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Music
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Music Feature
May 30, 2013
Why mixtapes don't hit the charts
It's not because they aren’t a vital format or the fuel for a parallel music economy—it’s because
Billboard
and the RIAA ignore them.
By Miles Raymer
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Recording Industry Association of America
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Universal
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Warner Music Group
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WMG
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charts
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UMG
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Vivendi
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Bishop Nehru
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Macklemore
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Ryan Lewis
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Warner Brothers
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Alternative Distribution Alliance
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Hot 100 charts
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On-Demand Songs charts
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online streaming
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downloads
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radio airplay
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record sales
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YouTube
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Universal Music Group
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radio
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Taylor Swift
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Mumford & Sons
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Spotify
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Baauer
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rap mixtapes
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hip-hop
,
rap
,
DatPiff.com
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LiveMixtapes.com
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mixtape distribution
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Jermih
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Charli XCX
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Major Lazer
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free downloads
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Rick Ross
,
Young Jeezy
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A$AP Rocky
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DatPiff
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Le'Roy Benros
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Noizy Crickets!!
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Angel Haze
Blogs
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Bleader
Nov 7, 2011
Surachai's visually stunning, sonically gnarly album
The best avant-black-metal to come out of Chicago this year
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Crickets
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Music
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Surachai
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Handshake Inc.
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free downloads
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metal
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black metal
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Chicago
Blogs
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Bleader
Aug 12, 2011
Face Melt Chicago presents locally grown beats
A Chicago hip-hop mix tape that's better than free
By Miles Raymer
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Crickets
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Music
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Free Shit
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Swag
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Face Melt Chicago
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Chicago
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the Darkroom
,
hip-hop
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Rude One
,
Meaty Ogre
,
the Opus
,
free downloads
Blogs
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Bleader
Sep 28, 2010
The Bad News About GOOD Fridays
Being "Kanye West" and what that means for all the other musicians in the world
By Miles Raymer
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Crickets
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Music
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Kanye West
,
GOOD Fridays
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Nick Sylvester
,
thirteen.org
,
Riff City
,
music criticism
,
free downloads
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Wu-Tang Clan
Blogs
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Bleader
Jun 1, 2010
The Cool Kids Drop
Tacklebox
The retro-minded duo looks forward on a new mix tape.
By Miles Raymer
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Music
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Free Shit
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Swag
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Cool Kids
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hip-hop
,
Chicago
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T.I.
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Young Jeezy
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Tacklebox
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Bleader
May 27, 2010
To Do Tonight: Hot Smoke & Mini Skirts at Beauty Bar
Garage rock and funk for free at Beauty Bar
By Miles Raymer
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,
free downloads
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 24, 2009
"The Institutional Memory for Punk Rock"
Sharp Darts on the growing tape archive of Chunklet's Henry Owings
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Crickets
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Music
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Henry Owings
,
Chunklet
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punk
,
indie rock
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Sharp Darts
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free downloads
,
cassette tapes
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Nation of Ulysses
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Cupid Car Club
,
Primal Scream
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 16, 2009
Thank God for Cheap Hard Drives
Highly recommended set-length MP3s of Ron Hardy and Lungfish for free download
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Crickets
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Music
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Free Shit
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Swag
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house music
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dance music
,
Chicago
,
Ron Hardy
,
Tommie Sunshine
,
Henry Owings
,
Chunklet
,
Lungfish
,
punk rock
,
free downloads
,
MP3s
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 29, 2009
Mix Hell Is Mix Heavenly
Free download from the DJ project of Sepultura's Igor Calavera
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Crickets
,
Music
,
Mix Hell
,
Sepultura
,
dance music
,
metal
,
Mad Decent
,
free downloads
,
Igor Calavera
,
Laima Leyton
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 13, 2009
Thanks, Raven Sings the Blues!
How did I forget about Bardo Pond?
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Music
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Crickets
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Blogs
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Garage Rock
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psych
,
Mudhoney
,
free downloads
,
The Internet
,
Bardo Pond
,
Hawkwind
,
Nobunny
,
Raven
,
Raven Sings the Blues
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 19, 2009
Open Office
Office front man Scott Masson talks about leaving town and the band's future.
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Music
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Crickets
,
Chicago
,
Indie Rock
,
Gapers Block
,
Office
,
free downloads
,
Scott Masson
Blogs
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Bleader
Sep 25, 2008
Wilco and Fleet Foxes free download
Get a free Wilco and Fleet Foxes download in return for your promise to vote.
By Alison True
Tags:
News
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Chicagoland
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Wilco
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Bob Dylan
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Fleet Foxes
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