Check out Rob Fields’ blog, and tell this brother what you’ve been nodding your head to this year. 🙂

From Rob:

Hey, people!

Originally, I was going to put together a list of what I thought were the best Black rock/Afropunk/Ghetto Metal/urban alternative /progressive black music releases 2007. Then, I thought I’d take a page from some of my software development friends and “crowdsource” the answer. So, here’s the deal:

Tell me what you thought a few of your favorite releases were this year. The catch is they need to be by an artist or artists of color who fit somewhere in the above categories. As I get responses, I’ll post them on www.Boldaslove.us.

Now, you don’t have to write “War and Peace.” Just me your responses to this address in the following format:

Name, where you are in the world, and how you’d like to be identified (if at all)
Artist, release title

For example,

Rob Fields, Brooklyn, NY (blogger)
Game Rebellion, Searching for Rick Rubin
Janelle Monae, Metropolis Suite I: The Chase
The Smyrk, New Fiction EP
Imani Uzuri, Her Holy Water
The Family Stand, Super Sol Nova

Your answers don’t have to be full releases. Shout out EPs, mixtapes, singles. I just want to highlight what’s been wearing out your MP3 players and making you otherwise spend more money on iTunes or the other download services than you really should!

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks!

Rob