Blending the pulsating energy of EDM with the gritty storytelling of hip-hop, Kara Major’s latest track, “White Collar Gangsta”, is a bold anthem that tackles the power dynamics of the financial world. With her signature mix of razor-sharp lyricism and commanding electronic production, Kara Major crafts a narrative that explores ambition, intellect, and the calculated […]
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Please donate to the POW Patreon so we can afford a “Jester on Dice” Homer pendant studded with nine lab-grown diamonds and 18 karats of gold. Liz Sánchez taught Frank Ocean how to build that endless ladder. It’s Friday afternoon at Coachella Weekend One. I just weaved through crowds of sweaty festival goers to find my friends […]
Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Will Hagle knows that Hot Girl Summer may be over, but he’s looking forward to the start of ugly grown man who cares too much about college football season. Before he ever made it to the table, Freddie Gibbs’s story had […]
A DJ Guide To Black Dance Music Classics — From Chicago House To New Jersey Club Music – 2 hours ago Photo Credit: Simon King/Redferns Amid Beyoncé and Drake dropping dance-centric albums, here’s a guide to the classics of Black dance music subgenres — from Chicago house to Baltimore Club. Thanks to Beyoncé and Drake […]
Pharrell’s ‘Something in the Water’ Festival Has Potential… But Needs Work Music – 5 mins ago Photo Credit: Greg Oribhabor Pharrell’s Something in the Water festival took place in Washington D.C., featuring acts such as Moneybagg Yo, Chloe x Halle, and Anderson .Paak with an all-star performance from the visionary artist himself. Joining the ranks […]
Mixtape Monday: J Scienide, Anwar HighSign, V Don x Bodega Bamz, Smoke DZA x Real Bad Man + More Music – 3 hours ago Photo Credit: Artist J Scienide, Anwar HighSign, V Don x Bodega Bamz, Smoke DZA x Real Bad Man and more this Mixtape Monday. J Scienide leads the pack this week with […]
15 of the Most Controversial Lines in Hip-Hop History Music – 14 hours ago Ice Cube’s “Black Korea” is one of the most contersersal rap songs ever. The song, which includes lyrics about looting Korean-owned stores, was vehemently opposed by members of the Korean-American community. Photo Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images We look back on 15 […]
Photo courtesy of Dane Darden. The pen’s always been mightier than the sword, but now we need more pens. Help us stock up by subscribing to the Passion of the Weiss Patreon. Zaytoven got his start in San Francisco but he endured a long and interesting route on the way back home. Born in Frankfurt, […]
A New Book Corrects Black Women’s Exclusion From Popular Music Music – 53 mins ago While Liner Notes for the Revolution strives to spark change, it also acts as a correction of the record. Esther Mae Scott, blues traveler. Photo by and courtesy of Paddy B. Bowman. In her new book, Liner Notes for the […]
Bless The Mad, MosEL, Bugseed, Meta the Great Destroyer x SINAI and more shake things up this Mixtape Monday. Bless The Mad is up first with their self-titled debut, MosEL returns with Protect Yo Peace, Bugseed blesses the lineup with Nameless and Meta the Great Destroyer teams with SINAI for Diogenes Syndrome. Ca$ablanca and Ill-Sugi […]
An older preview of a Dave East song went viral over the weekend and didn’t exactly receive a standing ovation. Subsequently, East became a trending Twitter topic on Monday morning (June 29) after Hip Hop fans quickly pounced on the production and criticized the Harlem-bred rapper for his beat-picking prowess — or perceived lack thereof. […]
As the planet reels in anxiety and grief, Matty Healy sounds surprisingly calm, almost as if he’d expected this, or certainly hadn’t been entirely surprised by it. “It is a very, very odd time,” he says over the phone from the recording studio in the English countryside where he’s been quarantining with the drummer-producer George […]
The major test of American Idol comes from its live aspects: Contestants perform in one take for a live audience, with the judges staring them down front and center. So the coronavirus pandemic throws the show for a real loop, especially with the top 20 preparing to perform for America’s votes for the first time. […]
It’s not simple to say … how much time we’ve spent watching covers of Sara Bareilles’s 11 o’clock number “She Used to Be Mine” from the musical Waitress. It’s at once heart-breaking and uplifting — the perfect song to listen to 15 times in a row until the well of emotions within you has finally […]
Last week, Justin Bieber was roundly mocked for sharing a graphic on his Instagram page that instructed fans on how to game streaming numbers in an effort to get his new (uh) ode to marital relations, “Yummy,” to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It included tips like “Create a playlist with ‘Yummy’ on […]