Best Songs of The Week: feat. Wiki, The Alchemist, and More Music – 3 mins ago Source: Youtube 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 Alchemist, Wiki, YUNGMORPHEUS, Zack Fox, and more. Scroll through selections from this week’s […]
Photo via SPELLWRKS Let us keep doing the things that you and we love: writing about the best music out there that you may not know about just yet. Subscribe to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Get Kevin Crandall on the court and he’s trouble, last week he fucked around and got a triple […]
First Look Friday: Spillage Village’s Benji. Gets Another Chance with ‘Smile, You’re Alive!’ Music – 4 mins ago After years of struggles, Benji., the newest member of the Atlanta hip-hop collective Spillage Village, has released his debut album, Smile, You’re Alive! Photo Credit: Neri For October’s First Look Friday, we spent time with Spillage […]
Raphael Saadiq Reveals The Hilariously Petty Way He was Fired by Prince Music – 36 mins ago Photo by Tristan Fewings for Global Citizen via Getty Images. Raphael Saadiq recounted his brief tenure in Prince’s post-Revolution band on the latest episode of Questlove Supreme. Though he’s currently considered music royalty, Raphael Saadiq wasn’t always so indispensable. […]
The Alchemist & Mavi Connect on the Stunning “Miracle Baby” Music – 2 hours ago Photo Credit: Daniel Reagan The Alchemist has released the first single from his upcoming This Thing of Ours EP. Legendary producer The Alchemist is on the hottest streak of his career. Earlier this week, the hall-of-fame producer announced that he […]
15 New Hip-Hop & R&B Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of October 1) Music – 40 seconds ago Photo Credit: Ally Schmaling This week Meek Mill, OOMPA, and Lil Wayne return to share albums that make up our favorite albums of the week. There are also notable drops from CRIMEAPPLE, Cookin’ Soul and […]
Stream Meek Mill’s ‘Expensive Pain’ Ft. Young Thug, Moneybagg Yo, Brent Faiyaz & More Music – 1 min ago Photo Credit: Artist Meek Mill’s latest album, Expensive Pain arrives shortly after he shared the album artwork by painter Nina Chanel Abney. Following a successful billboard campaign throughout the country, Meek Mill’s new album Expensive Pain […]
Photo via Liam Walsh Let us keep doing the things that you and we love: writing about the best music out there that you may not know about just yet. Subscribe to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Harley Geffner knows that every job will eventually be automated until just 3 remain: baller, shot-caller, 20 […]
Wale Drops “Poke It Out” Ft. J. Cole & Announces Official ‘Folarin 2’ Release Date Music – 9 mins ago Photo Credit: Prince Williams for Wireimage On Thursday, Wale shared the drop date of his next album, Folarin 2. It’s arriving ahead of the 10-year anniversary of Ambition. Wale’s upcoming album Folarin 2 has gotten […]
Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem & More to Perform Super Bowl LVI’s Halftime Show Music – 37 mins ago Photo Credit: Dr. Dre Dr. Dre and some of his good “friends” will be performing at this year’s Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is coming to Los Angeles. In 2022, the super bowl will be played […]
In remembrance of Stephen Gaines, better known as rapper Zumbi, we broke down his legacy with five figures who were close to the legendary Bay Area artist. Stephen Gaines, more popularly known as Zumbi from the rap group Zion I, passed away on August 13, 2021, in Berkeley, California. Though gone, the legendary Bay Area […]
The Meters’ Leo Nocentelli Readies Release of Long-Lost Solo Album, Shares First Single Music – 3 hours ago Photo by Michael Putland via Getty Images. Recorded between 1972 and 1974, the lone solo album from The Meters’ founding guitarist was thought to be lost until 2018. After nearly 50 years, the debut solo album from […]
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In Hip-Hop and Beyond: Dr. Lonnie Smith [Playlist] Music – 14 mins ago Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns via Getty Images. Featuring hip-hop classics and obscurities from Madvillain, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, Snoop Dogg, and more. Last night, Blue Note Records announced Dr. Lonnie Smith, a master organist and spiritual jazz giant, had died […]
12 Classic R&B Songs Written By Andrea Martin Music – 2 mins ago Andrea Martin’s songs dealt with love, heartbreak, the complexity of relationships, sexuality, and celebration as interpreted through the experiences of a Black woman. Photo Credit: Cindy Ord/WireImage for The Recording Academy Andrea Marin was a songwriter’s songwriter. Throughout the ’90s and 2000s […]
Q-Tip On Co-Signing Megan Thee Stallion Early in Her Career Music – 2 hours ago Photo Credit: Harmony Gerber for FilmMagic In a viral video, Q-Tip is speaking out about why he co-signed Megan Thee Stallion even when no major labels were interested in signing her. Q-Tip is going on the record declaring again that […]
Read a first-hand experience on what made September 29th, 1998 special, and why we’ll never see another date like that again When it comes to rap discussions there are personal opinions and there are factual statements that people will often mistake for personal opinions. When I say that September 29th, 1998 was rap music’s last […]
We’re the last of a dying breed, keeping the best music journalism in the game free and without ads just for you. Support us by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Gage Thoman is so Columbus he has a Clippers tattoo. In the wake of the Ghetto Boyz rampage and hostile takeover of […]
Andrea Martin, Golden Pen of ’90s and ’00s R&B, Dead at 49 Music – 4 seconds ago Photo by Cindy Ord/WireImage for The Recording Academy via Getty Images. The r&b world is mourning the loss of Andrea Martin, who wrote hits for Monica, En Vogue, SWV, Toni Braxton, and more. Andrea Martin, the singer, songwriter, […]
Ghostface Killah is Releasing a 25th Anniversary ‘Ironman’ Vinyl Music – 13 seconds ago Photo Credit: Epic Records Ghostface Killah is the celebrating the 25th anniversary of his debut album in style. Next month will be the 25th anniversary of one of the greatest hip-hop debuts of the ’90s: Ghostface Killah’s Ironman. To celebrate the […]
Kanye Pulls a ‘Pablo’ with ‘Donda,’ Releases New Version of Album Music – 3 mins ago Photo by Kevin Mazur for Universal Music Group via Getty Images. Kanye scrapped contributions from Chris Brown and KayCyy on the newly updated version of Donda. Though it was officially released (allegedly against his will) last month, Kanye West […]
Erykah Badu Is Taking Her Talents To Sonos, Announces ‘Badubatron Radio’ Music – 4 mins ago Photo Credit: Steve Jennings for WireImage Erykah Badu will be curating her own Sonos station starting next month: Badubatron Radio. Erykah Badu is taking her talents to Sonos where she’ll be curating a new station titled Badubatron Radio. Per […]
Straight killer, no filler. We put in the work without the ads so you can get straight to the best music journalism in the game. Support us by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Evan Nabavian got scammed by Teejayx6 for the culture. Many producers offer stadium-sized beats, but DJ Fresh’s music is […]
On September 28, 1976, Stevie Wonder’s masterpiece Songs in the Key of Life was released. We spoke with members of Wonderlove and legendary engineer Gary Adante (Olazabal) about how this timeless album was made. One hundred and four minutes and twenty-nine seconds of artistic brilliance captured the minds of a generation. Coming off winning back-to-back […]
Support truly independent journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa listens to more global music in a week than most do in an entire lifetime. Exray Taniua feat. Mejja & Ndovu Kuu – “Usherati!” If there’s a genre of song in urban music that I’m naturally inclined […]
Kari Faux Wants To Be A Lowkey Superstar — And Help Independent Artists, Too Music – 18 hours ago Photo Credit: Brennan Pierre Kari Faux went from SoundCloud rapper-singer to appearing on the soundtrack of HBO’s series Insecure. With Lowkey Superstar Deluxe and her new record label, she’s forging her latest chapter as an artist […]
R. Kelly Found Guilty of Racketeering and Sex Trafficking, Facing Decades in Prison Music – 20 hours ago Photo by Antonio Perez via Getty Images. A Brooklyn jury found R Kelly guilty of all charges in the first of several trials pertaining to allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct. R Kelly has been convicted of […]
For Better or Worse, Governors Ball 2021 Was a Return to Pre-COVID Normalcy Music – 21 hours ago For his Saturday night headlining performance, A$AP Rocky only performed a handful of songs. Photo Credit: Vickey Ford of Sneakshot Photography With performances from A$AP Rocky, Freddie Gibbs, Kehlani, and more, Governors Ball 2021 felt as exhilarating […]
Ghostface Killah Reveals Kanye West & Mike Dean Will Executive Produce ‘Supreme Clientele 2’ Music – 23 hours ago Photo Credit: Prince Williams for Wireimage The rapper took to a Reddit forum to share specifics on his upcoming release, Supreme Clientele 2. Ghostface Killah has officially announced details surrounding the release of Supreme Clientele 2. […]
How Pastor T.L. Barrett Melded The Secular and The Sacred to Forge a Singular Gospel Sound Music – 1 day ago Pastor Barrett has led a congregation on the same two-block stretch of Chicago’s south side for more than 50 years. Photo Credit: Shorefire Media We spoke with Chicago legend Pastor T.L. Barrett about his […]