Is Iyrtitl a mixtape or album?

Q: What is the difference between album and mixtapes?

When it comes to production, whats the difference between a mixtape and an album? A mixtape is free, easy to distribute, and is used to gain buzz around an artist or even an upcoming album release. An album is more polished and produced in a way to monetize directly from the singles released.

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What is the difference between album and mixtapes?
What is a mixtape album?
Why is the album called If you're reading this it's too late?
How much did Iyrtitl sell first week?

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Discussion Starter · #1 · Feb 15, 2015

idk it just feels like a mixtape for me not album material

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fvckbg said:
idk it just feels like a mixtape for me not album material

It is a mixtape but is definitely album material.

Joined Apr 21, 2012

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Drake calls it a mixtape so mixtape

Joined Nov 12, 2011

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A mixtape but he has to release it as an album to end his contract

Joined Jan 11, 2015

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mixtape. It's all over the place, not really flowing together

Joined Feb 19, 2013

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Mixtape.

Just because it features original beats and you had to pay for it doesn't mean it's an album lol. There's so much more to it than that. Also dude go back the last few pages this threads been made like 5 times.

Music is the real joy for Drake, and If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late is best enjoyed as an exercise in the casual excellence of the artist as rhymer and purveyor of hooks. The vocals are often just vampy flow experiments, but at their best these verses exhibit the weightless exhilaration of a technician at work. Drake’s never more formidable than when he’s shadowboxing, and at its flashiest, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late feels like his Rocky run. Inspired by gauntlet tosses from adversaries high and low, Drake uses the mixtape to toast and taunt a rogue’s gallery of industry frenemies. For Diddy, who reportedly punched him over ownership of the beat for "0 to 100/The Catch Up": "Real quick, man, you couldn’t’ve hated that/ Let’s be real, nigga, you couldn’t’ve made it that." For disgruntled labelmate Tyga, who insulted Drake in a Vibe magazine feature: "You need to act your age and not your girl’s age." For friend-turned-rival Kendrick Lamar: "They gon’ say your name on them airwaves/ They gon hit you after like it’s only rap."

On If You’re Reading This, all of this chest beating is delivered over the most darkly hypnotic beats Drake’s graced since So Far Gone. Much of the mixtape foregoes the supervision of his producer-in-residence Noah "40" Shebib, but 40’s codeine-soul aesthetic is the ghost in the machine. The PARTYNEXTDOOR showcase "Wednesday Night Interlude" matches the OVO signee’s pleading vocal to a chunk of Canadian producer Ekali’s ethereal "Unfaith", itself an interpolation of Ciara and Future’s "Body Party". Ginuwine and Timbaland’s 2000 classic "So Anxious" is sampled twice, soundtracking the slow-cooking opener "Legend" and the 40 contribution "Madonna". Where R&B sounds aren’t incorporated directly, their thick sensuality is frequently hinted at. The pace of the mixtape rarely elevates past a crawl, reveling in the moody, winding instrumentals and hooky sentimentality of Boi-1da, PARTYNEXTDOOR and newcomers Wondagurl, SykSense, and Sevn Thomas without worrying about posting upbeat knockers to Top 40 radio.

In the days to come you’ll read that Drake "pulled a Beyoncé" with the stealth drop of If You’re Reading This, and yes, both are surprise releases from A-list artists topping the charts without a rollout or much in the way of an advance warning. But Radiohead’s In Rainbowsis the better comparison: Both records found the artists revisiting the mood of a highly regarded early work as they transition into new methods of delivering music to fans. Whether the Drake tape is a clever track dump disguised as an album with the intent of worming out of his Cash Money deal, a deliberately planned gesture to tide fans over until the upcoming Views from the 6, or just an exercise in shirking the protracted waits and missed dates of the retail rap game, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late winningly employs the occasion of the So Far Gone anniversary to revisit the twilight consternation of Drake’s breakout release, perhaps to close out a chapter of his career on the same note on which it began.

What is the difference between album and mixtapes?

When it comes to production, what's the difference between a mixtape and an album? A mixtape is free, easy to distribute, and is used to gain buzz around an artist or even an upcoming album release. An album is more polished and produced in a way to monetize directly from the singles released.

What is a mixtape album?

A mixtape (alternatively mix-tape, mix tape or mixed tape) is a compilation of music, typically from multiple sources, recorded onto a medium. With origins in the 1980s, the term normally describes a homemade compilation of music onto a cassette tape, CD, or digital playlist.

Why is the album called If you're reading this it's too late?

In the immediate aftermath of its release, rumors swirled that If You're Reading This It's Too Late was a surprise drop meant to get Drake out of his album obligation with Cash Money. Some suspected that the title itself was a middle finger to Birdman and a message of loyalty to Drake's friend and mentor, Lil Wayne.

How much did Iyrtitl sell first week?

It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and moved 535,000 units first week despite only having 3 days of sales. IYRTITL earned Drake a Grammy Nom (Best Rap Album) and broke the Spotify First Week Streaming Record.