Why Eminem never does a Mixtape?

[RayRay33]

What do you think?

[Trimss]

Jimmy Iovine.

[RayRay33]

I dont understand?

[Amaranthine]

I dont understand?

He's too big and famous and awesome to do a mixtape. Jimmy Iovine/Interscope won't let him.

[RayRay33]

Damn, Em is such a beast.
They probably thinking "why 4 free if we can get millions out of it".

[flyingmonkey10]

Damn, Em is such a beast.
They probably thinking "why 4 free if we can get millions out of it".

That's exactly it

[Rollimeo]

Because Eminem can release anything and it will sell so why make mixtape just make a CD of mixtape material and it will still sell

[SliK]

It should be about giving back to the fans. I'd rather hear all the tracks that didnt make the record. We could have had a post Recovery mixtape with songs like Cocain and Fly Away, as well as maybe a BME throw away and a D12 track for example. Instead they leak before being mastered and it's just not as good. The fans are getting his music either way, he should make it on his terms.

I'm not much of a Wayne fan but the dude released a shit load of quality material (and by that I mean, no less than Wayne's usual standard and certainly better than anything he has put out lately) through mixtapes. Props to him for that.

[Amaranthine]

Because Eminem can release anything and it will sell so why make mixtape just make a CD of mixtape material and it will still sell

He could make a CD of him burping the alphabet and it would probably sell more than most people's albums.


Also, I'm curious if any other big-name rappers release mixtapes? Is this just an Em thing? What about Jay? Nas?

[Fa-Q]

Because mixtapes prostitutionize hiphop....think about it...real hip hop artists don't put out mixtapes....ie Jay-Z, Eminem, Nas....the list of real artists go on. Yes, are there real artists that put out mixtapes like J. Cole....but Mixtapes are, for the most part, horrible, non-album worthy material

[Stanforever]

He is too cool to do that

[flyingmonkey10]

Because mixtapes prostitutionize hiphop....think about it...real hip hop artists don't put out mixtapes....ie Jay-Z, Eminem, Nas....the list of real artists go on. Yes, are there real artists that put out mixtapes like J. Cole....but Mixtapes are, for the most part, horrible, non-album worthy material

gtfo

[B.A.D.]

Eminem is an asshole, thats why.

He could make a CD of him burping the alphabet and it would probably sell more than most people's albums.

man, I've seen this phrase soo many times

[dshady89]

Off the wall? Anger Management 3?

[AbramIsaac]

Off the wall? Anger Management 3?

Those don't really qualify. One was done by some random guy with an internet connection and the most basic of graphic design skills, and the other is a few freestyles and a shitload of songs from other artists. The Invasion series would be a slightly better example.

Eminem doesn't put out mixtapes because there isn't a need for him to. Mixtapes are often a project of necessity, to build a buzz. What has a bigger buzz than an Eminem album?

That and he's too much of a perfectionist to put out a project of rejected material, outside of the odd bonus or sampler CD. Besides, his fans would probably just bitch about it and say how much better something else he put out was compared to it.