From Bedroom Radios To Boomboxes: The Definitive 10-Song '90s Mixtape

The act of creating a mixtape has such a romantic connection tomusic, and not just when the tape itself is an attempt to woo someone (though it's certainly always been a labor of love). The practice began in the '70s and '80s with cassettes and careful recording of songs from vinyl records, radio broadcasts, or other cassettes, and eventually began getting easier in the '90s with the rise of the compact disc (CD) and eventually CD "burning" technology. Nowadays, all that energy has been translated into the likes of Spotify or Apple Music playlists, though the thought behind mixtapes still remains.