Released in the middle of 2011 as a way to apologise to fans for delaying the release of Tha Carter IV, Lil Wayne’s Sorry 4 the Wait was a hit among fans and critics alike.
The lead single “Amen” became a hit and “Burn” was released as the second single, both paving the way for Meek Mill’s debut album Dreams and Nightmares. The mixtape was so popular that it caused the DatPiff website to crash upon its release, with over 1.5 million downloads in just six hours and 2.5 million within 24 hours. Meek Mill’s powerful lyricism and the impressive production quality helped make Dreamchasers 2 a standout release. Released in 2012, the album was packed with original tracks and features from top artists like Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and Big Sean. Here are the 100 most downloaded hip hop mixtapes of all time, according to DatPiff. The album’s title may tell us that the world is ours, but if we’re to take anything from the Rich The Kid philosophy, it's that it was also meant to be shared.DatPiff, the self-proclaimed authority in mixtapes, and essential hip hop website (especially during the early ’10s blog era), has a celebrated section on their website where you can see the most downloaded mixtapes of all time.įrom Meek Mill’s groundbreaking Dreamchasers 2 tape, to Rick Ross’ cinematic Rich Forever, to Lil Wayne’s Dedication series, you can check out all your favourite rappers and see where they stack up in the rankings. Just like its predecessor, The World Is Yours 2 is full of familiar faces: There are tandem features including Young Thug and Gunna (“Fall Threw”), Offset and Big Sean (“Two Cups”), Miguel and Ty Dolla $ign (“Woah”), and Jay Critch and A Boogie wit da Hoodie (“Like Mike”), along with additional appearances from NAV, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, and newcomer Vory. Not since The World Is Yours anyway, whose “New Freezer” with Kendrick Lamar served as a coming-out party of sorts for the rapper. You've never seen an album with this many hit records on it.”
You might have somebody drop an album that only have one or two hits. “I'm making hit records back to back to back. “On this album it's like I wasn't just making records,” he told Beats 1’s Zane Lowe. But Rich is looking out for number one on The World Is Yours 2, both literally and figuratively-he is aiming squarely for the charts. Oh, and then there are his responsibilities as head of the Rich Forever record label. It’s a weird flex to be sure, but not all that hard to believe when you consider the Atlanta MC’s extensive collaborative resume, along with the leaps he’s made in visibility since the days of his Rich Forever compilation mixtapes. “I don't do no relaxing,” Rich The Kid says on “Splashin” from The World Is Yours 2.
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