new wale mixtape

to me (and to many), the breakthrough artist of 2008 was wale who released mixtape about nothing. which was amazing and established him as the most exciting new voice in hip hop that i've heard in awhile.

and now we get his follow-up! it's called back to the feature, and it was produced by 9th wonder. and it features such artists as talib kweli, black thought, daniel merriweather, jean grae, includes samples of peter bjorn & john, duffy, etc etc etc. this seems to be awesome. i am only 8 tracks in but i love it!

get it here: walemusic.com

mixtapes

do you like mixtapes?  here are two of them:

1. Wale's THE MIXTAPE ABOUT NOTHING - my friend Mark alerted me about this one.  Thanks Mark!

2. Ludacris & DJ Drama's GANGSTA GRILLZ: THE PREVIEW - Billboard and Obama alerted me about this one in a story about the Obama campaign slamming one of the songs for being offensive about Hilary Clinton, John McCain, George W, and Jesse Jackson.  Thanks Billboard and Obama!