JAY-Z Gave His Best Verse of The Year to Drake on ‘Certified Lover Boy’ Music – 4 days ago Photo by Kevin Mazur for City of Hope via Getty Images. JAY-Z’s appearances on DONDA and Certified Lover Boy are in two very different leagues. For weeks now, Kanye and Drake have been rekindling their rivalry […]
First Look Friday: Bartees Strange Is Redefining Indie Rock On His Own Terms Music – 3 days ago Photo Credit: Bao Ngo For this month’s edition of First Look Friday, we talked to Bartees Strange about his early influences, the success of his debut album Live Forever, and how bridging the gaps between genres keeps […]
16 New Hip-Hop & R&B Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of September 3) Music – 3 days ago Photo Credit: Universal Music This week’s top albums feature selections from Drake, Jenevieve, Duckwrth, JMSN, L’Orange and more. Kanye West and Drake have finally delivered their albums ahead of the change of seasons: Donda and […]
Heartbreak Drake Returns on ‘Certified Lover Boy’ Featuring JAY-Z, Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne & More Music – 3 days ago Photo Credit: Artist On Friday, Certified Lover Boy dropped with features from Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Travis Scott, Giveon, Lil Baby, and Yebba. Drake returns to release his sixth studio album Certified Lover Boy. The rollout […]
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Ja Rule and Fat Joe are Set to Square Up in The Next Live ‘Verzuz’ Battle Music – 4 days ago Photo by Johnny Nunez for WireImage via Getty Images Verzuz returns on Tuesday, September 14th, live from Madison Square Garden. Ja Rule and Fat Joe will be going hit-for-hit in the next installment of Verzuz. […]
Photo via Patrick Johnson Protect this thing of ours: support truly independent journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Evan McGarvey occasionally dry cleans his tracksuit. The only real gift of middle age is memory. As someone who is officially closer to 50 than to 20, I remember when The Sopranos belonged […]
Wiki Announces New Navy Blue-Produced Album ‘Half God,’ feat. Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, duendita, and More Music – 8 seconds ago Photo by Jacob Consenstein for Artist Hear two new singles from the upcoming Wiki album. Wiki has announced a new album, Half God, will arrive next month. Produced entirely by Navy Blue, the incoming project will […]
Support truly independent journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Yousef Srour prefers thoughtful album artwork without emojis and uncensored album premieres preferably under two hours in run time. Egypt has always been a culture shock to me. To a small 9-year-old wandering the streets, it seemed desolate. Cairo is one of […]
An Upcoming Amy Winehouse Biopic will Chronicle The Last Years of Her Life Music – 8 seconds ago Photo by Yui Mok for PA Images via Getty Images. The film is being adapted from a 2010 book about the late Amy Winehouse. The embattled final years of Amy Winehouse are getting the big-screen treatment. According […]
This Free A.I. Program Brings All Your Mash-Up Dreams (and Nightmares) to Life Music – 7 mins ago Photo by Jeremy Liem via Unsplash Making a mash-up just got way too easy. As if the mash-up wasn’t already one of the most accessible forms of sound stitching, a new A.I. program is opening it up […]
Little Simz Returns to ‘Tiny Desk’ with a Lush and Laidback Performance Music – 8 seconds ago Source: Youtube/NPR Music Little Simz showcases her upcoming fourth studio album in a sophomore run for NPR’s Tiny Desk series. With her new album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, just days away from release, Little Simz offered a final glimpse at […]
Photo: George Goldberg 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. They Hate Change aren’t gonna be Bedroom Rap All-Stars for long. Despite the way they introduce themselves on their breakthrough tape, 666 Central Ave., and […]
Questlove, Flying Lotus, and More Pay Tribute to Lee “Scratch” Perry Music – 6 seconds ago Photo by Ollie Millington for Redferns via Getty Images Fans, friends, and former collaborators send up tributes and dedications to the late Lee “Scratch” Perry. On Sunday, reggae’s reverb-bending mystic, Lee “Scratch” Perry, died at the Noel Holmes Hospital […]
You Can Finally Stream Kanye West’s Album ‘Donda’ Featuring Jay-Z, Jay Electronica & More Music – 56 mins ago Photo Credit: Universal Following three live events, Kanye West has unveiled Donda featuring The Lox, The Weeknd, Fivio Foreign, Baby Keem, Young Thug and others. After a lot of going back and forth, Kanye West released […]
Drake Fans Take Feud into Their Own Hands, Vandalize Kanye’s Childhood Home Music – 2 hours ago Photo by Brian Prahl/MEGA/GC Images via Getty Images Tensions between Drake and Kanye continue to escalate. It doesn’t appear that the arrival of Kanye‘s DONDA has done anything to tamp down his tensions with Drake. In fact, the cold […]
There are rappers whose music focuses on sex, drugs and expensive cars, and then there is The Rap-Up, the only weekly round-up providing you with the best of these very rap songs. So support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Harley Geffner‘s best music listening experience is watching […]
Best Songs of The Week: ft. Westside Gunn, Busdriver, and More Music – 3 seconds 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 Westside Gunn, Busdriver, Kiefer, Roc Marciano, and more. Scroll through selections from this […]
15 New Hip-Hop & R&B Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of August 27) Music – 1 hour ago Photo Credit: Chimera Singer This week’s top albums feature selections from Westside Gunn, Blk Oddysy, Shaybo, Mercury, Boslen, Ray Vaughn and more. It’s been a stacked week filled with a lot of great releases. If […]
What Point is Kanye West Trying to Make with This Cursed ‘DONDA’ Rollout? Music – 7 mins ago Photo Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Universal Music Group During his latest ‘DONDA’ event, Kanye West stood next to DaBaby and Marilyn Manson, who has multiple rape allegations against him. Kanye West still has not released DONDA. […]
Kendrick Lamar Aims at Your Top Five on Baby Keem’s Booming New Single “Family Ties” Music – 2 hours ago Source: Youtube The LA rapper’s new single features a scene-stealing appearance from Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar set the tone for the highly-anticipated finale to his TDE era with a ferocious feature on Baby Keem‘s “Family […]
Photo via Yusuf Sanni/Atlantic Records Support truly independent journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa wants to decommodify the dancefloor. Cintia – “Je t’aime” For the casual music listener, the Angolan music scene can be divided into two camps: On one hand, kuduro and its aggressive beats […]
Photo: Brandon McClain 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. In a crew full of exuberant personalities hellbent on standing out, Archibald Slim stood out by not trying to stand out. Awful Records burst into […]
Watch TDE’s New Signee, Ray Vaughn, Introduce Himself with a Blistering LA Leakers Freestyle Music – 3 hours ago Source: LA Leakers/Youtube Ray Vaughn earns his keep as the latest TDE signee with a nearly seven-minute freestyle for LA Leakers. In case you missed the memo, Top Dawg Entertainment grew one rapper stronger this week […]
Rare Live Recording of John Coltrane Performing ‘A Love Supreme’ Set for First-Ever Release Music – 21 seconds ago Photo by Wolfgang Kunz via Getty Images. A newly-discovered recording of John Coltrane performing A Love Supreme live in 1965 is set to arrive this fall. Though it is widely regarded as a seminal album for both […]
OutKast is Celebrating 25 Years of ‘ATLiens’ with a Video Game Inspired by The Album Music – 28 mins ago Photo Credit: Artist OutKast also released a new animated video for the album’s hazy highlight “Two Dope Boyz (in a Cadillac).” Tomorrow, OutKast will release a 25th-anniversary expansion of their classic sophomore album, ATLiens. The deluxe […]
10 Zion I Songs That Show Why Zumbi Was A Bay Area Hip-Hop Legend Music – 52 mins ago Zumbi’s lyrics were focused on day-to-day living and simple, relatable wants: maintaining in Oakland, where he was from, and becoming a better man and musician. Photo Credit: Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images From “Bird’s Eye View” to “Tech $,” these […]
Photo: Priority Records See that leather sofa over there? Sit back with this six-pack and a spliff that’ll have your mind twisted while we chit-chat. RIP Sean Price. Support truly independent journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. A quarter century ago, Duck Down Records began with Heltah Skeltah’s Nocturnal, an album […]
You Can Customize and Remix Any Song with Kanye’s New Stem Player Music – 23 mins ago Photo by Kevin Mazur for Universal Music Group via Getty Images. The $200 device will ship with a copy of Kanye’s DONDA. As he continues to tinker with his incoming album, the artist soon-to-be formerly known as Kanye […]
The Selling of ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ Music – 2 hours ago Released on August 25, 1998, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is its own case study on the power and profitability of diversity at executive levels. Photo Credit: Eric Johnson It takes a dream team of creatives to put together an album like […]