11 New Hip-Hop & R&B Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of May 27) Music – 19 seconds ago Kamaiyah’s album Divine Timing, out today is a fiery and ambitious effort. UMI has captured our attention once again with her debut album Forest in the City. Oakland’s Kamaiyah has unleashed her newest album Divine[…]
The Notorious B.I.G. Estate Has Released a New Track w/ Ty Dolla $ign and Bella Alubo Called “G.O.A.T.” Music – 2 hours ago With the 50th birthday of The Notorious B.I.G. on Saturday, his estate has released new track “G.O.A.T.” with Ty Dolla $ign and Bella Alubo. The estate of The Notorious B.I.G. has released[…]
Kendrick Lamar Could Care Less About Being Rap’s Savior Music, Reviews – 4 days ago Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is ambitiously imperfect, Kendrick Lamar more concerned with healing himself than being rap’s great savior. Now an age-old idiom within the English-literary canon, “Uneasy is the head that wears the crown” — later updated[…]
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Independent rap journalists will recommend you new music until their voices give out. Keep it that way by supporting Passion of the Weiss via a subscription to our Patreon. Michael McKinney understands the cultural importance of Kreayshawn’s “Gucci Gucci.” April brought about yet another slew of great DJ sets, with the best stuff spanning styles,[…]
The Rap-Up is the only weekly round-up providing you with the best rap songs you’ve yet to hear. So support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Harley Geffner is currently organizing a Free YSL protest. Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5” After a long hiatus, Kendrick is finally[…]
Ranking Kendrick Lamar’s “The Heart Part 5” Deepfakes From Least To Most Bizarre Music – 2 hours ago Kendrick Lamar transforms into a handful of Black celebrities in his video for “The Heart Part 5,” including Kanye West and the late Nipsey Hussle. Ahead of the release of his upcoming album, Mr. Morale & The[…]
Kendrick Lamar dropped "The Heart Part 5 tonight, as he counts down to his album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, which drops next week. The Marvin Gaye sampling track came with a video, in which Kendrick face swaps with Will Smith, Kanye West, OJ Simpson, Jussie Smollett, Kobe Bryant, and Nipsey Hussle. During the[…]
Jack Harlow Drops ‘Come Home the Kids Miss You’, Pharrell, Drake, Lil Wayne Music – 2 hours ago Two years since That’s What They All Say, Jack Harlow is back with Come Home the Kids Miss You, featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and more. There’s a new star in hip-hop. On Friday, Jack Harlow released his sophomore[…]
Jack Harlow's sophomore album Come Home the Kids Miss You arrived today, and his fans came to his defense. While many have said the album is solid, others dissed the Kentucky rhymer, which is why his fans went to bat for him. jack harlow dropping some hard ass bars pic.twitter.com/2irpH5krm7 Jack Harlow and Drake on[…]
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Mixtape Monday: Ahwlee, MidaZ The BEAST, MATLOCK, Budamonk x Jansport J + More Music – 4 hours ago Joints from Ahwlee, MidaZ The BEAST, MATLOCK, Budamonk x Jansport J and more this Mixtape Monday. Ahwlee is up first this week with FTRS, MidaZ The BEAST is on deck with 84, MATLOCK shares Coffee & Cannabis[…]
Everything We Know About The New Kendrick Lamar Album ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ Music – 26 seconds ago Sifting through the rumor mill chatter for a realistic idea of what fans can expect from Kendrick Lamar on his upcoming album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. Last August, Kendrick Lamar broke a years-long[…]
Future's new album I Never Liked You arrived on Friday, April 29 and the first reactions are in. The project is 16 songs deep and features include Kanye West, Gunna, Young Thug, Drake, EST Gee, and Kodak Black. Me two tracks into this new Future album: #INEVERLIKEDYOU pic.twitter.com/Dj2qMoL5zo DRAKE JUST PUT CRISTIANO RONALDO AND MESSI[…]
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Mixtape Monday: Twit One, Defcee x Boathouse, 21 Grams, Fil Jackson, DøøF + More Music – 26 mins ago New music from Twit One, Defcee x Boathouse, 21 Grams, Fil Jackson, DøøF, and more this Mixtape Monday. Twit One is up first with Prelude To A Desaster, Defcee & Boathouse drop For All Debts Public[…]
Pusha T Is More Stagnant Than Consistent With His Coke Raps On ‘It’s Almost Dry’ Music – 2 hours ago More stagnant than it is consistent, It’s Almost Dry is a testament to Pusha T becoming too impressed with his own mythology. “Didn’t have to reinvent the wheel, just a better design,” Pusha T raps on “Dreamin’[…]
Snoop Dogg Talks About Removing Several Death Row Albums from DSPs Music – 6 seconds ago Death Row Records owner Snoop Dogg announced that he’s removed select albums from himself, Dr. Dre and Tha Dogg Pound on streaming services. With plans to transform Death Row Records into an “NFT label,” Snoop Dogg has pulled an[…]
A New Kendrick Lamar Album Will Arrive Next Month Music – 37 mins ago Through pgLang, on Monday, Kendrick Lamar announced that his new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers will release on May 13th. Kendrick Lamar is nowhere close to retiring. On Monday, the rapper retweeted a Twitter user who claimed that “Kendrick Lamar[…]
Mixtape Monday: AJ Suede x Small Professor, Jae Skeese, Vic Spencer x Doc Da Mindbenda, Marcel Allen + More Music – 2 hours ago AJ Suede x Small Professor, Jae Skeese, Vic Spencer x Doc Da Mindbenda, Marcel Allen, and more this Mixtape Monday. AJ Suede and Small Professor kick things off this week with[…]
A Guide To Getting Into Black Women In Rock Music – 2 hours ago This guide serves as an introduction to Black women in rock and the defining albums they made that are testament to their impact. In July 1927, blues singer Bessie Smith was doing what she often did — entertaining an audience of[…]
