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 itās 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 todayās 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 āPoisonā featuring The Weeknd last month, Aaliyahās legacy continues to […]
The Rap-Up is the only weekly round-up providing you with the best rap songs youāve yet to hear. So support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Harley Geffner doesnāt know what to do with his hands. Jay Critch ā āHustler Muzikā [prod. A Lau] Even though the sample-heavy […]
The Weeknd to Release New Album āDawn FMā 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 donāt do sponcon, we donāt do clickbait, we donāt have any corporate overlords. This list that youāre 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 Drakeās Certified Lover Boy was the best selling rap album of 2021. Doja Cat, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, and more also had really big years. Drakeās reign wonāt let up. […]
Tyler, the Creator Denies Reports Heās Changing His Name āAre You Stupid?ā 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 āTyler, 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 donāt do sponcon, we donāt do clickbait, we donāt have any corporate overlords. This list that youāre 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. […]
DMX Recorded An Unreleased Two Disc Gospel Album in 2008 Music – 3 hours ago Photo Credit: Kevin Winter for Live Nation via Getty Images Two years after the release of his 2006 album Year of the Dogā¦ Again, DMX recorded an unreleased gospel album while living in Arizona. Dark Man X lives on. In a […]
Gen-Z is Learning About De La Soul Due to āSpider-Man: No Way Homeā Music – 8 mins ago Photo Credit: Paul Natkin Spider-Man: No Way Home closes with De La Soulās āThe Magic Numberā from 3 Feet High and Rising. To Spidey fanatics dismay, De La Soulās full catalog isnāt available on streaming platforms. Spider-Man: No […]
16 years of independent rap journalism with no end in sight. Keep it that way by supporting Passion of the Weiss via a subscription to our Patreon. Leonel wants food and traveling journalism for the working class. āIf the audience keeps clapping, Chente will keep singingā, a triumphant Vicente FernĆ”ndez used to spout at the […]
Madonna Comes For Tory Lanez For āIllegal Usageā of ā80s Hit Music – 1 hour ago Photo Credit: Jason Koerner for Rolling Loud Miami 2021 via Getty Images Madonna comes for Tory Lanez for sampling her 1985 hit āInto the Groove.ā Tory Lanez wonāt be catching a break any time soon. On his song āPlutoās […]
Issa Rae on Working in the Music Industry: āItāsā¦ the Worst Industry Iāve Ever Come Acrossā Music – 2 hours ago Photo Credit: Amy Sussman for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures via Getty Images In a post-Insecure finale interview with Los Angeles Times, Issa Rae breaks her silence on hidden dangers of the music industry. Issa […]
Photo courtesy of Jesse Crankson. Please support our efforts to give you the best writing about the worldās best music by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Sam Ribakoff is campaigning to be the resident DJ of The Watts Coffee House, but you have to help save the landmark first. 25. Leroy ā […]
Frank Ocean Unpacks His Grief in New 9 Minute Track Music – 3 hours ago Photo Credit: Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan for the Metropolitan Museum of Art via Getty Images Frank Ocean returned to his Apple Music 1 show on Christmas with a surprise nine-minute track. Frank Ocean heard that fans have been restless for new music […]
Mixtape Monday: Vic Spencer, Ohbliv, Lord Juco, Thelonious Martin, LE$ + More Music – 3 hours ago Photo Credit: Artist Source: Artist New music from Vic Spencer, Ohbliv, Lord Juco, Thelonious Martin, LE$ and more this Mixtape Monday. Vic Spencer drops Spencer for Higher 4 with Sonnyjim, Ohbliv files another LewseJoint, Lord Juco drops SHADOWS […]
Nas & Hit-Boy Drop New Project āMagic,ā Feat. DJ Premier & A$AP Rocky Music – 2 hours ago Photo Credit: Nas Nas and Hit-Boy have teamed up for a new project called āMagic.ā The EP, which is their third together, features DJ Premier and A$AP Rocky. Christmas has come early this year. Nas and Hit-Boy have […]
Pop this year was defined ā and redefined ā by Black women whoāve been instrumental in transforming the sonic and aesthetic blueprint of the genre This year has been a masterclass in Black women in pop music reimagining the future ā and actively reshaping the present ā for themselves in the genre. A space that […]
Nas is Dropping a Surprise New Project Feat. DJ Premier & A$AP Rocky Music – 23 mins ago Photo Credit: Nas Their third collaborative effort in over a year after Kingās Disease I and II, Nas and Hit-Boy reconvene for surprise album Magic. Christmas will come early this year. Nas and Hit-Boy have announced a new […]
Nas on the Messaging Around āHip Hop Is Deadā: āI Missed the Mark By Milesā Music – 2 hours ago Photo Credit: Johnny Louis for Waffle & Yankee Fitted Fest via Getty Images On a new episode of the Spotify podcast The Bridge: 50 Years of Hip Hop, Nas spoke about the intention behind his […]
Our list of the best albums of 2021 features everything from a mid-career masterpiece that dropped in January to a modern-day classic that released in November. From Drake to Adele to Kanye West, 2021 was the year of the powerhouse album. These were the albums that when they dropped the world stopped. And any real […]
5 Things We Learned From JAY-Zās Epic Twitter Spaces Conversation Music – 4 mins ago Photo: Kevin Kane for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame via Getty Images On Tuesday night, JAY-Z took to Twitter Spaces to talk Verzuz, Lil Mama, and more. JAY-Z took a break from the holiday festivities to join āEmpire […]
Photo by Lee Spielman No one at this site has a Chinchilla coat. Please help make that a reality by donating to the Patreon. In light of the tragic passing of Drakeo The Ruler, POW will be revisiting some of his greatest hits on this website. This article was originally posted December 4, 2020. The […]
In light of the tragic passing of Drakeo The Ruler, POW will be revisiting some of his greatest hits on this website. This article was originally posted on March 3, 2020 by the late, great Lucas Foster. Lucas Foster hopes you did or will participate in your stateās primary election. Two years removed from what […]
With the holidays on the horizon, we combed through demos, auctions, and listings, to find the vintage synthesizers that are genuinely attainable and actually sound good. When it comes to finding the right piece of hardware for a home music studio, āvintageā and āaffordableā are descriptors rarely occupying the same spaces. This is particularly true […]