Image via Niontay/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. Snail Mail is now Harley Geffner‘s mortal enemy. [embedded content] [embedded content] This song and the beat has been the […]

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Photo via Denzel Himself/Instagram Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. [embedded content] [embedded content] The torch has been passed. Supported by the infrastructure of UK hip-hop platform Mixtape Madness, Kenny Allstar’s Mad About Bars helped shepherd the 2016-2019 era where drill talents such as 1011, fka Y.OFB, […]

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Image via Big Sad 1900/YouTube 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 needs his community’s help to get his Moncler jacket. [embedded content] [embedded content] Big Sad 1900 […]

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Image via Nia Archives/Instagram Please support our efforts to give you the best writing about the world’s best music by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Sam Ribakoff misses the days when Bandcamp didn’t cater to Fortnite streamers on Twitch. I’m writing this right after reading that Ryuichi Sakamoto, one of the visionaries behind […]

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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, all you need is a skull-cracking kick drum. Several DJs leaned […]

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Image via TisaKorean/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 needs his community’s help to get his Moncler jacket. Cash Cobain’s evocative and nostalgic brand of sample-heavy, New […]

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Image via DJ Lucas/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. Donna-Claire‘s apex for the […]

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RXK Nephew and a stuffed Rooster (Image via Scott Jawson) Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Abe Beame is imagining riding around in a truck on a Spring day with the windows down, blasting drumless rap. For many artists too young to remember a time before Facebook, […]

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Image via DJ Lucas/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. Donna-Claire‘s apex for the […]

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Image via the algorithm 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. As president Harley Geffner is back like he never left. AI is getting alarmingly good. Would you ever guess […]

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Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Abe Beame is imagining riding around in a truck on a Spring day with the windows down, blasting drumless rap. In 2019, a long-running prestige institution came to an end on HBO. It was a show with a sticky premise baked […]

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Image via 03 Greedo/Wyatt Spain Winfrey/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. As president Harley Geffner would make all doggy healthcare free. [embedded content] [embedded content] R3 is the […]

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Image via Jay Fully/ Instagram 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 […]

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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.” Lay a drum break just right and you can set the club […]

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Image via Kasher Quon/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 dresses up for the occasion. [embedded content] [embedded content] The phrase scam rap is slowly losing meaning. […]

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