10 team . 25 PPR Pick 2 D Booker vs KCR Cobb PhiT Coleman v AriT Sharpe Chi <| sep |> Not a bad theory at all , also considering that he seemed to configure the cookie without her being in the room . Its very plausible . <| sep |> I think it ' s fine to call them projects but I think that there ' s a distinct difference fromBlue Chips and Mr . WonderfulLiveLove and LongLiveDRUGS and 3001 The difference being that each of the following projects were label releases , with label money and label expectations , and label labels I know FBZ dropped under their own label , but they still operated like how a label drop would be , which I think is why EAE didn ' t sample at all because they were worried about clearance issues for sales , and with a small selfran label , they didn ' t want to deal with that shit . Chance is independent so everything falls how he wants it to fall . Obviously labels will label projects as albums because that ' s what they ' ve done for decades , along with physicals which is probably why the antiquated term album LP is still used . Again , since Chance is indie and operates through digital streaming , there really isn ' t a reason why he would have to adopt the traditional nomenclature , unless he wanted to . Because it ' s a continuation , same Chance , similar costars , similar production . He didn ' t get Drake and Kendrick on it , he didn ' t buy a Dahi beat , etc . I ' ll agree with that . The talent seems pretty comparable between the two releases , maybe slightly more of it on Acid Rap with more established artists , but no chart toppers . Because then you ' ve got 10 Day which is obviously a mixtape , and then Acid Rap , which is a free album , and then Coloring Book , which is . idk an almost free album . Like can ' t we just accept that most mixtapes are free albums and if the artist is call things what the artist say they are ? I ' m not suggesting to go around and call things whatever you want to . Chance said that Acid Rap is a mixtape and I ' ve always referred to it as such . Keeping consistent with labeling is important and it looks like Chance has an idea of what a mixtape and an album means to him he says so in the article . But if those tapes were called albums would it have made any difference ? I guess three well received tapes going into a debut album certainly sounds better on paper , hype wise , than saying here ' s my fourth album . Lil B and NIN ' s albums were free albums because they wanted them to be called that . Lil B has mixtapes with original production that aren ' t free albums . Chance says it ' s a mixtape so it ' s a mixtape . Which is pretty much my point . He called them what he called them not because of cost or tradition , but for his own reasons to where he draws the line . The fact that Lil B plays both side of that line reinforces that . Everything could be identical quality and structure wise , but the naming can become interchangeable depending on the artist ' s discretion . but that ' s just because free album just means mixtapeNot trying to bog shit down in semantics , but I wouldn ' t refer to it as a free album but really just an album that happens to be free . I think the distinction is important in order to keep cost separate from the project . Free album is just an album that ' s released for free , and if that ' s equated to mixtape like you said , then isn ' t the whole thing null in the end ? If the only thing changing is the what it ' s called then no , but if Acid Rap wasn ' t available for free I think it definitely would ' ve changed things for the worse . Ya that ' s all I ' m really saying is that things wouldn ' t have likely changed if the naming was different , as long as it remained a free release . I guess my whole point is just to decouple sales from project labeling with independent artists . They have full agency and don ' t have to answer to labels or have the need to use labeling that doesn ' t make sense for digital distribution methods . At the end of the day , they can really name projects however they see fit .