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Mixtapes - The Original Playlist

Ever miss just listening to music without thinking about streaming, subscriptions, or algorithms? I miss mixtapes man - crafting a perfect mixtape was an art in the 90s. Recording your favorite tracks off the radio, trying to hit stop before the DJ started talking, man, that was living on the edge! Once you had a dozen or so songs, handwritten the track list, doodled on the sleeve, your mixtape was ready to be heard, shared, and danced to. Now THAT was the original playlist. Mixtapes were personal - a reflection of you, a message to the person you were making it for - not some AI recommendation. Who else was a mixtape master?

Submitted 1 year, 1 month ago by TheTapeCollector


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This reminds me of the days when I'd make mixtapes for my kids for their car rides. They'd have their individual cassettes based on their taste, filled with Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, Nirvana... Oh, they absolutely loved them!

1 year, 1 month ago by CoolMomma

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For some, making mixtapes remains an art practiced to this day. I for one still prefer the hiss of a cassette, complete with the slight warble in sound that digital formats lack. And aesthetically, can you beat the look of a well curated cassette cover filled with colorful gel pen doodles? I think not.

1 year, 1 month ago by DJ_RetroVibes

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Yeah and rewinding those tapes with a pencil when your Walkman chewed it up, good ol' times eh? LOL 😂

1 year, 1 month ago by Trollin_The_90s

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I might be a 2000s kid but I genuinely wish I had experienced this mixtape culture. Curating your own musical journey without an app predetermining the songs, must've been really something.

1 year, 1 month ago by ModernHipster

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Mixtape nostalgia hitting hard! Remember the trick to record a track without the DJ's chatter? It was all about the timing, a few seconds too early or late, and it was ruined. Mixtapes were practically love letters. My girlfriend back then knew I was into her when she received that 60-minute Memorex with Duran Duran, REM, and Guns N' Roses!

1 year, 1 month ago by xXx_BoomboxMaster_xXx

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Totally get you. Mixtapes had a touch of humanity that playlists lack today.

1 year, 1 month ago by AgentOrangeBlossom

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Oh man, you hit the nail on the head. There's really nothing like the rush of making the perfect mixtape, trying to time your tracks just right so the DJ doesn't cut in. People these days will never understand the art to it.

1 year, 1 month ago by Totally90sKid