Drake & 21 Savage Hold the Biggest Hip-Hop Debut of 2022 With ‘Her Loss’ Music – 3 hours ago Drake and 21 Savage’s collab album Her Loss debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, moving 404,000 equivalent album units in the US. From a minor setback to major comeback. Just ten days after releasing[…]
9 New Hip-Hop, Afrobeats & R&B Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of November 11) Music – 2 hours ago This week’s New Music Friday consists of albums from Nas, 9th Wonder, Run The Jewels, Wizkid, and more. Nas and Hit-Boy make magic again on King’s Disease III. There are no features on the[…]
Nas Continues Late Career Hot Streak with ‘King’s Disease III’ Music – 2 hours ago Less than one year after releasing his fifteenth album Magic, Nas returns with King’s Disease III, co-executive produced by Hit-Boy. Nas returns with new Hit-Boy-produced album King’s Disease III. Featuring 17 tracks, the album marks the third installment of the King’s[…]
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.” Some of October’s best DJ mixes came out of celebrating histories. Theo Parrish, already a legendary[…]
Anita Baker Is Going On Tour for the First Time In 28 Years Music – 5 hours ago In February, Anita Baker will tour in the first time in 28 years to commemorate the 40th anniversary of her debut album The Songstress. Anita Baker is heading out for her first tour in nearly three decades.[…]
First Look Friday: Bandmanrill is the Newark Rapper Trying to Take Jersey Club Rap to the Next Level Music – 3 hours ago For November’s First Look Friday, we spoke to New Jersey rapper Bandmanrill about his rise, club music, why he doesn’t want to be associated drill rap, and more. “You have to have[…]
A Book About MF DOOM & Madlib’s ‘Madvillainy’ Album Is Coming Music – 4 hours ago A book about MF Doom and Madlib’s 2004 album Madvillainy is being published by 33 1/3 Books. The legacy of MF DOOM lives on in an upcoming book from the 33 1/3 series. On Tuesday (November 1), the book imprint[…]
Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Eric Diep wants to know who allowed French Montana to make “Whipp’n It Slowly.” Archibald Slim ended up back in Atlanta by accident. The Georgia native had spent the last few years in Los Angeles until the coronavirus pandemic shut everything down.[…]
By Caleb Catlin On a scorching Phoenix afternoon circa 2007, my mom picked me up from school in my grandma’s white Buick. It was so hot you could burn your skin touching the seat belt metal. I eagerly scrolled the radio dial as she asked me about my day: what I learned at school and[…]
SZA & LaKeith Stanfield Get Flirty In Upcoming ‘Shirt’ Music Video Music – 8 hours ago SZA and Oscar-nominated actor LaKeith Stanfield star as romantic interests in the upcoming “Shirt” music video on SZA’s sophomore album. SZA and Atlanta star LaKeith Stanfield get acquainted in a flirtatious teaser for “Shirt” from SZA’s upcoming sophomore album. A clip posted to[…]
Listen To A Teaser Of Rihanna’s New Song For ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Music – 5 hours ago Rihanna has shared a teaser of her song “Lift Me Up” that will be featured on the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. We’re just days away from new music from Rihanna. On Tuesday night (October 25), Marvel Studios[…]
Sampa the Great on Building Bridges Across Generations with Angélique Kidjo Music – 1 min ago Sampa the Great talks to Okayplayer about her relationship with musical legend Angélique Kidjo and the importance of building bridges across generations. Sampa the Great has been on a creative spree as of late. In just the last month[…]
Duckwrth Wants To Remind You He’s Been On The Dance Music Tip With ‘Chrome Bull’ Music – 1 hour ago We spoke with Duckwrth about his new project Chrome Bull, merging his boundless interests in music and fashion, dance music, and more. It’s mid-September, a week before Duckwrth embarks on the Chrome Bull tour to[…]
Kendrick Lamar Debut ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City’ Has Spent A Decade On the Billboard 200 Chart Music – 1 min ago Debut Kendrick Lamar album Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City has spent 520 weeks on the Billboard 200 since being released in 2012. Ten years later, debut Kendrick Lamar album Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City is still making history. Per[…]
Pusha T on a Clipse Reunion: “It’s Really Up to My Brother” Music – 1 min ago In a Grammy preview interview with Rolling Stone, Pusha T says a Clipse reunion with his twin brother No Malice isn’t out of the cards. Pusha T is his brother’s keeper. In a new interview with Rolling Stone,[…]
“I Had to See Him:” Freddie Gibbs Talks About Bumping Into Jeezy & Ending Beef Music – 10 seconds ago While on The Bootleg Kev Podcast, $oul $old $eparately rapper Freddie Gibbs spoke about he and Jeezy squashing their longtime feud. Freddie Gibbs and Jeezy have deadened their beef. In a segment from his recent appearance on[…]
Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. The Bay Area doesn’t sleep, and neither does Yousef Srour. Welcome to the BAY AREA TYPE BEAT series, a recurring column in which Yousef Srour sheds light on Bay Area artists and Bay Area-adjacent artists. Each week, he handpicks five cuts[…]
Did Madlib Part Ways with Longtime Partner Eothen “Egon” Alapatt? Music – 21 hours ago Rumors of Madlib and Egon splitting up began in Spring 2022 when the producer was gearing up to release his collaborative album with Blackstar. After decades at each other’s side, Madlib and business partner, Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, may have disbanded.[…]
Mixtape Monday: Rob Cave x Small Professor, Sonnyjim x The Purist, NAPPYNAPPA, Semiratruth x JWords + More Music – 27 seconds ago Rob Cave x Small Professor, Sonnyjim x The Purist, NAPPYNAPPA, Semiratruth x JWords and more this Mixtape Monday. Rob Cave & Small Professor ask that we Respect The Wildlife, Sonnyjim & The Purist[…]
Widow of MF DOOM Says Music Executive Refuses To Return His Rhyme Books Music – 38 mins ago Jasmine Dumile, widow of DOOM, claims that music exec Eothen “Egon” Alapatt of Now-Again Records will not return the rapper’s rhyme books. Jasmin Dumile, wife of the late-MF DOOM says that the Madvillainy rapper’s rhyme books are being[…]
Megan Thee Stallion Gets Casket Pretty In Music Video For “Ungrateful” Music – 5 seconds ago Megan Thee Stallion is joined by fellow Southern rapper Key Glock in the visual for “Ungrateful” from new album Traumazine. Megan Thee Stallion has shared new video “Ungrateful,” the latest single from her sophomore album Traumazine. Directed by Colin Tilley –[…]
