The two have gone back and forth since Cupcakke dropped her “How to Rob” remix. Earlier this week, Chicago MC Cupcakke took a page out of 50 Cent’s book and remade “How to Rob,” where she (somewhat jokingly) sent shots at dozens of artists in the rap game, including upcoming Atlanta artist Sukihana. Almost immediately […]
The Round-Up playlist is Okayplayer’s weekly haul of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set features new music from Madlib, Conway The Machine, DJ Muggs, cupcakKe, Little Dragon, and more. Scroll through selections from our latest sequence below and subscribe to Okayplayer’s Spotify channel today. Rigz and Futurewave – “Sheridan […]
The best new albums of this week include projects from legends, new guns, and quality veterans. We’re going to sound a bit redundant here, but holy shit a lot of new music dropped today. It is New Music Friday and unless you have hours of free time, it’s almost impossible to wade through all the […]
The new Goldlink track appears on Global Citizen’s Stand Up compilation. On Friday, DMV natives Goldlink and Ari Lennox teamed up to cover Fela Kuti’s 1977 track “Sorrow, Tears, and Blood.” The track was produced by Raphael Saadiq as part of Global Citizen’s Stand Up compilation album, which Saadiq executive produced. Stream the track below. “It was an […]
Moor Mother x billy woods, WateRR x Dirty Diggs, Ohbliv, Nation GVNG and more deliver this Mixtape Monday. Moor Mother and billy woods are up first with BRASS, WateRR teams with Dirty Diggs for Wizard Of The Crystal 2, Ohbliv serves up Spirit Medicine and Nation GVNG drops their self-titled album. DJ Suspect follows with […]
Please support this thing of ours by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Only Oumar Saleh knows what happened to the Russian. Late in the first season of The Sopranos, we get introduced to rap mogul Massive Genius in “A Hit is a Hit.” Throughout the episode, Genius butts heads with Hesh Rabkin […]
Method Man recently joined the Jemele Hill is Unbothered podcast. On the latest episode of Spotify’s “Jemele Hill is Unbothered” podcast, legendary rapper and actor Method Man joined Jemele Hill to talk his role in the new Power Book II: Ghost series, his love for comic books, Wu-Tang Clan and more. Stream the full episode below. The […]
Pharrell spoke about working with legendary artists on the latest episode of Drink Champs. On the latest episode of N.O.R.E.’s Drink Champs, legendary producer Pharrell Williams stopped by to talk his illustrious career. The two spoke about working with Snoop Dogg, why he initially didn’t understand the appeal of “Beautiful,” and more. Stream the full episode […]
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Please support the site that keeps you flush with new rap music every Monday. Please subscribe to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Brandon Callender keeps his mouth shut like he’s Shkreli. Tisakorean – “HOUSEPARTY (BigMac)” Tisakorean might be the first rapper to ever argue with someone on a money phone. He also might be […]
This is the latest news surrounding Wayne’s deal with Universal Music Group. Last week, we learned Lil Wayne sold his masters to Universal Music Group for $100 million. A new report unveils that Drake, Nicki Minaj and Tyga’s catalogs under Young Money were sold along with Lil Wayne’s catalog. Per Music Business Worldwide, a pending […]
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Super Freak will chart the unhinged highs and subterranean lows of a funk icon. An upcoming limited series from Universal Studio Group will attempt to make some sense out of the impossibly controversial life of the late Rick James. According to The Hollywood Reporter, USG has announced Super Freak, a series the studio describes as “a funkadelic […]
Please support the last of the real hip-hop blogs by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. This article is taken from Will Schube’s newsletter, Albums I Can’t Write About For Profit. Subscribe here to access the entire archive. Most people set their watches to bad clichĂ©s, but I set that shit to brilliant […]
We’re 99.9% from the free throw line. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Never Bored Again is a new column from our officially unofficial NBA correspondent Abe Beame. He’s been writing about the league for our site for a long-ass time, but ahead of the impending season, we’ve decided to […]
The previously-unheard MF DOOM track was released on the latest GTAV update. Rockstar Games’ sprawling Grand Theft Auto V is still bringing us fresh content. On Tuesday, the game updated its playlists, including Flylo FM, the fictional station programmed by Flying Lotus. Flylo’s new mix includes a new track from him featuring the one and only MF […]
The track arrived late Thursday evening and immediately began trending on Twitter. On Thursday night Cupcakke dropped a track calling out some of the biggest rappers of the year titled “How To Rob (Remix).” Over a 50 Cent sample from 1999, Cupcakke takes shots at female rappers that have dominated 2020: Megan Thee Stallion, Mulatto, […]
Photos courtesy of JoogSZN Please support the beat junkies at Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. No regional rap sound is forever definitive. But some define an era in a region’s history. If you trace the last three and a half decades of L.A. rap, you can point to the sound that […]
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Busta Rhymes recreates a classic cut for his latest single. On Tuesday, Busta Rhymes dropped the video for “Outta My Mind,” the latest single from Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God. The song features Bell Biv Devoe, whose hit single “Poison” was sampled for the track. Stream the video below. In the video, Busta […]
The Houston rapper performed a few of her most acclaimed tracks of the year. Straight from a rodeo, Megan Thee Stallion celebrated winning Apple Music’s Breakout Artist of the Year by sharing renditions of her most popular tracks of 2020. She kicked off the set with “Realer,” a biting song produced by LilJuMadeDaBeat. This set […]
Photo courtesy of Sinematic Studios Please support your favorite rapper’s favorite rap blog by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. A rapper’s origin story is often a modern-day myth. If the past is prologue, one’s roots inform an artist’s slang, accent, and forward-facing narrative. In the case of Jay Worthy, his story is […]
Dig new music from Ankhlejohn, Jehst, Dueling Experts, Che Noir, Roc C and more this Mixtape Monday Ankhlejohn is up first with As Above So Below, Jehst drops one for the Heathens, Dueling Experts follow with DE2: Sand The Floor and Che Noir is back with After 12. Roc C takes a trip on OxTales. […]
Both Earth Wind & Fire and The Isley Brothers have left an irreversible mark on the entertainment industry due to their extensive contributions to music over the years. On Sunday night, fans were debating who would win a Verzuz battle between Earth, Wind & Fire and the Isley Brothers on Twitter. A Verzuz I need […]
Madlib’s latest album, Sound Ancestors, is out next month via the Madlib Invazion imprint. Check out the first single, “Road of the Lonely Ones,” now. Madlib is getting the new year started with yet another collaborative album. The producer has just released a new song called “Road of the Lonely Ones.” The song is a […]
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Please help support the musical ecosystem we’ve made for ourselves by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Fuck a Tesla, Miguelito has rigged a ’67 Impala for space travel. Space has become cynical and exhausting, as a place and a concept. It is still a “new frontier” but in the sense that it […]
2020 is coming to its end (think God, right?), but even though the year got on our nerves it gave us time to explore new music, and artists were able to focus on creating dope tunes for us. This year was extremely good for Latin artists who took over mainstream charts and rose to superstars […]