r/makinghiphop • u/Traditional_Vast5081 Singer/Producer • 22h ago

Question Do Concept Mixtapes exist?

Imagine a concept album, but it's a mixtape. Do these type of mixtapes exist? Cause I'm making a concept album (I've already made some beats) but rn the only type of beats that come to mind is sampled beats, and I can't spend any money for this project.

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u/JustAMonsterTruck 22h ago

Captain Murphy might have the greatest concept "mixtape" ever. It's called Duality.

If you love MF DOOM and Flying Lotus (Hint Hint) you'll love this.

It's one of my goat mixtapes due to its concept and the samples and songs that really help solidify the theme and echo it through the whole project.

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u/austinzsoice409 21h ago

Drive-Thru is one of the hypest songs of all time.

I really like how he incorporated the Heavens Gate tapes into some tracks. I always thought Eternal Atake drew influence from that (at least the cover)

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u/Ur-Germania 21h ago

Yes they exist. There really is no hard distinction between an album and a mixtape anyway. It is whatever you call it.

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u/kurtisbmusic 22h ago

Kind of. First one that comes to mind is KIDS. Not exactly a story from beginning to finish but it’s a centralized focus on a particular subject based off of a movie.

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u/Ray229harris Type your link 16h ago

Use the sampled beats, no ones gonna care

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u/M_O_O_O_O_T 12h ago

Yes. But they are generally called albums.

The term 'mixtape' gets thrown around a lot. I'm older so a mixtape is a compilation of other people's tracks you make yourself on a cassette. The phrase has lost all meaning now honestly.

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u/paragontas405 21h ago

conceptual it's a thing, def, but dunno what do you mean by "it's an album but it's mixtape".

anyways, yeah, I love that stuff and I write conceptual stuff as well. hmu about the beats tho, we can talk about it

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u/LuckerMcDog 20h ago

Pirata by Wun Two is a pretty cool concept beat tape.

Has a full child's story narrated by Ugly God through out the tracks

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u/Toplicious 18h ago

I love conceptual albums/mixtapes! Made a few myself too. They can be about/sound like anything you want.

I’ve done a few myself too, for example:

  • Jewels, a beattape about gems, thievery and riches

  • Wayside Trails, about hiking trekking and nature in general

  • Noctua & Cuts, both Halloween tapes

  • winter bumps, everwhites & Chambéry, all of them winter related

Currently working on one about prehistoric life, hunter-gatherers.

Music doesn’t have clear rules, so make it about that you want/certain sound you like

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u/Level_Smile_9937 18h ago

Im releasing "beat tapes" it is part of the old school hip hop culture. From when people passed them around by hand to the "digital" version now

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u/BangAndMaccanIsGone 17h ago

Faces - Mac Miller

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u/PhonDaProducer 22h ago

Make whatever you wanna make, there is no rules. Did soul samples exist popularly before KanYe? No. Did he care. No. Just like he did, you can also do what you want, and who knows, maybe you’ll change hip hop?

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u/DirtzMaGertz 20h ago

Brother, soul samples existed popularly before Kanye. The way he flips samples is uniquely Kanye but tons of early 90s hip hop used soul samples because that's what most producers grew up listening to and access to through their parents records. 

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u/PhonDaProducer 19h ago

I meant the way he uses them, not that they didn’t exist, i poorly worded it tho, thanks g

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u/kurtisbmusic 19h ago

He popularized the sped-up “chipmunk” sample sound. That’s probably what you’re referring to.

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u/Sweet_Counter_519 12h ago

https://youtu.be/aUrxAmnLAGA?si=YMswxpuHZYqb-PH9
dirt nasty did a whole mixtape making a mockery of 90s/00s rap one hit wonders that happened to be "white" lol its a banger tho