Mixtape Monday: SPELLWRKS, East Hampton Polo Boys, 2033, your best friend jippy + More Music – 49 mins ago Photo Credit: Artist Joints from SPELLWRKS, East Hampton Polo Boys, 2033, your best friend jippy and more this Mixtape Monday. SPELLWRKS starts this week’s Mixtape Monday off with Year Of The Tiger, East Hampton Polo Boys […]
BROCKHAMPTON Has Announced They Are Splitting Up, Coachella 2022 Will Be Their Final Show Music – 2 days ago Photo Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) BROCKHAMPTON announced that their February 7th show at O2 Academy Brixton and their performance at Coachella 2022 will be their final two shows as a group. After […]
“I’m Happy To Have a Second Career:” Jim Jones on His Late Career Resurgence Music – 4 mins ago Jim Jones and DJ Drama’s new project, We Set the Trends, pays homage to his own career while giving the youth a chance to shine. Photo Credit: @Calligrafist We talked with Jim Jones about the making […]
Best Songs of The Week: ft. Georgia Anne Muldrow, Robert Glasper, and More Music – 29 mins ago Photo by Barry Brecheisen via Getty Images. 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 Georgia Anne Muldrow, Robert Glasper, Earl […]
We’re smoking purple, sippin’ ‘gnac. Inhaler, we’re Primatene Mist, causin’ asthma attacks. Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Somewhere out there, D’Andre Ball is arguing the case that Randy Moss was twice the receiver Jerry Rice ever was. Last Sunday, the Bay Area hip-hop community mourned the […]
9 Hip-Hop and R&B Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of January 14th) Music – 2 hours ago Photo Credit: Samir Hussein for Cineworld Leicester Square via WireImage We’re halfway through January and the hits keep coming. This week’s best hip-hop and indie releases include FKA Twigs, Nick Grant and more. The second week […]
How Tom And Jerry Inspired “C.R.E.A.M.” And Other Interesting Facts From Raekwon’s Memoir Music – 3 hours ago Photo Credit: Johnny Nunez/WireImage Raekwon released his memoir, From Staircase to Stage, late November last year. It finds the Wu-Tang Clan member telling his life story in a way only he can, divulging interesting facts that have never […]
Stream Cordae’s New Album ‘From Birds Eye View,’ Feat. Stevie Wonder, Eminem & More Music – 23 hours ago Photo Credit: Kevin Winter/WireImage On his sophomore album From a Birds Eye View, Cordae is in good company with features from H.E.R., Eminem, Gunna, Lil Wayne and more. On his long-awaited follow-up to 2019 debut The Lost […]
POW is a website without ads. We don’t do sponcon, we don’t do clickbait, we don’t have any corporate overlords. This list that you’re about to read is a labor of love, inasmuch as anything can be a labor of love in late capitalism. Abe Beame likes to talk shop, both on and off Twitter. As a […]
Earl Sweatshirt Gets Contemplative on New Album ‘Sick!’ Music – 6 hours ago Photo Credit: Tan Cressida/Warner In just 24 minutes–and with only two features–Earl Sweatshirt ponders isolation and coming-of-age on Sick! Earl Sweatshirt has made a triumphant return. Explaining that Sick! is a “humble offering of 10 songs recorded in the wake of the worldwide […]
Robert Glasper Unveils ‘Black Radio 3’ Release Date with Star-Studded Tracklist and New Single Music – 1 day ago Source: Youtube Robert Glasper details the long-awaited third installment of his Black Radio series. Nearing a full year since it was initially announced, Robert Glasper is finally filling in the blanks for Black Radio 3. And […]
This year, new albums from artists like Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Freddie Gibbs, and Normani are expected to drop. Here are the most anticipated albums of 2022. If 2021 proved anything, it’s that planning is a practice of our pre-pandemic lives. And with a new COVID-19 variant putting up record numbers across the globe, it seems […]
Ye (aka Kanye West) Will Headline Coachella 2022 Music – 1 day ago Photo Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Universal Music Group In April, Kanye West will return to Indo, California as a Coachella headliner for the first time since 2011. After two years of cancellations, Coachella is back in effect. According to Variety, Kanye […]
Where else will you find the thoroughly researched rundown of the best up-and-coming artists from the continent of Africa on a weekly basis? At the top it’s just us. Support truly independent journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Leonel is Telling Us Something Good. Esther Chungu – “Healing” From Zambia: Gospel […]
Pete Rock’s Potential ‘Illmatic’ Lawsuit Is Latest In Producer Royalty Cases For Classic Rap Songs Music – 41 mins ago Photo Credit: Johnny Nunez/WireImage Pete Rock’s plan to sue over unpaid royalties for his contributions to the Nas classic “The World Is Yours,” comes just as fellow rap producers like DJ Shok have won monumental […]
Pete Rock Plans on Suing Nas Over ‘Illmatic’ Royalties Music – 9 seconds ago Photo Credit: Johnny Nunez for “The Lost Tapes 2” Release Party via WireImage Legendary hip-hop producer Pete Rock claims that he hasn’t been paid royalties for his work on Nas’ 1994 debut Illmatic. Nas’ debut Illmatic was an instant classic, and album […]
Support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. In Kent Loon’s music video for “Rax,” you immediately notice a Jenga tower worth hundreds of dollar bills sandwiched between his forearm and a flexing bicep. Your eyes might also linger on the Russian Cream Backwoods in his mouth. Kent dances […]
J. Cole Will Headline Bonnaroo 2022 Music – 2 hours ago Photo Credit: Scott Dudelson for Rolling Loud Los Angeles 2021 via Getty Images Bonnaroo 2022 has announced its full lineup. J. Cole, 21 Savage, and Roddy Ricch will headline the three-day festival in June. Tinashe, Herbie Hancock, and Tierra Whack will also be performing. Although […]
Kanye West’s New “Heaven and Hell” Video is Actually Just a Gap Commercial Music – 49 mins ago Photo Credit: Vevo The visual for Kanye West DONDA track “Heaven and Hell” premiered last night on ESPN during the NCAA football championship game. Last night, Kanye West (now ‘Ye’) gave ESPN viewers a look into the […]
Where else will you find the thoroughly researched rundown of the best up-and-coming artists from the continent of Africa on a weekly basis? At the top it’s just us. Support truly independent journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Leonel is Telling Us Something Good. Simply put, 2021 was an amazing year […]
In Hip-Hop and Beyond: James Mtume [Playlist] Music – 26 mins ago Photo by Anthony Barboza via Getty Images. Remembering and celebrating the late James Mtume through his extensive imprint on hip-hop and r&b over the last 30 years. Last night, the music world lost another giant in the passing of James Mtume. Though a […]
Knxwledge Ends ‘MEEK’ Tape Series Over Copyright Issues Music – 1 hour ago Photo Credit: McKay Felt For years, Knxwledge has reworked throwback Meek Mill freestyles for his MEEK mixtape series, but the saga has ended due to copyright concerns. The six-volume MEEK mixtape series has reached its end. Beginning in 2017 by Knxwledge, the series featured […]
Mixtape Monday: ANKHLEJOHN x DA$H, SHAOLIN JAZZ, Hus “Wavo” Kingpin, HUBBS + More Music – 25 mins ago Photo Credit: Artist ANKHLEJOHN x DA$H, SHAOLIN JAZZ, Hus “Wavo” Kingpin, HUBBS and more this Mixtape Monday. ANKHLEJOHN x DA$H link for Honey Sweeter Than Blood, SHAOLIN JAZZ drops The 37th Chamber, Hus “Wavo” Kingpin returns with […]
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 can’t believe we live in a time when we have to go through IG Stories to find proper producer credits. […]
6 New Hip-Hop & Indie Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of January 7) Music – 2 mins ago Photo Credit: Paras Griffin for Getty Images/BMI Since it’s the top of 2022, there are a few releases from the top of the crop. This week’s best hip-hop and indie albums feature options from Gunna, […]
Earl Sweartshirt Release New Single, Drops More Deets About Upcoming ‘Sick!’ Album Music – 40 mins ago Photo Credit: Ryosuke Tanzawa Releasing new single “Titanic”, Earl Sweatshirt has revealed the tracklist for his fourth album ‘Sick!’, due to arrive on January 14th. Earl Sweatshirt fans won’t have to wait any longer for the follow-up to […]
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 […]
First Look Friday: Wiley From Atlanta Wants To Make Authentic, Soulful Southern Music Music – 1 hour ago Last year, Wiley from Atlanta released Kingfisher, a sonically cinematic road trip that finds him creating a fantasy world for himself while growing in the COVID era. Photo Credit: Kristin Karch For our latest First Look Friday, we […]
The Weeknd & DJ Jim Carrey Host a Purgatory Dance Party on New Album ‘Dawn FM’ Music – 1 min ago Photo Credit: The Weeknd via Republic Records After hosting a surprise livestream yesterday night in anticipation of his fifth album Dawn FM, “new sonic universe” from The Weeknd has arrived. A brand new dawn […]
Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon Wants to Make Charlotte a Haven for Independent Rap Music – 3 hours ago Though he was formed and is currently based in Charlotte, Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon’s last few years have been split between his hometown and Brooklyn. Photo Credit: Ubuntu Graphics Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon takes us through his breakout year in […]