Maine intensified the topic when he tweeted D5 hinting the tape would be soon released, on August 14,2013, Lil Wayne hinted on his Twitter account that the mixtape would be finished in 10 days after he was asked by a fan. On August 25,2013, it was announced the mixtape would be released on August 30,2013, the mixtape was later pushed back two days and was released on September 1,2013, at 12AM PST. The graphic artwork of Dedication 5 was made by the graphics team OllyCarterzGFX, Dedication 5 was met with mixed reviews from music critics. William E. Occasionally, the YMCMB head honcho shows that he still has a portion of the skills that earned him his spot among rap’s elite, if he can find recapture the consistency from that same era, he won’t have to apologize to his fans for much longer. Brian Josephs of XXL gave the mixtape an L, saying Surprisingly, on one of the final tracks, Lil Wayne is asked if he considers himself a living legend. He doesn’t know, but he concludes by saying being Lil Wayne is “amazing. ”Is this just contentment or a positive outlook on things to come, like the entertaining, but flawed Dedication 5 is. Fans could speculate, but it’s much easier to realize how refreshing it is to hear Lil Wayne sounding like he gives a damn, corban Goble of Pitchfork Media gave the mixtape a 5. But with both recent mixtapes as well as recent projects, Wayne has set the bar very low, it’s hard to know until the artist himself decides, but Dedication 5-- a release whose DatPiff page earnestly reads Welcome back Mixtape Weezy”-- shows that some gears are still moving. He’s got a way to go before he’s ever the Best In The World again. Good to have ya back, Mr. Carter, Wayne has stumbled hard in recent years, but with Dedication 5 he seems to have temporarily caught himself. He even apologized to fans on Twitter recently and promised to work harder, Dedication 5 is not the best Lil Wayne mixtape ever. It’s not even in the Top 5, but it is the best that he’s released in four years, more importantly, it’s evidence that Mixtape Weezy still exists in some form, if Wayne can stop cashing checks and doing skateboard tricks long enough to let him out. On December 23,2013, XXL ranked it at number 16 on their list of the best mixtapes of 2013
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Free Weezy Album
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Free Weezy Album is the eleventh studio album by American hip hop recording artist Lil Wayne. It was released on July 4,2015, by Young Money Entertainment and Republic Records, Wayne also expressed his feelings by stating he felt both he and his creativity were being held prisoner. On January 20,2015, Wayne self-released Sorry 4 the Wait 2 and it is the sequel to 2011s Sorry 4 the Wait, which served for the same purpose during the delay of his ninth album, Tha Carter IV. Upon Sorry for the Wait 2s release, it was noted Wayne disses Birdman and Cash Money Records, on January 28,2015, it was reported Wayne filed a $51 million lawsuit against Birdman and Cash Money Records over the delay of Tha Carter V. In February 2015, due to Tha Carter Vs continuous delay, Wayne announced a Free Weezy Album, would be released prior to the fifth installment in his popular series. In June 2015, Wayne announced he joined fellow American rapper Jay-Zs TIDAL, as an artist owner, the albums cover art and track-listing were unveiled on July 3,2015. After the album was released on July 4,2015, exclusively to TIDAL, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics. The Atlantic positively stated, Free Weezy Album at first seems like pure swagger, but then you realize whats really on the rappers mind and critiqued the first few tracks although praised closer Pick Up Your Heart. HipHopDXs Ural Garrett enthusiastically said, Free Weezy Album features both that lovely stream-of-consciousness lyricism and oddly refreshing conceptual themes that made him so worthwhile, Wayne sounds like he finally gets it. Sample credits Glory contains a sample from Arise, Shine performed by Greg Dykes, hes Dead contains a sample from I See Ghost performed by As Animals. I Feel Good contains a sample from I Got You performed by James Brown
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Tha Carter V
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Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American hip hop recording artist and author from New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1991, at the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, in 1996, Lil Wayne joined the southern hip hop group Hot Boys, with his Cash Money label-mates Juvenile, Young Turk and Lil Doogie. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live. that same year, Most of the groups success came with their platinum-selling album Guerrilla Warfare and the 1999 single Bling Bling. Along with being the flagship artist of Cash Money Records, Lil Wayne is also the Chief Executive Officer of his own imprint, Young Money Entertainment. Lil Waynes solo debut album Tha Block Is Hot, was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and his subsequent albums, Lights Out and 500 Degreez, went on to be certified gold. Wayne reached higher popularity with his fourth album Tha Carter, which was led by the single Go D. J. and his appearance on Destinys Childs Top 10 single Soldier, that same year. The album was followed by Tha Carter II, as well as several mixtapes, Wayne gained more prominence with his sixth album Tha Carter III, which became his most successful album to date, with first-week sales of over one million copies in the United States. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and includes the hit singles Lollipop, A Milli, following the success of Tha Carter III, Wayne decided to record a rock-esque album titled Rebirth. The album, released in 2010, was certified gold by the RIAA, in March 2010, Lil Wayne began serving an 8-month jail sentence in New York after being convicted of criminal possession of a weapon stemming from an incident in July 2007. Waynes eighth album I Am Not a Human Being, was released during his incarceration and his 2011 album and first following his release, Tha Carter IV, sold 964,000 copies in its first week of availability in the United States. It includes the singles 6 Foot 7 Foot, How to Love, on September 27,2012, Lil Wayne passed Elvis Presley as the male with the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with 109 songs. The record has since passed by other artists. Lil Waynes thirteenth studio album, Tha Carter V has been delayed multiple times and has no scheduled release date, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. was born on September 27,1982, and grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. His mother, a cook, gave birth to him when she was 19 years old and his parents divorced when he was 2, and his father permanently abandoned the family. Although Wayne and Birdman have a relationship and Birdman calls Carter his son, Waynes biological father. Lil Wayne has also spoken about his stepfather, Rabbit. Carter has a dedicated to Rabbit, who was murdered before Carter became a star. Carter enrolled in the program of Lafayette Elementary School and in the drama club of Eleanor McMain Secondary School
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Sorry 4 the Wait
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Sorry 4 the Wait is a mixtape by the New Orleans native rapper Lil Wayne, named as an attempt to apologize for the continued delay of his ninth album, Tha Carter IV. Wayne said the mixtape would have ten songs and be similar to No Ceilings, with him using other artists tracks. It was released for download on July 13,2011. The sequel to the mixtape was released on January 20,2015, as a response to the delay of Waynes album Tha Carter V. Cortez Bryant delayed Tha Carter IV back until August 29, hence worrying Wayne about his fans patience, the Mixtape was worked on secretly until Young Money president Mack Maine tweeted BREAKING NEWS. Lil Wayne mixtape “SORRY4 THE WAIT” coming soon, rappers Lil B and Gudda Gudda were featured on the mixtape. Tunechis Back was the first track released off the mixtape on July 8 and it samples Tupac Back by Meek Mill featuring Rick Ross. A Deluxe version was released on July 13, and the official mixtape, sorry 4 the Wait at Metacritic
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