Rolling Stone Menu DJ Drama Talks Working With Tyler, the Creator and the Golden Age of Rap Mixtapes
The iconic producer discusses his work on Tyler, the Creator’s album, and the legacy of mixtapes in rap music.
By Folahanmi Olawole
As streaming platforms continue to dominate the ways we listen to music, projects from rap’s great mixtape era are disappearing or becoming more difficult to find. With only a handful of iconic projects available to stream, thousands of hours of music have been lost to the digital wasteland. The first phase of the beloved hip-hop internet can often feel as distant as the heyday of CDs. Tyler, the Creator is as much a product of that era as anyone, so it’s fitting that he enlisted the legendary DJ Drama to act as host on his excellent sixth studio album