mixtape

Senior Column
A photo of Joanne dePierre wearing a grad stole next to a column in Main Quad.

dePierre | The outro is just another intro

Joanne dePierre
  •  
May 19, 2025
Music
a digital drawing of a cassette tape

Made a mixtape, hope you like it: Fiona Apple

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
Nov. 17, 2024
Music
a digital drawing of a cassette tape

Made a mixtape, hope you like it: Nick Drake

Amanda Altarejos
  •  
Oct. 14, 2024
Arts & Life
Singer-songwriter Khalid sits inside an orange car with the door open with a darkened sky as the backdrop.

Production impresses in Khalid’s ‘Scenic Drive,’ but lyrics fall short

Kate Phan
  •  
Jan. 20, 2022
Arts & Life
Black and white album cover featuring balloons and a woman

Ten years later: The enduring vice of The Weeknd’s debut mixtape ‘House of Balloons’

Nadia Jo
  •  
April 8, 2021
The Grind
"Desperate for structure, I clung to Spotify’s schedule, waiting until the clock struck midnight to access whatever joy followed in finding something new and exciting."

Modern mixtapes of a material girl

Bianca Layog
  •  
July 28, 2020
Arts & Life
Kendrick Lamar, IDK and Vince Staples round out this week's rankings of #20-11 of the top 100 hip-hop albums of the decade. (Graphic: AMY LO/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #20-11

Nick Sligh
  •  
March 12, 2020
Arts & Life
Dreamville founder and 2010s breakout hip-hop sensation J Cole (pictured) rounds out the next section of the top 100 albums countdown. (Graphic: DANIEL WU/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #90-81

Nick Sligh
  •  
Jan. 22, 2020
The Grind
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Connecting through music: The gift of a mixtape

Nina Knight
  •  
Feb. 15, 2019
During his time at Stanford, Yung Slee has become a prolific musician (courtesy of Yung Slee).

Yung Slee crafts songs from Stanford

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Jan. 9, 2019
Lil Pump in the music video for his song "D Rose" (Courtesy of Lil Pump).

‘Lil Pump’ is not worth your time

Jacob Kuppermann
  •  
Oct. 18, 2017
Future live in Toronto during the Summer Sixteen Tour. (Charito Yap, Flickr)

Future, Young Thug and Lil B: In praise of prolific artists

Jacob Kuppermann
  •  
March 14, 2017
Monty performing on stage at Frost. (RYAN JAE/The Stanford Daily)

Interview: A conversation with Remy Boy Monty on hometowns, Fetty Wap and mixtapes

Benjamin Sorensen
  •  
May 23, 2016
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Drake and Future’s mixtape is a misfire

Clare Flanagan
  •  
Sept. 21, 2015
Tyler "EAGLEBABEL" Brooks performing at the Anderson Collection in 2014. (BENJAMIN SORENSEN/The Stanford Daily)

EAGLEBABEL’s “Odes” out now

Benjamin Sorensen
  •  
June 13, 2015
The sparse album artwork for "Surf," by Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment. (Courtesy of Nate Fox)

Surf’s up, summer’s here

Benjamin Sorensen
  •  
June 1, 2015
"SO(u)L" by faruhdey (far left) is, for The Outsiders, a family affair. (Courtesy of Musila Munuve)

The Outsiders come out swinging

Benjamin Sorensen
  •  
May 28, 2015
Arts & Life
Courtesy of MCT

The best mixtapes of the summer

Natasha Avery
  •  
Aug. 16, 2012
The Stanford Daily

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