Pick up them toys and clean your room, boy.

Rating - Fail

Simple cover with a powerful elements and message. Mixtape cover artists should look at this before, during, and after their creative process. It'll let them keep some integrity as artists.

Rating - Masterpiece

Having another guy looking back over your shoulder is suspect. Especially when that guy has a trimmed mustache. I think this is a textbook case of Thuggin' Luv.

Rating - Satisfactory

The mixtape scene is going in another direction. Things are happening to make me question manhood(not mine). Something's going on in this cover. What? I don't know. But it seems to be either really preppie or really gay. In hip hop there really isn't much difference.

Rating - Satisfactory

This is a well-themed cover. The Usual Suspects is a film staple and it's poster was appropriate perfection. If these guys could've just realized that posing for a cover isn't an exercise in grillin', they would've made great replica.

Rating - Satisfactory

I have to give reggae mixtapes a bit of leeway. A lot of times they tend to be intentionally bizarre just for the sake of it. Yet I wonder if this artist holds command over that wasp giant wasp. That'd be really REALLY cool.

Rating - Satisfactory

There's something a little gay about this cover. I can't quite put my finger on it... Maybe it's five dudes coming out the closet box.

Rating - Satisfactory

I'm completely torn on this cover. It's original, but it's almost so over the top that I can help but laugh a bit. Even though self-depiction as a saint is one of the most egotistical moves possible, the figure's head is still not big enough.

Rating - Impressive

With the exception of the stock G-Unit imagery(it's actually better than most) I consider this to be a pretty damn good mixtape cover. No bad photoshopping, hoochies, or money lining the lower frame.

Rating - Impressive

Is that the same chick from the other cover. And it looks like the fish carry guns down there by the water. I'm glad that I don't live in them parts.

Rating - Fail

Please make note that all of those champagne bottles are "For Promotional Use Only".

Rating - Fail

This cover would be cliche at best. That is, if there was some improvement to the use of Photoshop Elements. The car looks like it sinking in a pit of mud. The background girl is, without a doubt, a cardboard cutout. As much as I tried in junior high school, I was never able to stack basketballs(let alone with bags of loot) ...the girl giving head's feet are about a yard away. ...giant butterflies ...random poorly cropped fern in the foreground.

Rating - Fail

Let's ask ourselves a few questions. Why is there a broken TV in the field? Who's the homeless guy way in the back? Is that doggy lost? If the sun is setting in the background, why are there glare and shadows from the front? And why the hell is this guy pointing a light gun at me?

Rating - Incomplete

I want to like this cover, but it's just that there's something about Kanye West. He's supposed to be a superstar here, right?

Rating - Satisfactory Incomplete(I just noticed Kanye's pink tears)

Okay, we get it already. Rappers cook crack.

Rating - Satisfactory

At first I thought that this cover didn't warrant a review. It hardly even caught my attention. I mean, it's just duke on the cover of his mixtape; self-promo style. Then I saw the two girls making out on top of the kegs. Um... yeah,... sex sells. I guess.

Rating - Incomplete

Second guy from the left - "Buy this mixtape, so I can pay my Sidekick bill."

Rating - Incomplete

This type of cover always reminds me of baseball cards. A pack will always have one card that's the best of the pack, but not necessarily a good card. Jay-z, Nas and 50Cent; done too death, but not a bad cover.

Rating - Satisfactory

Did these guys catch a beating?

Rating - Fail

This is something I like. All the elements seem uniform and it's original(unless there's something I don't know). However, considering that I quit smoking six years ago...

Rating - Impressive

Again with the birds and the money. Have I spotted a trend? To this one's defense, I don't consider it completely bad with all of the warm colors. I just think that it lacks originality and theme. It's entitled "Status", which I guess means access to doves.

Rating - Satisfactory

So my question is simple, "what's with the pigeon?" Let me guess... the pigeon is seeking refuge from those night hawks flying around in the back ground. All that skrilla laying around and nobody thought to buy a better bird. Even Beretta had a cockatoo.

Rating - Incomplete

Mixtape Cover Review

Here at Mixtape Cover Review, mixtape covers are looked at independently of the quality of the mixtape itself. I say independently, because many mixtapes never get heard because of lame cover art. So this is not a review of any song, track, mixtape session, DJ, rapper, click, crew, etc. This is simply a look at some of the creative byproducts of the mixtape scene. Don't take offense, get a better cover artist.

Ratings are as follows:
Excellence - An original masterpiece. I would probably listen to it on the strength of the cover alone.
Impressive - Stylish quality that stands out.
Satisfactory - Not bad, but nothing that's incredibly special either.
Incomplete - You could've did better if you weren't in a rush to show it off.
Fail - Who told you this was good?