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 […]
Photo by Snowmangoose. Support the Nas takes you didn’t know you needed, but now can’t live without, by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. MobbDeen is laughing at baseheads trying to sell some broken amps. Magic is Nas’ best project since It Was Written and I wouldn’t be opposed to any claims that […]
Kanye West is Expected to Headline Coachella 2022 Music – 38 seconds ago Photo Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Universal Music Group Kanye West is expected to return to Coachella as headliner for the first time since 2011. After two years of cancellations, Coachella is back in effect. According to Variety, Kanye West and Billie […]
Photo: Music In Africa 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. Rosa Ree (Feat. […]
Though the two are very different, Ari Lennox and Summer Walker stand out in the upper echelon of R&B because they share the most honest versions of themselves. In today’s music industry, artists have to constantly to market themselves, while relentlessly churning out music that resonates with their fanbases. And within that cutthroat climate, D.C. […]
The First Posthumous Aaliyah Album is Dropping This Month Music – 3 hours ago Photo Credit: Tim Mosenfelder for 106 Summer Jam via ImageDirect The posthumous Aaliyah album, Unstoppable, will have features from Drake, Future, and Ne-Yo, The Weeknd, and Snoop Dogg. After releasing new single “Poison” featuring The Weeknd last month, Aaliyah‘s legacy continues to […]
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. Harley Geffner doesn’t know what to do with his hands. Jay Critch – “Hustler Muzik” [prod. A Lau] Even though the sample-heavy […]
The Weeknd to Release New Album ‘Dawn FM’ This Week Music – 4 hours ago Photo Credit: Rich Fury for 2021 Billboard Music Awards via Getty Images for dcp Nearly two years after releasing After Hours, The Weeknd is set to drop his fifth album Dawn FM on Friday. We might be three days into the New […]
Wiki, Terry Presume, Navy Blue, Eddie Kaine, Moor Mother, Pink Siifu and more are The Best of 2021. The 2021 year-end retrospective features 20 of the best projects to make the cut this year. Selected from a cache of top tier releases, this retrospective is hard-hitting, experimental and just plain ill. Join me in revisiting […]
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. Even labors of love come at the significant cost of time. […]
These Were the Top Selling Rap Albums of 2021 Music – 46 mins ago Photo Credit: Jim Bennett for Austin City Limits Festival via FilmMagic Drake’s Certified Lover Boy was the best selling rap album of 2021. Doja Cat, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, and more also had really big years. Drake‘s reign won’t let up. […]
Tyler, the Creator Denies Reports He’s Changing His Name “Are You Stupid?” Music – 1 hour ago Photo Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin for 10th Annual LACMA Art+Film Gala via FilmMagic After a new interview with Fast Company where he spoke about his name, it was alleged that the rapper wanted to change his moniker as ‘Tyler, the […]
Vinyl Had Its Highest Sales In 30 Years Last Week Music – 4 days ago Photo Credit: Richard Newstead for The Image Bank With over two million vinyl LPs sold, the week ending December 23rd marks the highest-selling week for vinyl since 1991. Vinyl is back in style. Nearly a month after Adele caused a massive […]
We went into the heart of five festivals in 2021 to document how music festivals adjusted to the new pandemic reality. One thing was abundantly clear: the pandemic was tolerated, not feared. Nothing in music was as fundamentally devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic as much as live music. Live entertainment trade publication Pollstar estimated the […]
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. Even labors of love come at the significant cost of time. […]