The "zip" file culture of the 2010s was built on mixtape sites like DatPiff and LiveMixtapes. Fans were accustomed to downloading free, curated folders of songs. When Drake dropped this project commercially, the internet fractured. Thousands of fans rushed to file-sharing sites to find the "zip," only to find that because it was a commercial release, the files were often corrupted, low quality, or—crucially—incomplete.
But the file sizes were small (128-160kbps MP3s). Which leads us to the need for an "updated" version. drake if youre reading this its too late zip updated
Some "updated" ZIP files bundle these loose tracks into the original folder, creating a "Deluxe Edition" that never officially existed. The "zip" file culture of the 2010s was