The rapper Jay-Z, for example, was known among consumers of mixed tapes long before he became commercial because he peddled his music on the streets.

But it still isn't as easy as making a mixed tape.

MeoutinNM - Albuquerque, New Mexico - 22 days ago a mixed tape is usually more than three songs.

The music, when it began, was a mixed tape by the D.J.

I received some fantastic mixed tapes from Paul McCartney a couple of weeks ago.

She began her career rapping on mixed tapes in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, with him.

What's in the back seat: Old mixed tapes - I don't have a CD player.

However, it was his second mixed tape, Bragging Rights (2006), that established his credibility as an Irish rapper.

One way or another, every player allows you to create playlists, a sort of 21st-century take on the classic mixed tape.

But as with mixed tapes, playlists become dated.