Making Quote by Kelela

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

— Tyrese Gibson

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

— Theophilus London

I'm not really rocking with mixtapes no more. EPs and albums - that's it.

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

Mixtapes, it's for everyone and you throw them in the trash quickly. While an album is an object that only your real fans take…

— Young Thug

We owned the mixtape game, and every mixtape we put out was like an album.

— Takeoff

A mixtape is for the street, it's something you without necessarily thinking about it, because you have to stay in the game. It's like…

— Young Thug

I know a lot of people like mixtape Fab, and albums, to me, you're speaking to a broader audience sometimes. I take that at…

— Fabolous

I'm so obsessed with the idea of creating a mixtape that feels really authentic to each artist.

— Lola Young

I put a lot in my mixtapes, but I definitely put a lot into my albums as well.

— Fabolous

I've had mixtapes that have been better than albums I've heard from other artists. I take my time; I put my heart into it.

— Kevin Gates

Mixtapes were the soundtrack, back in my day, of peoples' lives.

— Wendy Williams

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

— Richard Hilfiger