March MIXTAPE Madness

The phrase March Madness was coined for the annual NCAA Basketball Tournament, but as we know during this time of year madness stems from a number of sources: preparing taxes, spring cleaning and closing out the 1^st quarter of the year, to name a few. Since music has the universal ability to aid us in daily life dealings, the necessity for fresh mixtapes is never higher. Though far from the literal sense of the mix tapes we all use to prepare back in the day, we now download, copy and trade mixtapes with ease.

One of the hottest mixtapes on the street right now is from the rapper you love to hate, 50 Cent. Say what you want about his music being watered down, but you must admit that 50 is a funny dude. His new mixtape, Elephant In The Sand, is dedicated to Fat Joe, as a mockery his new album Elephant in the Room. If you visit ThisIs50.com you will notice that the whole website has been transformed just for this occassion. After a review, the mixtape is fairly hot, and not really focused on dissing Fat Joe. You should definitely check it out. A few other mixtapes have dropped this month that are worth listening to. Tanya Morgan–a rap trio–has released “Tanya Morgan is a Rap Group” with DJ Soul and the good folks over at Okayplayer. Talib Kweli paired up with mixtape mastermind Mick Boogie to drop the “MCEO Mixtape”. With fresh tapes dropping almost daily, and plenty of past mixtapes to search for, you can keep your self pretty occupied. Hey, you might even fall in love with hip hop again.