INNANETAPE: Thirteen Years of Loading

Imagine getting so high and thinking… I am the internet. Vic Mensa sits down and takes us through the Innanet Tape era, circa 2013. The who, the what and the whys of how this project was created, friendships gained and lost, and what doors creating this work of art opened for him as an artist. Now, in 2026, The Innanet Tapes will be released on DSPs and streaming everywhere, on September 30th. Check it out.

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(00:00) Cold open

(00:32) Kids These Days and the breakup

(04:59) Do or die: the first solo project

(08:48) The Chicago blueprint: Common, Kanye and Lupe

(11:13) Independent then and now

(12:56) The cover art

(14:27) Finally on streaming

(16:57) Why orange?

(17:57) Reading the liner notes

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