Post Malone’s August 26 Mixtape Finally Arrives on Streaming

Post Malone August 26 mixtape has finally arrived on major streaming services, ten years after the project first introduced listeners to an artist who would go on to become one of the biggest crossover stars in contemporary music. The official release on Wednesday 26 August gives the 2016 mixtape its first full commercial streaming release, alongside a remastered physical edition arriving on vinyl.

The ten-track project originally appeared in May 2016, during the period between Post Malone’s viral breakthrough with White Iverson and the arrival of his debut studio album Stoney. For much of the decade since, August 26 existed primarily through its original mixtape circulation and unofficial uploads rather than as part of the catalogue available through the major streaming platforms.

That changed this week. Post Malone’s official release page now describes August 26 as available on digital streaming for the first time, while his UK store is taking orders for the newly remastered vinyl edition. The physical release is listed for Friday 28 August in the UK, including a standard pressing and a limited picture-disc edition.

The title itself captures a slightly chaotic piece of Post Malone history. August 26 was named for the date on which Stoney was originally expected to be released in 2016. That album ultimately arrived in December instead, leaving the mixtape with a title that became a reminder of an abandoned release date.

Ten years later, the date has finally become a release day after all.

The mixtape also provides a snapshot of Post Malone before his sound expanded across pop, rock and, more recently, country music. Its collaborators include 2 Chainz on Money Made Me Do It, Jeremih on Fuck, Lil Yachty on Monta, and Jaden Smith and Teo on Lonely. Larry June appears on opening track Never Understand.

Other tracks include Git Wit U, 40 Funk, Oh God and Hollywood Dreams / Come Down. The latter incorporated Post Malone’s interpretation of Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams, illustrating the genre-blurring instincts that would become increasingly obvious as his career developed.

Independent music publication Complex reported when the anniversary edition was announced that the original mixtape had been distributed through services and blogs including DatPiff. It arrived at a pivotal point: White Iverson had already transformed Post Malone from an unknown artist into a rapidly emerging name, but the enormous commercial success of his albums was still ahead.

That makes the official Post Malone August 26 mixtape release more interesting than a conventional anniversary reissue. Streaming has become the principal way many listeners encounter an artist’s back catalogue, yet this early part of Post Malone’s career had remained conspicuously absent from the same services carrying records such as Stoney, Beerbongs & Bentleys, Hollywood’s Bleeding and F-1 Trillion.

Its return also arrives after a remarkable stylistic journey. Post Malone’s early success was closely associated with hip-hop and melodic rap, before increasingly prominent pop and rock influences widened his audience. His 2024 album F-1 Trillion then moved decisively into country, including collaborations with established Nashville artists.

Releasing August 26 now therefore places the beginning of that journey beside the music that followed it. Newer listeners who encountered Post Malone through his pop singles or country period can hear the comparatively raw project that preceded his first studio album, while long-time fans finally have an official streaming version rather than relying on archived copies.

The UK physical release adds another dimension. Post Malone’s official UK shop lists the standard vinyl at £25.99, while Rough Trade is also carrying anniversary pressings, confirming a conventional UK retail release rather than an online-only collectors’ item.

For an artist whose career has repeatedly crossed musical boundaries, the anniversary is a useful reminder of just how quickly that career developed. In 2016, August 26 represented an emerging artist building on the attention generated by one breakthrough song. A decade later, it arrives on streaming as an archival release from a global star.

And, after ten years, August 26 finally gets to live up to its name.

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