📼 The Mixtape Rack
Back when a mixtape meant something — you sat by the radio with your finger on REC, you drew the cover yourself, and you got the song order just right. Here’s the rack, stacked spine-out like it lived in a shoebox under your bed. 🎧 Hover a tape to read the lineup, click to play the mix on YouTube.
TDK
D90 Underground Punk basement shows + safety pins ▶ Underground Punk — THE LINEUP
- Dead Kennedys — Holiday in Cambodia
- Black Flag — Rise Above
- Minor Threat — Straight Edge
- Bad Brains — Banned in D.C.
- The Misfits — Last Caress
- Descendents — Suburban Home
- Van Halen — Panama
- Def Leppard — Photograph
- Bon Jovi — Livin’ on a Prayer
- Guns N’ Roses — Paradise City
- AC/DC — Thunderstruck
- Mötley Crüe — Kickstart My Heart
- Chic — Le Freak
- Lipps Inc. — Funkytown
- Cheryl Lynn — Got to Be Real
- Gloria Gaynor — I Will Survive
- Earth, Wind & Fire — Boogie Wonderland
- Sister Sledge — He’s the Greatest Dancer
- Tears for Fears — Head Over Heels
- Depeche Mode — Just Can’t Get Enough
- The Cure — Just Like Heaven
- New Order — Bizarre Love Triangle
- Duran Duran — Hungry Like the Wolf
- Echo & the Bunnymen — The Killing Moon
- Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Pearl Jam — Alive
- Soundgarden — Black Hole Sun
- Alice in Chains — Would?
- Stone Temple Pilots — Plush
- Smashing Pumpkins — Cherub Rock
- Dr. Dre ft. Snoop — Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang
- The Notorious B.I.G. — Juicy
- A Tribe Called Quest — Can I Kick It?
- Wu-Tang Clan — C.R.E.A.M.
- House of Pain — Jump Around
- Naughty by Nature — Hip Hop Hooray
TDK
D90 Synth-Pop Heartbreak cry in a neon arcade ▶ Synth-Pop Heartbreak — THE LINEUP
- a-ha — Take On Me
- Soft Cell — Tainted Love
- The Human League — Don’t You Want Me
- New Order — Blue Monday
- Yazoo — Only You
- Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls
- Poison — Every Rose Has Its Thorn
- Guns N’ Roses — Sweet Child o’ Mine
- Warrant — Heaven
- Extreme — More Than Words
- Bon Jovi — Always
- Cinderella — Don’t Know What You Got
- Boyz II Men — End of the Road
- SWV — Weak
- Jodeci — Forever My Lady
- Brian McKnight — One Last Cry
- TLC — Red Light Special
- Aaliyah — At Your Best (You Are Love)
- R.E.M. — Losing My Religion
- Pixies — Where Is My Mind?
- The Breeders — Cannonball
- Sonic Youth — Kool Thing
- Dinosaur Jr. — Feel the Pain
- Weezer — Say It Ain’t So
- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam — I Wonder If I Take You Home
- Shannon — Let the Music Play
- Exposé — Point of No Return
- Stevie B — Spring Love
- The Cover Girls — Show Me
- Debbie Deb — When I Hear Music
- Survivor — Eye of the Tiger
- Olivia Newton-John — Physical
- Irene Cara — Flashdance... What a Feeling
- Kenny Loggins — Footloose
- Whitney Houston — I Wanna Dance with Somebody
- Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out for a Hero
🎙️ About the rack
Real cuts, real eras. Every tape links out to a YouTube search for that mix — 80s rock for cruisin’, basement punk, roller-rink disco, grunge, block-party hip-hop, the works. New tapes get dubbed into the rack over time. 📼
