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  1. Nov 2022
    1. It also provides space for processing mental health matters like trauma, alienation, alcoholism and depression with tracks like “ampersand,” “stage fright” and “asterisk.”

      I think this is such a great opportunity for people because of life struggles like this. A lot of people within society have looked down on people that struggle with mental illness. alcoholism, etc., and often times they're not able to feel included or "rejoin" society after they've gotten better or recovered due to this feeling. So with more opportunities like this coming up, it could make people feel more included in their community again.

    2. This is a development that I believe could open doors for scholars from all kinds of different backgrounds – including but not limited to hip-hop scholars – to contribute new forms of knowledge.

      It was nice of him to make the first step and find a new way for people to get their work published since it's not an easy way to be done profesionally. Now, I think this will become a more popular way of people publishing their art, even if it's not a mix-tape.

    1. I think our collaboration on these questions was very much in the spirit of music-making."

      Music has always been known to bring people together, so I feel like when it is included in a school environment, people are more willing to collaborate with each other.

    2. As a genre, the mixtap/e/ssay brings together the mixtape—a self-produced or independently released album issued free of charge to gain publicity—and the personal and scholarly essays

      It's cool how there is an entire genre out there that is made for the sole purpose of bringing people together. A lot of artists just make songs to gain money and fame, but from people creating mix-tapes it can do much more for a community.

    3. In January 2021 the publication was recognized as Best eProduct of the year by the Association of American Publishers PROSE Awards.

      I think that this is really interesting because it shows how with the proper attention given to something, in this case that is the university press publishing a mix-tape, it can get a lot of recognition for the amount of work and dedication put into it.