KP on Starting DatPiff, How Apple & Spotify Destroyed It, Selling It & More

[@hahahayess]

If you're not a 90s/2000s kid you won't ever fully understand how important Datpiff was to Hip-Hop in the internet age.

[@JustxLiving909]

Going to friends house to update my MP3 music player ahaha

[@CheckThreeTimes]

Which is crazy to say. We’re fucking old dawg.

[@JustxLiving909]

@@CheckThreeTimes nah fam your only as old as you feel shit I’m 22yrs old in my head physically*

[@detail1090]

Couldn’t have said it better my friend

[@xantanaman]

im 26, put my first mixtape on there felt like a god

[@SheedTheBuddha]

Datpiff was legendary iykyk

[@JMoney33-gn4xb]

FAX!!!

[@chrisgillette394]

Very legendary... Miss the days of waking up checking DatPiff and LiveMixtapes for the hottest new tapes....

[@W0rldViralDaily]

Dat Piff is the reason i got my money up doing album covers back in the day. Bricc if u need artwork for the Booka Booka Chronicles Vol. 1 Mixtape lmk

[@justinc4924]

If u kan u kant?

[@OmarPhillips-o2o]

Facts 💯

[@justinunderwood1992]

Dat puff was epic, I’m 32 now but Downloading a mixtape at school was an endorphin boost that’s forever lost.

[@Jr81302]

On goddddd😂🔥

[@williecaldwell8422]

Ona G

[@g.bryant8806]

Maaaan, I miss that shit so much. The mixtape and blog eras were such a great time in Hip Hop.

[@everythingl0ud]

I'm the same age bro what a time to be alive we experienced a lot

[@ImManley]

Yep!!!!

[@FairLaunchDaily-wu9hv]

This dude could start his own podcast on datpiff KZbin talking to all the rappers he knows and telling some of his industry stories

[@babypinhead7656]

It’s people like u that ruin the game 💀 everybody can’t have a pod kid

[@BoatGoatTv]

This dudes a legend. Kids today won't understand how dope datpiff was at the time.

[@quemeh8366]

There’s no legend about that pit. It’s just a fucking app website that’s a website that app just like SoundCloud all them shits or websites dude lime wire is a fucking myth and a legend.

[@austinl5158]

@@quemeh8366"it's just an app website" yeah that's how i know you're way too young and never actually used datpiff. datpiff was never an app or an app website. it was around before apps lmao. bro you're clueless. datpiff allowed whole mixtapes/projects to be downloaded as a whole archived file. it wasn't a streaming website like soundcloud. you're young and you never used datpiff or limewire. that's why you think any website that hosts music is "like soundcloud" cause that's all you ever knew. limewire was a commmon p2p service, not the first or even the first 10. datpiff was truly unique.

[@canonaler]

​​@quemeh8366 napster and likewise, that's where I started downloading all mp3s!!! Now that was legendary and the real beginning era of online streaming!

[@bigbossmalik6692]

I’m 21 years man the mixtape era will forever be my favorite era I was sad asf when DatPiff left

[@DJONTHETRACK985]

I remember checking Datpiff everyday for new mixtapes

[@SamWearsChanel]

Dude!! I found so many artists in the middle of the night

[@SamWearsChanel]

@@DJONTHETRACK985 Larry Thomas Jr

[@MellowMusic1]

🔥🔥🔥

[@JustxLiving909]

The game and lil Wayne the DROUGHT was peak mixtape bangers

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

I remember the Gucci scrubs he was talking about All his old shit would be gone be he would be dropping so much it was easily replaced

[@salgonzalez908]

Finally a worthy interview

[@MarkXcellence]

Dat Piff is single handedly responsible for like 90% of raps top artist

[@diddy2612]

Man datpiff was such a huge era of my life. One of the best eras of music

[@Glock_The_Talk]

Datpiff, 2dopeBoyz, LiveMixtapes, MyMixtapez and HotNewHipHop was my childhood 💯💯💯

[@Kyle-x9i]

I'm still on live mixtapes

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

​@@Kyle-x9ion God

[@AceCuhseno]

Spinrilla, limewire, frostwire, Napster

[@SelfMadeTVMikeyxf23]

Facts I still download mixtapes I remember all the websites

[@DoubleN517]

Adam does some vulturey stuff sometimes, but interviews like this show he does actually have love for the culture. Idc how many views this gets, this is good Hip Hop history. More of this please. Ironically none of the other major Hip Hop media platforms are giving this dude the props he deserves.

[@SoloDolo01]

these interviews are way better then the stupid gang shit.

[@djmoonchild01]

💯👍

[@MellowMusic1]

This interview was a breath of fresh air.

[@nebuna7561]

You can actually see he got love for businesses, specifically tech startups. He has mentioned it a couple of times already.

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

Adam been a hip hop historian even moreso than Vlad but his antics be overshadowing all that

[@ryansvg4367]

DatPiff was the shit. I still to this day can't find some of the mixtapes I found on DatPiff anywhere online

[@AllstarzYoungTrezzy]

DatPiff got me through college

[@Thetruth3432]

Damn u old asl 😂😂

[@MoJoKillinEm]

@@Thetruth3432😂😂😂

[@Spyrobihh252]

Got me thru high school and college bro

[@keiferbrito8204]

Who remembers when datpiff dropped these 60 song mixtapes with all the latests song?

[@okaykaykay7799]

This dude part of the culture 4sho

[@CheckThreeTimes]

What culture?

[@okaykaykay7799]

@CheckThreeTimes stealing , hustling

[@Ksmit192]

"DAMN SON WHERED YOU FIND THIS?!"

[@huskibass]

Honestly, this is a fire ass episode involving history, music labels, curators and the behind of scenes of music business and global hip-hop promotion from early 2000s-late 2010s. Shout out DatPiff for being a notable hip-hop tastemaker. Lots of nuggets in this episode regarding music business if you listen carefully. This the shit the kids gonna be reading in the music history books!

[@TimeSkip-Chapters]

⏱️ Timestamps by TimeSkip ⏱️ 00:00:00 - Podcast Introduction 00:04:23 - Transition to Digital Sharing 00:10:00 - Early Growth and Traffic 00:17:38 - Challenges with Labels 00:22:05 - Business Growth in 2009 00:25:31 - Exclusive Releases and Artists 00:31:44 - Navigating Industry Competition 00:38:19 - Data Collection for Artists 00:42:10 - Creative Control for Artists 00:45:44 - DMCA Takedowns and Compliance 00:51:15 - Transition from Desktop to Mobile 00:55:20 - Acquisition Talks with Apple Music 00:59:50 - Burnout and Industry Shifts 01:05:09 - Impact of Clout on Artists Today 01:09:42 - Transitioning to Corporate Culture 01:18:17 - Genius Acquisition and Its Effects 01:21:48 - World Star's New Reality 01:27:29 - Walking Away from the Brand 01:30:49 - Future of DatPiff Discussions 01:34:30 - Reflections on Industry Changes 01:38:51 - The Evolution of Hip-Hop Content 01:42:09 - Changing Excitement Around Album Drops 01:45:31 - Focus on Numbers Over Creativity 01:54:20 - Challenges for New Artists 01:58:21 - Cultural Shift in Music Consumption 02:01:51 - Living in Minnesota: A Change of Pace

[@ryanvierra9729]

Appreciate that. You should work for no jumper 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@armedjoy3045]

​@@ryanvierra9729it's a bot

[@KingGodzilla-d8h]

Mani miss the no jumper time stamp days

[@MellowMusic1]

Goated🔥

[@NewportBox100s]

A bot did that.

[@clowd9yne]

R.i.p my datpiff page... lost some dope music on there... definitely a revolutionary movement for unsigned artists... instrumentals, exclusive mixtapes .. damn that we a serious wave .. does all that music exist somewhere else?

[@Nothingregular]

I was really hurt when music stopped playing on the app a couple years back

[@killervacuum]

so tight that he came at it from a sharing angle rather than being purely profit hungry

[@eafloe]

Great moment in history. Respect to KP/DatPiff 💯

[@mikeHollywoodLA]

I discovered lots artists thru Datpiff from 2008

[@fazerxiii]

Adam should definitely do More of these types of historic interviews. Less of the viral rapper and more music moguls I’m 33 I remember datpiff and livemixtapes was THE GO TO SITES

[@cryptodegenerate503]

This is actually a very interesting video. I been wondering what happened to datpiff, they started this shit. I miss those days. Datpiff was the shit!

[@ay-kae]

Datpiff was gas and I used to mess with them and Spinrilla at the end of the era

[@hash_OG]

The golden days of hip hop… I miss the mixtape days

[@KingGodzilla-d8h]

This Guy made a smart move! Made history! Thanks no jumper! This is very informative and probably won’t get a lot views but ALL UPCOMING ARTIST TAKE NOTES!

[@peake864]

I dropped my very first project on DatPiff... legendary shit right here

[@rickydangler]

The days of being the kid with rare unheard music in physical copy was such a vibe I wish we could return to it. Music hit so much harder back when it was a journey to aquire alot of it

[@domcafe2614]

I definitely got the bill Clinton tag!! Hahaha it was on par with the Rick rolled tag in the videos in Kazaa

[@ShaeStar0]

I still got the DatPiff app on my phone and still click on it from time to time hoping all the music is still on there 😢 rest well, it was a time, you had to be there

[@Spyrobihh252]

Bruh nothing we ever come close to datliff waking up every friday morning early to listen too new mixtapes and chief keefs upcoming mixtape being on the droplist till this day lol

[@JayyBanks]

I was always more of a MyMixtapes type of guy. But I respect that DatPiff.

[@JMoney33-gn4xb]

Legendary Mixtape Site🙌🏻 OG Lil Wayne & Fabolous Mixtapes.

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

Fabulous???? 😂😂😂

[@eugenegaboutlwelwe7939]

Those Fabolous mixtapes were FIRE!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@e46m54nissansr20937]

Oh yea Adam thanks for recommending that Prodigy audiobook on YT been listening on the way to work for 2 weeks now its amazing🔥

[@AntConroy_503]

I remember when Wayne dropped Dedication 4 I believe or maybe 5…. But Datpiff completely froze ! What a time Mann! Tyga had an incredible DatPiff run !

[@Wobbothe3rd]

Great content, DatPiff was amazing. I feel exactly what he's saying about sharing and surprising people with new music. Almost all of that is lost today, at least for regular people.

[@rubeyjg831]

RIP DatPiff 😢

[@detail1090]

If ur not a late 80s/90s/early00’s kid you probably have no idea how amazing this era was.

[@50shades_of_memez]

i still have my datpiff acct since 09 lol i used to download all he mixtapes and sell em at the swap meets every week end when i was a teenager lol

[@FairLaunchDaily-wu9hv]

Now you aping shit coins on pumpfun and shilling them

[@brianmortonjr6751]

We need of these business conversations! Great stuff

[@trapcouchdaily3113]

Real hip hop journalism, DatPiff played a huge part in the culture Adam in his bag!

[@chillahslocal]

Salute I Dropped my first music on Datpiff

[@Coontar]

Taylor allderdice

[@moreala6275]

That wiz tape was hard fr

[@iRexRegum1]

Fire mixtape fr. Wiz was on fire. Cabin Fever was hard AF to. I stopped listening when he dropped trap wiz lol. Was waiting for how fly 2 for way to long.

[@efosai]

Kush and oj bro

[@MrSteven58]

Oh fuck, just took me back with this one. Burn After Rolling was the one tho☝🏼

[@Kobe-jz2zz]

Kush and Oj bro Grade 9....you wasn't there

[@500sneakers6]

This a fire 🔥 interview one of your better ones for sure

[@justbeinghonest8523]

No Jumper starting off 2025 strong. Off the bacc!

[@HurleyLebeau]

Lowkey legendary interview more of these about the early 2000s cause I grew up in these era but hearing lil details of why things were is dope

[@infern1491]

Shoutout datpiff ,live mixtapes and spinrilla 💯

[@fevadageneral]

Was on Datpiff bout three times a day 😮‍💨

[@Zblockbulliez]

Authentic content NJ

[@W0rldViralDaily]

fax this why we here

[@enndez]

Datpiff was the only reason how I could listen to music , man I feel old

[@camwdcam7899]

streams are the new rappers facts 100% 1:06:08

[@Livefromthewhytehouse]

Lianglelos song is only a meme/joke to younger consumers but to older 40 n over it’s a throwback to an era we were in n was good! To me it sounds like Mannie Fresh from CM n is why I like it, it’s refreshing really!

[@RideFastRich]

Datpiff been part of my come up fr fr, I would get Instrumentals off there when I first started writing ✍🏾 plus all the classic mixtapes Datpiff will forever be goated 🐐 💯

[@TheRealCreativeMedia]

Top 3 mixtapes you downloaded from DatPiff back in the day... Go!!

[@Whoiscurtiscartier]

Definitely a Gucci mane tape

[@infern1491]

Back from the dead , migos yrn and blue dream and lean

[@michaelvilli09]

curren$y for sure

[@jake2eproductions]

DC2 was the pinnacle

[@BoatGoatTv]

No ceilings, sorry for the wait, all the dedications, all the Gucci Trap God tapes. 2 chainz had crazy mixtapes. So many fire tapes.

[@MellowMusic1]

Thank you for all that you've done 🔥💎

[@keiferbrito8204]

Ya remember when datpiff posted rich homies mixtape but the artists name said “bitch homie quan” bc he did a mixtape only for my mixtapes😂

[@LSmith580]

Best interview on this channel

[@peake864]

Difficult mainstream wise of course, but underground wise, you can eat and have longevity and become an underground legend.. but yea mainstream you cooked if you aint got them big wigs behind you

[@OfficialTakeez100]

This was the REALEST interview I’ve seen in YEARS! Datpiff was everything to us!!

[@W0rldViralDaily]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Classic Dat Piff is Legendary

[@raunletrelle]

Lol i remember downloading on Datpiff when we had dial up internet. Lol the feeling of waking up in the morning after spending all night downloading a single mixtape and it wasnt filled with soulja boy songs was the best feeling ever. Lol i couldnt wait to drive my friends to school and put on them new songs 😂😂😂

[@justbeinghonest8523]

I was on Datpiff downloading Lil Wayne fulll mixtape discography for the free.

[@whatsthedirt]

Fire content, documenting the most exciting era (I could be bias) 🔥

[@Morganbmoney]

Most of the Wayne tapes from then are not on streaming

[@30mgOxy]

Datpiff, mymiztapez & spinrilla RAN my high school years. Apple Music & Spotify werent a thing back then.

[@toddnfinley]

This was a great interview. Come with more like this. Business, nostalgia and real insight

[@JoeCash93]

Datpiff is a huge part of my childhood. The mixtape era was the best. I used to love burning a new mix to bump in the whip. I used to print out covers and disc covers and they were stickers you placed on the cd. Mann I miss it.

[@valed716]

Loved this episode! And appreciate the time my mixtape was featured on the front page of DatPiff back in the day! 🔥💯

[@agentspits]

This is the kind of history in rap I love to hear about. The blog/mixtape era was something special and we never got to hear much from the ones behind the scenes. There's another key piece of content from ItsThaReal "The Blog Era" 10 episode podcast series was another one for those interested in this type of content right hereeeee

[@kayossproductions2168]

I thought he was talking about me with the KP for a second 😂

[@LiftSomethin]

I was more of a live mixtapes guy but I respect dat piff for paving the way

[@NicholasVerando]

Great interview kp is a legend, this really shed light on the history of DatPiff where it been and the future of DatPiff . I love all the insight on the business infrastructure. , you guys. Elaborate on and where streaming is going kp is a genuis. It also educated me how hip hop as a brand and media in 2025 is a multi billion dollar business

[@TveeV-xc8qj]

YOUNG MA LIL BIBBY GUCCI MANE JADAKISS JOEYBADASS FREDO SANTANA CHIEF KEEF CHANCE THE RAPPER ALL HEARD ON DATPIFF🔥👊🏼

[@bigskeem]

This is the type of content No Jumper needs to keep dropping💎🔥

[@RapShack]

Datpiff was the spot 🔥🔥we needed this one 💯💯

[@jasonchesson1709]

Don't focus on the low views - this was awesome. NJ needs more of this.

[@DougieeLeaninSB]

Now need an interview from live mixtapes & mymixtapes

[@kevinglover7749]

This is why I subscribe to no jumper hip hop content not gang shit 💩

[@th3rd3arplan3tradio]

I still have jet life mixtapes from datpiff. Street wiz, curren$y, mr marcelo, corner boy p, fiend. I miss them days.

[@RedRangerofmiami]

Datpiff was THE!!! Place for music besides limewire and stuff but datpiff was free too

[@e46m54nissansr20937]

Maaan look DatPiff was THE SPOT 🔥to get ya mixtapes online I miss those days so much. I was the king of CD burning in my area

[@FairLaunchDaily-wu9hv]

Lmao rapgod

[@bsykesbeats]

3:51 I could never forget those blue square stickers on the case

[@haddymack]

KP is literally the goat and we never seen this man’s face but stayed on his site DATPIFF yoooo 😧🤯🤯🤯

[@EL760Centro]

Finally something relevant to music that the viewers can stand listening to

[@nickalvarez1]

The DatPiff KZbin channel is still being ran by someone. They recently added some dope mixtapes too.

[@nebuna7561]

Loved the Talk! Thank you guys.

[@barronbravo2822]

Man I been waiting to hear dude story for years !! Dat piff is legendary ! Much love kp

[@hubbyhaqq9802]

This is where I was introduced to Nipsey Hussle's music 💯

[@telepathy90]

Nice was looking for the full interview. Dat piff was a legendary era 🎉

[@underestimatedexplanation2632]

I miss dat piff

[@Visibility333]

I remember DatPiff Chicago rappers started on datpiff tbh

[@user-qv9wq8vh9c]

dope podcast real convos with someone who actually did something in the culture

[@grlahebrew]

I had my first tape on there in 07

[@jifffy999]

Adam actually has a niche talking the business side of music. I enjoyed this podcast.

[@brianbonnell4849]

I spent hours on piff and other forums back in the day. There was no feeling like finding a great mixtape or an unreleased song, then playing it for friends or at a party and people being so hype.

[@CliqueSquadZo]

BIG NUTTTTTTT TO THIS VIDEO ; ain’t even seen the episode yet , I’m fully glazing datpiff at this point

[@JodeeRozay]

This was a good interview

[@Daniel-le3gl]

By far the most interesting No Jumper interview I’ve ever listened to.