Tom Ewing | Wiley is giving away 200 tracks for free – which will only add to his legend

Modern music marketing is closer in spirit to the Native American practice of potlatch than you might thinkFans boggled at last week's decision by the grime star Wiley to give away more than 200 new tracks for free online. First, they asked, is it for real? And then, why is he doing this? And finally, where do I even start listening to it all? Wiley's absurd generosity will be part of the man's legend for years to come – the giveaway is an assertion of his creativity and work rate. It's like t...

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