Fantasea

Biography

Fantasea is the debut mixtape by American hip hop recording artist Azealia Banks, released as a free download on July 11, 2012. Banks first announced the possibility of a mixtape on May 10, when she tweeted, "So y'all will be getting, 1991 EP this month, the FANTASTIC mixtape for the summer, and Broke With Expensive Taste, in the Fall". Fantasea was subject to highly positive reviews from music critics. The Guardian's Graeme Virtue wrote that the mixtape "showcase an artist brimming with ideas"...

Fantasea is the debut mixtape by American hip hop recording artist Azealia Banks, released as a free download on July 11, 2012. Banks first announced the possibility of a mixtape on May 10, when she tweeted, "So y'all will be getting, 1991 EP this month, the FANTASTIC mixtape for the summer, and Broke With Expensive Taste, in the Fall". Fantasea was subject to highly positive reviews from music critics. The Guardian's Graeme Virtue wrote that the mixtape "showcase an artist brimming with ideas" and gave it a rating of four stars (out of five). Spin gave the album a rating of 8 out of 10 and wrote that the album "makes her [Banks] sounds mega-industrious." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.