Once upon a time, artists used to release singles, albums and maybe the odd EP, and we all knew where we were. These days, though, there’s also the mixtape - a collection of songs that, to all intents and purposes, might seem like an album, but for some reason isn’t.
Of course, the concept of the mixtape isn’t new - we were all making compilation cassettes for our friends and would-be more-then-friends back in the ‘80s and ‘90s - but over the past decade, it’s become increasingly common for an artist (particularly one at the start of their career) to release a mixtape that contains original material.
