DJ Drama explains what he things of so-called "mixtapes" in 2012.

Recently, DJ Drama discussed his take on projects being currently labeled as mixtapes.

"I "m still a believer that when it comes to mixtapes, there "s supposed to be a deejay involved," explained Drama in an interview with Bootleg Kev. "Truth be told, I "m not a fan of the no-deejay tapes after you "ve done the tape with the deejay."

"So for myself to still be wavin " a flag, it "s important," continued Drama. "I "m totally for whoever, if you wanna put a project out without a deejay - and I get it, if you call it a mixtape - but I even heard Kay Slay on the radio the other day: "Don "t be scared, that "s your album. " If you "re not using a deejay, that "s your album."

Drama also explained that he has a distaste for artists that release a completely deejay drop-free release after doing the project with a deejay. He did, however, concede that some songs do need to be cleaned up for the radio, and released sans drops.

"I "ve had these conversations with artists I "ve done tapes with...and I just think that if you "re gonna call it a mixtape, and you "re gonna use a deejay, go in. ...You ain "t come to us if our value wasn "t something.

Watch the interview below:

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