Hamilton Mixtape, The (Broadway Companion)
‘The Hamilton Mixtape’ is the highly anticipated, unprecedented musical companion to the landmark Broadway musical by Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Executive produced by The Roots’ Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson and Tarik ‘Black Thought’ Trotter, the album sees songs from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical covered and remixed by a remarkable cast of contemporary artists. Superstars contributing to the one of its kind collection include Sia, Kelly Clarkson, The Roots, Alicia Keys, Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Chance The Rapper, John Legend, Regina Spektor, Ashanti, Ja Rule, Miguel, Queen Latifah, Common, Ben Folds, Andra Day, Jill Scott, Jimmy Fallon and more. The Hamilton Mixtape also includes three previously unreleased Hamilton demos.
The best-selling cast album of 2015, ‘Hamilton (Original Boradway Cast Recording)’ continued to make chart history in the weeks and months following it’s arrival, eventually ascending to the #1 spot on Billboard Top Rap Albums (the first and only cast recording to ever do so) and being RIAA Certified 2x Platinum, selling over 2 million copies in the US alone.