The legendary producer previews a long-awaited third installment of hisĀ PetestrumentalĀ series with a funk-fueled single. After months of delays, it appears Pete Rock is finally ready to unveil the third (and potentially final,) episode of Petestrumentals. According toĀ Rolling Stone,Ā Petestrumentals 3Ā is slated to arrive on December 11th via Pete’s Tru Soul imprint. The release date’s announcement is […]

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Benny the Butcher dropsĀ Burden of ProofĀ this Friday. Last week, Benny the Butcher dropped “Timeless,” the long-awaited collaboration with Lil Wayne and Big Sean. On Wednesday, he released the tracklist for his second studio album,Ā Burden of Proof. The project will be produced in full by Hit-Boy. View the full tracklist below.Today, on the eve of its […]

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Get your hands on Freddie Gibbs’Ā AlfredoĀ merchandise now. On Thursday, Freddie Gibbs premiered the video for “Babies and Fools,” the standout from his latest album, Alfredo. The track features a guest verse from Conway the Machine. Fellow Griselda Records member Benny the Butcher tags along as the two hit the strip club for a night out. […]

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Benny the Butcher dropsĀ Burden of ProofĀ this Friday. Last week, Benny the Butcher dropped “Timeless,” the long-awaited collaboration with Lil Wayne and Big Sean. On Wednesday, he released the tracklist for his second studio album,Ā Burden of Proof. The project will be produced in full by Hit-Boy. View the full tracklist below.Today, on the eve of its […]

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A new mash-up tape pits the iron-clad bars of Shaolin’s finest against some of the Metal Faced Villain’s most notable suites. With a real-life collaboration between Wu-Tang Clan and MF DOOM seeming more unlikely by the day, a potent placeholder for that prospectively unholy union has surfaced. Earlier this week, South Korean producer, ALL4HIPHOP, glimpsed […]

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Purdie is partnering with Rappcats to offer fans handpicked selections from his vinyl collection for a limited time. Legendary session drummer, Bernard Purdie, will be selling off pieces of his expansive record collection this month. Announced today by Rappcats and NowAgain Records chief, Egon Alapatt, with a clip of Quasimoto onlooking as the drummer gleefully […]

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In a new interview with Zane Lowe, the Oxnard musician also admits to being late to J Dilla’s catalog and recounts the time Chaka Khan made him rehaul his whole studio setup. Anderson .Paak is the latest guest on Apple Music’sĀ The Zane Lowe Show. Going over his towering 200-song submission to the host’s ongoing At […]

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The Motown icon rallies Rapsody, Chika, Busta Rhymes, Cordae, and Gary Clark Jr., for a pair of protest anthems. If the signs are reading right, Stevie Wonder is mounting one helluva comeback. Overnight, the Hitsville legend shared a pair of politically-charged songs, “Can’t Put It In The Hands of Fate” and “Where Is Our Love […]

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No ads, no corporate funding, just the most in-depth music coverage. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. A self-proclaimed scavenger, Zain Alam is always recording. He began composing music as a way to make sense of the vast auditory archives he collected while working as an oral historian in the […]

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Spiritually, we’re way more Central District than Laurelhurst. Please support the real ones at Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. I remember Nacho Picasso performing to a sea of Actual Pain and Flying Coffin snapbacks on 11th Ave and Pike Street in Seattle. It was 2012. Fans moshed and screamed to every […]

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The album features Jay-Z vocals over various Smashing Pumpkins tracks. Over the years, the works of Jay-Z Ā have been poked, prodded and mashed up countless times. The most notable example is Danger Mouse‘s The Grey Album. The project mashed up The Black Album with The Beatles’ 1968 album The White Album. Many believe that project […]

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Real ones know where the gold standard for hip-hop writing lies. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. David Brake puts on for his city. When Drumma Boy answers the phone, he sounds at peace. Heā€™s calling from his home in Memphis, sitting poolside with his bare feet kicked up on […]

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Please help support our talented collective of music writers by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Michael McKinney is gonna guest DJ his local voting polling station. Summer is winding down, and the air is turning crisper. Several of Septemberā€™s best sets reflect that shift, whether through deeper and slower grooves or more […]

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The best new rap music, every single week. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Brandon Callender pulled up to the spot sporting Will Chamberlin waves. Cakes Da Killa – “Don Dada” Itā€™s become a bit of a cliche to say that something makes you miss the club, but hear me […]

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Please support our collective of music obsessives by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Will Schube is spooky scary. Bartees Strange ā€• Live Forever Live Forever by Bartees StrangeLive Forever by Bartees Strange Sometimes shit just hits and everything feels a bit better, at least momentarily. Isnā€™t that what music, at its purest, […]

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Noname shared the freestyle on Twitter. Noname has shared a freestyle of herself rapping over Jay Electronica‘s “Rough Love.” The artist took to Twitter on Wednesday to share the brief freestyle, captioning the video with: “i write to jay elect beats when im bored.” The track is from Jay Elec’s Act II: The Patents of […]

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The six-minute short is directed and edited by the Newark rapper, featuring a lone cameo from THA GOD FAHIM. Months after the release of the project, Mach-Hommy has released a bizarre and engrossing visual accompaniment toĀ Mach’s Hard Lemonade. Clocking in at just north of six-minutes-long, the short commences with Mach and his “lemons” sprawled out […]

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The project will arrive as a limited edition vinyl pressing for the Black Friday installation of Record Store Day. After years of sporadic link-ups, Madlib and Karriem Riggins are set to release their debut collaborative album as Jahari Massamba Unit. Announced in the reveal of Record Store Day’s Black Friday release list, the project, titled […]

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Hear veteran music journalist, Dan Charnas, examine the pioneering rhythms and sampling rituals of J Dilla. A new episode of Oliver Wang’s podcast, Heat Rocks, dissects the myriad innovations and production methods of the late J Dilla, as well as their impact on hip-hop’s torch-bearing beatmakers. Joined by journalist Dan Charnas (former A&R, author ofĀ The […]

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Okayplayer kicks off its new video seriesĀ Needle to the Groove with Chuck D, who spoke about some of his favorite vinyl records. Have you ever wondered what some of your favorite artists, entertainers, and public figures’ most beloved vinyl records are? Well, this is whatĀ Needle to the GrooveĀ is all about. Okayplayer’s newest video series,Ā Needle to […]

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