Stream/Download Big K.R.I.T.'s New Mixtape 'IBTW: It’s Better This Way'
The title “mixtape” has taken many forms over the years. What started in the '80s as a cassette tape full of songs from various artists and maybe even various genres is now utilized as a way for signed artists to release the music they want to give their fans, verses that they and the label settle on. A big debate in hip hop has been about the mixtapes being better than the albums. This has been true for a lot of artists from Meek Mill to Future and even Big K.R.I.T. (with the exception of Cadillactica).
Another phenomenon we’ve seen lately has been artists dropping major albums without promotion. Most credit—or blame, depending on how you look at it—Beyoncé. Most recently the Drake and Future joint album—What a Time to Be Alive, 11 songs, billed as a mixtape—had this kind of out-of-the-blue release. Today Big K.R.I.T., the 29-year-old Mississippi MC, combined both and dropped IBTW: It’s Better This Way, a surprise project hosted by DJ Drama. Stream it here, via Datpiff:
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