When Future dropped Monster in 2014, it came during a moment when people were starting to say he had lost momentum after his album Honest. Instead of slowing down, Future responded with one of the most aggressive mixtape comebacks ever.
The tape introduced darker, more emotional records like “Codeine Crazy,” which almost didn’t make the project because Future thought it might be too personal. Produced heavily by Metro Boomin, the mixtape reset Future’s sound and kicked off a legendary run that included Beast Mode and 56 Nights shortly after.
What started as a quick mixtape to get the streets talking ended up redefining the entire trap landscape for the next decade.
When Wiz Khalifa dropped Kush & Orange Juice in 2010, it wasn’t just a mixtape, it was basically an internet movement.
There was almost no traditional promotion behind it.
Instead, Wiz built the entire rollout on Twitter and DatPiff, telling fans to download it and light one up at the same time when it dropped.
What happened next was wild.
College campuses all over the country started organizing “Kush & OJ smoke sessions.”
Within hours the tape was everywhere, and it eventually became one of the most downloaded mixtapes in DatPiff history.
That project didn’t just blow Wiz up…
It turned Taylor Gang into a real movement overnight.
40 minutes….straight? That’s an entire episode of Martin, and then through the Living Single opening scene, theme song & first set of commercials.. no one would survive that level of pistol whip appeal
King Mel is at it again with some funny…and true dat shit! 🤣
Those times at work when I ain’t doing a damn thing…I think this might ring true for a lot of folks…because it makes sense. 🤣 👇👀🎥💯🤣