Image via LayLow Lee/Instagram The Rap-Up is the only weekly round-up providing you with the best rap songs you need to hear. Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Harley Geffner has been trying to write about rap but all he can listen to is Mk.gee [embedded content] […]

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Image via Big GLTAOW/Instagram The Rap-Up is the only weekly round-up providing you with the best rap songs you need to hear. Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Donald Morrison chooses Key Lime over Pumpkin, and it’s not even close. [embedded content] [embedded content] There’s a dark […]

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Image via Bayer Leverkusen/Instagram 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. Miguelito grants that neutrals have more fun, but understands that’s no way to live. Set Piece is a bi-weekly football column by […]

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Image via Michael McKinney 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.” In March, many of the best sets found DJs leaning into specificity. […]

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Image via FearDorian/Instagram Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. All Donna-Claire does is write […]

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Image via Da Beatminerz Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. Common’s “Be (Intro)” is […]

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Image via All City Jimmy/Instagram The Rap-Up is the only weekly round-up providing you with the best rap songs you need to hear. Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Steven Louis added the eephus to his pitch repertoire. [embedded content] [embedded content] One of this correspondent’s favorite […]

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Image via Vera Sola/Instagram Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. Listening to Lingua Ignota […]

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Image via Bishop Snow/Instagram The Rap-Up is the only weekly round-up providing you with the best rap songs you need to hear. Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Donald Morrison chooses Key Lime over Pumpkin, and it’s not even close. [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded […]

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Image via photog Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. Will Schube still can’t believe […]

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Image via K2icyy/Instagram The Rap-Up is the only weekly round-up providing you with the best rap songs you need to hear. Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Harley Geffner says it’s crazy you have to pay to get in places to buy things. [embedded content] [embedded content] […]

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Credit: Four Tet Twitter Please donate to our Patreon so independent journalism does not die.  Parts of this article originally ran in 2010 on the Los Angeles Times’ now-defunct Pop & Hiss blog.  Jeff Weiss always wanted to go to Plastic People.  Assessing the trajectory of Four Tet’s creative arc is like watching an impaired […]

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Image via Paranoid London/Instagram Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. The name “Paranoid London” […]

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Image via Ivan Toney/Instagram 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. Miguelito’s free kicks are lethal from 10-12 yards. Set Piece is a bi-weekly football column by Miguelito. Or, rather, a series of […]

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Image via Wizz Havinn/Instagram The Rap-Up is the only weekly round-up providing you with the best rap songs you need to hear. Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Donald Morrison chooses Key Lime over Pumpkin, and it’s not even close. [embedded content] [embedded content] The Bay Area […]

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Credit: Anna Hanks Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. Jeff Weiss says it’s regular […]

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Photo via Jimel Primm Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. Chris Daly spent the […]

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Image via Michael McKinney 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.” Sometimes, more is more. This month’s column is, to be blunt, quite […]

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Image via Lord Apex/Instagram The Rap-Up is the only weekly round-up providing you with the best rap songs you need to hear. Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. F*ckers in school telling you, always in the barbershop, “Steven Louis ain’t ’bout this, Steven Louis ain’t ’bout that.” […]

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Credit: Jack McKain Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. Will Hagle is writing a […]

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Image via Patricia Castañeda Show your love of the game by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can keep churning out interviews with legendary producers, feature the best emerging rap talent in the game, and gift you the only worthwhile playlists left in this streaming hellscape. Michael McKinney understands the […]

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