No, a mixtape is more personal and romantic. A playlist is just a list of songs. "I made you this playlist" said nobody ever. I think the big distinction, is t

No, a mixtape is more personal and romantic. A playlist is just a list of songs. "I made you this playlist" said nobody ever. I think the big distinction, is that music collections were more personal back then too. Now if you have Spotify, you can hear any song you want. But then you only had the tapes that you had, or if you're willing to deal with lesser quality the ones that you recorded off the radio.