MIXTAPES and the WWWĪround the same time in 1990’s the world wide web came into being. The whole feel of writing the names of the tracks on the Tape or in this case the CD cover was lost. With the popularisation of MP3’s (the new compression format for music), the music lost a lot of quality and the number of tracks that would fit the CD increased drastically. Besides CD writers were not cheap and took allot more time and effort to create than their analog tape counterpart. They were not as popular, they lacked the analog feel of a tape and were more expensive. The mixtapes of the ’80s transformed to Mix CD’s when rewritable CD’s were introduced in 1997. The Digital Age brought its own revolutions to music and the music industry. Post the 80s, saw the downfall of mixtapes. ![]() Mixtapes popularity grew to such an extent, that at a point it was even considered an art form in America.
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