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There are all kinds of mix tapes. there is always a reason to make one.

— Rob Sheffield

Sample clearances and roll-out plans is what separates mix-tapes & albums.

— Big K.R.I.T

I love Mix Tape. It combines three great elements - magic, music and a natural way of performing. I know that every time you…

— Luke Jermay

In hip-hop, what you have is you have a lot of formulaic-type bands or rappers that come up. They saw something on the radio,…

— Sir Mix-a-Lot

When you mix a record that someone else is on, you've got to send it to them. They've got to like the mix, you…

— Future

The tapes we were making would jump around with different styles, just quick parts of different songs. Hip-hop to jazz to funk to whatever…

— Ad-Rock

When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner.

— Sherman Alexie

“They’re never technically tapes, but they’re always called mix tapes anyway, just because tapes are always cool.”

— Rob Sheffield

If you listen to my early music, I didn't know how to mix. I barely knew how to record for real, and I didn't…

— Zaytoven

But the rhythm of the mix tape is the rhythm of romance, the analog hum of a physical connection between two sloppy, human bodies.

— Rob Sheffield

Hip-hop is not one thing. There are 50 different approaches to making it and showing it.

— Too Short

If you don't understand hip-hop, you just have to see it being recorded.

— Elton John