In 2005, the same year DatPiff launched Jeezy’s ‘Trap Or Die’ hit the streets and instantly became one of the most important projects of the decade.
Hosted by DJ Drama, the tape helped make the Gangsta Grillz format the blueprint for Southern mixtapes. It also played a role in igniting Jeezy’s long running feud with Gucci Mane after their collab on “Icy” turned into a dispute over album clearance.
At the time, Jeezy was also dealing with label tension at Def Jam, so the tape became his way of proving the streets could move music without the industry.
2005 was the start of a new era…and Trap or Die was right at the center of it.
When Da Drought 3 dropped in 2007, it changed how rappers looked at mixtapes forever.
Wayne wasn’t just dropping songs, he was taking everyone’s beats and bodying them. Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Mike Jones, Juelz Santana… if it was hot on the radio, Wayne was rapping over it.
The craziest part? Those verses weren’t written.
Wayne was going in the booth and freestyling entire songs in one take, sometimes knocking out 10+ freestyles in a single night.
Rappers actually started holding onto beats longer because they knew if Wayne heard it first… it might turn into HIS record.
To this day, a lot of people still consider Da Drought 3 the greatest mixtape ever released.
Do you?
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