I.M.O... Mixtapes are a waste of time. I've done only one mixtape in my life, and figured that it'd be a waste of lyrics in the end. But Mixtapes are good in a sense if you record 5 or so mixtape tracks and give em away or a highly anticipated and well promoted mixtape release by a prominent person or DJ. Now, we all dont know, but M5, Kutty and whoever may pump it hard. Kutt may promote it on the road after he tears it up on stage, have Steve or Jose' Ole' back at the merch table selling em' like hotcakes once he announces they are available and even for a good price. It puts Grew and everyone on at the same time. I think its well thought out.
I think that in order for a mixtape to sell in Kansas City, you would actually need all the "Familiar" names say fuck the beef, lets come together and make this money. Especially the bitch ass radio stations. Get Vell, Popper, Kutty, Grant, S.G. Vertigo, Trajik, Killa Kev, Grerwsum, Fat Tone, 57 RDV's and many others to come together and collab, each one take their share of the CD's and get em off at their own expense. From there everybody gets some exposure and makes a little cheese. Thats the difference between us and them (Other cities with rappers that made it) We refuse to come together and make it happen. I'm sure beef is everywhere and we dont know about it, but cats in the town act like they got the next new single thats bout to tear up the industry and dont want to fuck with nobody else. Cant do it alone, I can tell you that...