Why aren there more music companies and critics writing mixtape reviews?
[OKR]: The mixtape realm is a dense, foggy world of obscure material that is difficult to wade through yet alone review. Knowing what’s new, whats not, what’s official, what’s not, is half the battle. Writing mixtape reviews is a street-level variety of journalism that doesn’t fit well with popular media’s turnkey style of publishing. The popular releases all arrive around the same time on Tuesdays like clockwork while we have DJs all over the world dropping mixtapes non-stop, most of the time without any pre-release advertisement or forewarning at all. So, its tough. Having producers and management personnel to consult with on the reviews helps too because they know the artists, Djs and producers and that helps get info regarding the release. [MT]: Who contributes to crediblemusicreviews.com’s reviews? [OKR]: Our reviews are written by a paid and volunteer staff of music professionals and journalists. Obviously we don’t have the same people reviewing underground hip-hop as we do indie
