16 years of independent rap journalism with no end in sight. Keep it that way by supporting Passion of the Weiss via a subscription to our Patreon. Chris Daly remembers when the term “console wars” actually meant something. While most of us have been able to scratch the Open Mike Eagle itch with his phenomenal[…]
16 New Hip-Hop, R&B & Alt Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of March 25) Music – 23 mins ago Kilo Kish’s AMERICAN GURL is one of the most unique drops to arrive this week, and Fana Hues is back with flora + fana, her latest album. More staples this week come from Denzel[…]
Chance the Rapper Returns With New Video “Child of God” Music – 12 seconds ago In the visual for new track “Child of God” featuring Moses Sumney, Chance the Rapper is joined by Gabonese painter, Naïla Opiangah. In “Child of God”, Chance the Rapper returns to his Christian roots. On Friday, the rapper shared a[…]
Pusha-T Responds to Arby’s Allegedly Receiving $8.2 Million Boost After “Spicy Fish Diss” Music – 2 hours ago Business analyst Darren Rovell reported that Arby’s received an $8.2 million dollar boost after Pusha-T dropped his “Spicy Fish Diss Track”. On Monday, Pusha-T teamed up with McDonald’s and served up some beef. Following his “Spicy Fish[…]
Is It Whale or Well? JAY-Z Clarifies Iconic “U Don’t Know” Line Music – 29 mins ago Pusha-T joined Arby’s for a diss track aganist McDonald’s, referencing 2001 JAY-Z track “U Don’t Know”. Hov clarified his lyrics in a text. On Monday, Pusha-T teamed up with Arby’s to drop a McDonald’s diss track targeting its[…]
Photo via Goonew’s Instagram 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. Brandon Callender is the only one to still have the Peacocks in his bracket un-ironically. In 2016, Maryland[…]
Mixtape Monday: Fly Anakin, SauceGod, MC Altered States, Elzhi x Georgia Anne Muldrow + More Music – 35 seconds ago Fly Anakin, SauceGod, MC Altered States, Elzhi x Georgia Anne Muldrow and more this Mixtape Monday. Fly Anakin is Frank, SauceGod is on deck with the Uninvited Guest EP, MC Altered States delivers The Usual[…]
Best Songs of The Week: ft. Benny The Butcher, Fly Anakin, and More Music – 2 hours ago The Round-Up is Okayplayer’s weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set features new music from Benny The Butcher, Fly Anakin, Georgia Anne Muldrow, The Alchemist, and more. Scroll[…]
Kanye West Album ‘DONDA 2’ Ruled Ineligible for Billboard Charts Music – 2 hours ago With Kanye West exclusively featuring DONDA 2 on stem players, Billboard has deemed the album ineligible for being sold with merchandise. Kanye West‘s new music will not appear on Billboard Charts in the foreseeable future. After declaring that his new[…]
5 Albums That Made Neo-Soul Possible Music – 5 hours ago The source code of neo-soul is scattered across a number of genre-defiant projects that pushed, and eventually broke, boundaries in the first half of the 1990s. Neo-soul wasn’t always such a nebulous category of music. Hard to believe, but there was a time when[…]
Fefe Dobson Is Ready To Return To Her Rock Throne Music – 8 mins ago Okayplayer spoke with Fefe Dobson about her upcoming new album, preserving the art form of rock as a part of Black people’s roots, and more. The true essence of rock ‘n’ roll derives from Black culture, but can specifically be traced[…]
Listening to ‘Donda 2’ is the Wrong Reason to Buy Kanye’s Stem Player Music – 13 mins ago Though it went mostly overlooked upon introduction, Kanye West’s Stem Player is a surprisingly sophisticated piece of hardware with utility well beyond holding an exclusive copy of the Donda sequel. In the late afternoon of February 23rd —[…]
Photo via David Marques Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Few things are more comfortable for Makaya McCraven than being behind a drum kit. It’s where the Chicago musician got his start, slowly learning to be a working musician under the influence of his father, percussionist Steven[…]
The Game Says He’s Not Bitter About Not Being Invited to Perform During Dr. Dre’s Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Music – 18 mins ago The Game went to Instagram to share that he wasn’t upset about not being included in the Super Bowl Halftime Show earlier this month. No one speaks for The Game[…]
“Oh, He Got Busy:” Pusha-T Confirms JAY-Z is Feature On New Album Music – 41 mins ago The next Pusha T album is fast approaching. In a new interview, he confirmed a forthcoming collaboration with JAY-Z. The new Pusha-T era is underway. Two weeks after premiering his “Diet Coke” visual with Kanye West, the rapper[…]
Kanye West Says Billie Eilish Needs To Apologize To Travis Scott Before He Commits to Coachella 2022 Music – 1 min ago Kanye West went to Instagram announcing that he wants Billie Eilish to apologize to Travis Scott for comments made during a show. Kanye West doesn’t talk publicly often. But when he does, he[…]
Kanye West Post Message Saying He Wants Drake to Narrate Netflix’s ‘Jeen-Yuhs’ Documentary Music – 1 hour ago With a week until the Netflix premiere of Kanye ‘Ye’ West documentary Jeen-Yuhs, Ye says he needs Drake to narrate the film. Netflix’s upcoming three-part documentary film, Jeen-Yuhs, will chronicle over 20 years of the music in[…]
In December of 2021, we lost Drakeo the Ruler. All month, We Know the Truth will pay tribute to the Ruler, the foreign whip crasher, Mr. Mosley, one of the most innovative LA rappers in the history of the genre, and most importantly, a rapper we all loved who made music that became part of[…]
Watch House Shoes Spin Hours of Rare Unreleased J Dilla Beat Tapes Music – 4 hours ago A close friend and confidant of the late J Dilla is prying open the vault for an extensive exploration of the rarities he’s collected over the years. It’s February 7th and all your favorite J Dilla scholars are[…]
Muni Long Was a Pop Songwriter – Then She Bet on Herself as a Solo R&B Act Music – 5 hours ago “We’ve seen viral moments where the song is huge for a couple of weeks and then it disappears, this is different in that, people are feeling like it’s a resurgence of R&B, and[…]
Please help support truly independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. As 2021 draws to a close, dancefloors still remain in limbo. Some clubs, shuttered due to Covid-19, have started to inch towards reopening for good with the help of vaccine cards. In what proved to be a deeply polarizing[…]
