Even though mixtapes will never get reacquainted with magnetic tape, they’ve become the heart and soul of modern day hip hop. The genre isn’t fully caught up on their Billboard-plaguing ways but as last year proved, one single tape can push an artist (hint: Frank Ocean) to record a major label LP and snag half a dozen Grammys in just 22 months. With its overflowing talent pool that will likely never stop growing in the new year, we high-five the fine folks over at DatPiff and LiveMixtapes.com and present to you our personal picks for the ten best mixtapes of 2012.
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