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Mixunit Removes Mixtapes From Its Website

Tuesday, January 23, 2007
By: Claudio E. Cabrera


Mixunit LogoIn light of DJ Drama and Don Cannon's arrests in Atlanta last week and the sudden crackdown by the RIAA, MIXUNIT.COM has proceeded to remove all mixtapes from it's website. The DJ's who were charged with racketeering, had close to 80,000 of their CD's confiscated.

Mixunit.com will now focus on clothing and street DVD's. A statement released by the company still shows a everlasting devotion to the mixtape game.

"The DJs and their influences have forever been the cornerstone of hip-hop, as DJs have long been tastemakers and leaders in the field of artist promotion. Mixtapes have forever served as a platform for artists to promote their music in a form unique to hip-hop, and our allegiance lies with the DJs and the culture they've helped create," MixUnit said.



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This is absurd!
Posted by GAMEizLame
Man ....i think artist's mix-tapes are hadder than there cd's.......thats F*cked up that they cant even make street tapes no more
Posted by Rae
Wow are you fukin serious im always on that site
Posted by Shyheim
Thats crazy b you can find mixtapes in best buy. They gonna shut that store down too?
Posted by twouptwodown
I'm positive the mixtape won't go away, and it will be back even stronger and with more prestige. We as dj's will use original beats, and there are too many artist out there to not have a product. They can't control everything, and this will make for a stronger underground. Dj special blend from chicago bmsradio blog podcast
Posted by DJ Special Blend from Chicago
I mean what kind of 5entence i5 80,000 mixtape5
Posted by PELLE PELLE INC.
F*ck it just put some garbage fruity loops beats on a mixtape. The hottest spitters will still rip them sh*ts
Posted by twouptwodown
White people wont let a n*gga have sh*t these days, without us buying it through them, but i dont think the dj dramam thing wast the only thing that made mixunit stop, over the last couple weeks i notice they been taking away certain features and sections on the site
Posted by jandis
With mix unit done get free downloads @ 2for5
Posted by newkidintown
Wtf???????
Posted by Jae Good ™
I dont understand tho, r u tellin me mixtapes are illegal??? i thought they where offical man....
Posted by uk boy
Check out mixtapetorrent, they got all the mixtape downloads. All this bs with the riaa comes from all these new mixtape dj's coming from nowhere. Once we get some control over who can put mixtapes out this will go away. Honestly over the past two years once you get the new big mike or clue that might have the same songs in different order you will have 15 to 20 other dj's take there exclusives and a few hot tracks that compliment there region(ny, la, atl, etc....)and slap there local artist on there and make another mixtape. When these guys are out of the picture it will bring the game back to where it once was.
Posted by SeanPeazy
That was a bad site anyways i tried calling them neva got a answer. I guess i gotta keep buying from that crack head on the streetz selling bootlegs
Posted by G-Unit
That's some bullsh*t is what that is!!!!
Posted by bigtwhack
R.i.p. Mixunit.
Posted by Lex Steele a.k.a. Triumph
Another nail in the hip-hop coffin!! justo probably turning over in his damn grave!!
Posted by JerzyJerk
Aphilliates joints are the best, hope they can get back in the game
Posted by twouptwodown
When will cats wakeup until all unify they will continue to shut the doors on us when they see us flourishing , its there way of saying F*ck you pay us ! bastards
Posted by Illapuertorock
You kno, maybe this aint all soo bad. Maybe with this crackdown on mixtapes less bullsh*t will stop coming out and true hip hop will rise again. But if not, hip hop is on life support.
Posted by The Statement
Shit!!!!!!!
Posted by tommy bunz
I feel like we cant bend or brake on this issue... Hiphop was started in these streets.. I gotta say nas is right by saying hiphop is dead.. Cause if it aint... Its dying. And the feds? cracking down on mixtapes.. There wasn't any other issue in america that needed tackling other than mixtapes..seems like they just provoking n*ggaz...to run up in the record companies wit burners...and its all bulsh!t isnt it. The artist dont own the masters of what they writing.. And no N*gg*r. U cant make those mixtapes either ....my question is why nobody to my knowledge has come to dramas defense.. Or spoke on the situation...and im talking about major hiphop figures... I mean somebody say somethin....
Posted by Nefarious
Man this is some bull shizz. I cant cop tapes no more (for cheap) this dude in da burbs of jersey be sellin tapes all day. It be some 40 yr old white dude that know music business. He basically doin illegal stuf too. He release (da real) albums a day before release and carries tapes and no one raided his shop. Man this is gonna be bad and for upcoming (unsigned) rappers, they wont shine like they should cuz u cant even sell tapes no more. What a shame. Hip hop is dead.
Posted by jerseystandup856
Walt man u sound real homo right now
Posted by g-unit
finally they shut down those F*ck*n thieves- you got pay artists for the their work - hip hop is death because nobody wants to pay otherwise you will get what you paying for – sh*t
Posted by rikko
Im back ;-d
Posted by PELLEPELLE loves men
F*ck dat n*gga above
Posted by PELLE PELLE NETWORK
Since none of you "hustlers" understand business, read the following and then comment .hhnlive/editorials/more/2 8
Posted by RHB2007
This is F*cked up i love mixtapes F*ck tha police
Posted by abutta
Yea i herd dat like 3 days ago it says it on de page!!! but duz anyone know about the websit mixtapeusa .. It looks alri but is it proper. Haz anyone here bought anything from it !!!! i gotta know.
Posted by POP
Hey f*ck that foll talkin botu white people takin sh*t. Im white i listen to mixtapes so F*ck you Bia'ch
Posted by dro
"i gotta say nas is right by saying hiphop is dead" nas never said hip-hop was dead. Its what everyone else is sayin, so that album is based around what everyone is talkin about, not a statement that he wanted to make. He explained that himself on mtv. And if you listened to the album carefully, in one track he even says "if your asking who killed hip-hop, if you have to ask why is hip-hop dead, then u the one who killed it". Stop gettin it twisted....no-one declared hip-hop dead its all in your F*ck*ng heads.....oh and the riaa shuttin these fools down is really gonna kill the mixtape!!! yhea righto, so the riaa can stop you selling out of your hand to people in the street? hip-hop is street business....not internet business, not record store business....its street business....hip-hop was born in the street, and it'll die in the street.......F*ck people who sell sh*t thru faceless things like the net anyway.....get your street game up and give hip-hop its respect back cos its not hip-hop that died, its the respect within hip-hop that died....and what killed the respect? muhF*ckers like mtv and the internet killed the respect.....and y'all too.
Posted by stzzla
Man thats' some f**ked up s**t. That was my site for the mixtapes. Its cool thought i found another site that got some mixtapes. Djmixtapez. If u want to get some there they still got mixtapes up.
Posted by YoungHollywood
I mean its djmixtapez
Posted by YoungHollywood
Is this evidence of hip hop being dead? no!!!. My fam and i were on a few dj big mike's, but listen the best mc's probably weren't getting their right shine on mixtapes anyway. See how the music business has grapped hold of the street pureness. Finally, the homecoming back to us, the real b-boys. Now apprectiate a f**cking mixtape like you is supposed to, pick it up in da hood look at the cover. You should'nt even know many of the new artist names on it, but figure out whats hot for ya self ya heard!!!!!! ~1~ .illyrap --illy
Posted by Illy Rap (F.A.M.)
Please bring back the mixcds for mix unit........
Posted by TIM DOG
F*ck da dumb sh*t. Whitey always wants to find a way to stop brothers being successful. Singapore kane is still putting out his mix cd's & them sh*ts is hot
Posted by Nikki
This make a me very very mad ,what da fuk Bia'ch. How ima sposse ta get a music now.all i have to do a knoww iz a milk a cow,no more free new muzik , i think im a going to be sick, i must play with my tip,stoke it quik till it blows on ur chest yeeeeeeaaaaaah......
Posted by anal beedie man
There has to be a way sell mixtapes.. Artist need to make it a point that mix tapes be sold by the dj's they employ. Hmmmm.. This sounds good.. Employ! how about we develop a few company's that work for teh artist and distrbute thie rmix tapes.. Sort of like dipsetmixtapes and gunit, using sirus or some satalite station with woo kid!! what are your thoughts? oh and mixunit.. Will never be stopped.. They are very smart and totally legit.. F*cking wanksters!!!
Posted by www.Setrends.com
Where's another good place to buy mixtapes online?
Posted by jg
Wuz it drama n cannon fucc them niccaz mad they cant fuccin stop us!!! we run dis sh*t get ova it...hip hop 6out 2 take ova da world fa real... We 2 united now ya'll fucced!! its pass da police...fucc da government i said nicca... Flyloc play6oygangstacrip all day nicca....
Posted by flyloc
Baylostore is still selling them but it looks like that they will fade them out too.
Posted by flavaone
F*ck that!! this is wizzack!!!!!
Posted by joey slabz
This is too funny......i use to run with clinton sparks for years then i had to do my own thing because the c*cksucka thought he was bigger than the team helping him (get it no "i" in team). I knew this was going to happen, i warned him years ago about this mixunit thing (2002....) between this happening & all the boo's the crowd yelled to him at justo's mixtape awards this year (i was there) i see the facade is wearing thin...the people are starting to figure out this dude is faking it......i couldn't be happier!!!!!! (karma is a Bia'ch)
Posted by SKP 1.3.6.
Now where we supposed 2 get all the new sh*t?
Posted by sourdiesel
I'm assuming that a couple of guys at the top are plotting on destroying this culture of ours called hip-hop. Not only have they already poisened our mainstream music but now they're going to takeaway our underground too. Its like the robots in the matrix coming down to zion to destroy the humans......................no seriously thats exactly what it is. Its all a plan dont be surprised when more dudes get locked or killed. They"re coming (nwo)
Posted by David Juaquin
What about audiomaxxx? isn't their there stuff illegal too? they sell mixtapes even though they mostly consist of reggae mixtapes.
Posted by who wants to know
I don't believe this.....i can't even get a mixtape anymore. I've been collecting mixtapes for years. The doo wop's ...tony touch... Ron g...lazy k.... I mean whats next????? this really sucks
Posted by taboo
Wtf i mean omg this realy suuuuuuccccckkkkkssss a** im goin to dat piff
Posted by vic
Well i think this is stupid i'm a big fan of mixtapes whether they stop them or not i will be always a fan of mixtapes and i hope they don't fade out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Michael Oppong
Thats crazy, mixtapes are the best things out
Posted by BigBrandtPennsylvania
Thats dumb because thats the website people go to get the latest mixtapes, ya"ll not punishin the dj's u punishing us the streets.
Posted by kemar
Can we get free download !!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by kemar
I was just wondering what da hell happen 2 all the mix tapes on ur site!!!!!!!im shocked that a mix tape is illegal....we r not smokin them u can't get high off a mix tape ...but the high is in the mix and how good the mix is!!!mixtape is a dj's art....a way 2 stop, paues,scrach,an the best of all blends... Dj's are artis not drug dealers!!!don't let them take what we creat!!!!!if a mixtape is illegal then what is dj doin in the club????the diffrence is there not recording it in the club....but when a dj burns it it become illegal.....its funny when somone stops selling drugs an takes his art mixing in 2 income an (the law) says u cant do that either......so dj's stand up an let it be knowed that we are not going any where!!!!!what we do is not stealling its art...
Posted by boogie down city
I was just wondering what da hell happen 2 all the mix tapes on ur site!!!!!!!im shocked that a mix tape is illegal....we r not smokin them u can't get high off a mix tape ...but the high is in the mix and how good the mix is!!!mixtape is a dj's art....a way 2 stop, paues,scrach,an the best of all blends... Dj's are artis not drug dealers!!!don't let them take what we creat!!!!!if a mixtape is illegal then what is dj doin in the club????the diffrence is there not recording it in the club....but he or she still gets paid 4 there serveses!!! when a dj burns it become illegal.....its funny when somone stops selling drugs an takes his art mixing in 2 income an (the law) says u cant do that either......so dj's stand up an let it be knowed that we are not going any where!!!!!what we do is not stealling its art...
Posted by boogie down city

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