Talib Kweli & Year Of The Blacksmith: The Community Mixtape
In my opinion, Kweli’s Year Of The Blacksmith is the most interesting rap label and distributor at the moment along with Stones Throw, Decon and Rhymesayers. They got Jean Grae, Strong Arm Steady, Talib Kweli himself and so on and a huge network of great artists and a huge fan community spread all over the world. Every production on this mixtape was submitted by a community member of Year Of The Blacksmith. Somebody came up with the idea of letting the people submit beats and stuff so Kweli could pick the cream to rap and let rap over these beats. Great idea and a true symbol for the power of the internet if it’s used the right way. Majors still don’t get it.
Now they released a community project right before the releases of Jean Grae’s and Kweli’s solo projects. It has 31 tracks mixed by Mick Boogie. If you are into quality rap, check it out.
Download(176Mb, sendspace)
