Remember when mixtapes were the lifeblood of hip-hop culture? Datpiff was the epicenter of that movement, turning raw, underground talent into household names and defining a generation of music fans.
I loved this site. Quiet as it’s kept they also had some of the best R&B mixtapes you could find. Especially in the blog era when the sound turned monochromatic.
Yooo my bad, I'm just seeing this! But the R&B thing you mentioned also just reminded me... Remember when Fan of Fan dropped? Think it was one of their highest downloaded mixtapes. Deuces was killing the radio
This really made me smile. I remember downloading songs from limewire and some of the tracks having “datpiff.com” said at some point on the track. Siiiighhh wow. That a great read.
i'll never forget the rush of 'discovering' new music on datpiff and hip hop daily back in the day. i wasn't allowed to listen to most rap and hip hop growing up, so i had to burn CDs at friends' houses and sneak around to listen. but i craved the sound. lil wayne's da drought 3 and jewelry selection by gucci mane hated to see me coming back then! haha thanks so much for writing this piece and reminding me about the origins of my love for R&B and hip hop.
I truly miss sites like Datpiff and Dopehood… what a time. Never knew we had it so good.
Facts!! The mixtape era is still undefeated
we have to talk about 4 shared, contributed a lot in the same era.
Ahh man, can’t forget about 4 shared. Shoutout to them and mediafire lol
I loved this site. Quiet as it’s kept they also had some of the best R&B mixtapes you could find. Especially in the blog era when the sound turned monochromatic.
Yooo my bad, I'm just seeing this! But the R&B thing you mentioned also just reminded me... Remember when Fan of Fan dropped? Think it was one of their highest downloaded mixtapes. Deuces was killing the radio
They were doing so much work breaking new artists because they could give the people what they wanted. I loved it.
memory unlocked !
This really made me smile. I remember downloading songs from limewire and some of the tracks having “datpiff.com” said at some point on the track. Siiiighhh wow. That a great read.
Thank you for that
The SOPA Act killed the mixtape & blog era
where my obsession with Frank Ocean’s - Lonny Breaux album began 🙂↕️
i'll never forget the rush of 'discovering' new music on datpiff and hip hop daily back in the day. i wasn't allowed to listen to most rap and hip hop growing up, so i had to burn CDs at friends' houses and sneak around to listen. but i craved the sound. lil wayne's da drought 3 and jewelry selection by gucci mane hated to see me coming back then! haha thanks so much for writing this piece and reminding me about the origins of my love for R&B and hip hop.
and i miss hiphopdaily i used to check that site every morning like it was the daily new for new music.