We have the best new rap and R&B releases of the week, featuring artists like Open Mike Eagle, Omar Apollo, T.I, and more. There is an overwhelming amount of music that drops on New Music Fridays. Unless you have hours of free time, it’s almost impossible to wade through all the sewage out there to […]
The Griselda rapper links with Hit-Boy for his latest studio album. Taking no time off, Benny The Butcher is back with another new album. Released today via Griselda/EMPIRE, Burden of Proof is a big-league move for the Buffalo rapper. The 12-track project is produced entirely by Hit-Boy and features appearances from a who’s who of elite […]
The Roots MC joins forces with producer Sean C on a brooding third installment of his Streams of Thought series. Approaching two years since the release of his last solo project, Black Thought has finally delivered the long-teased third edition of his Streams of Thought series. Produced entirely by Sean C (with the lone exception of the […]
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 Rapsody and Bilal, Pete Rock, Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin, Benny The Butcher, Black Thought, and more. Scroll through selections from our latest sequence below and subscribe to Okayplayer’s Spotify […]
On the album title he shares, “Without a muse, there is no art, there is no music.” Brooklyn-based musician Bel-Ami unveils his debut album Muse(ic). Co-produced with Errick Lewis who has previously worked with Stevie Wonder and Erykah Badu, the release is neo-soul through and through. There are no features on this project and that’s ideal […]
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The legendary producer previews a long-awaited third installment of his Petestrumental series with a funk-fueled single. After months of delays, it appears Pete Rock is finally ready to unveil the third (and potentially final,) episode of Petestrumentals. According to Rolling Stone, Petestrumentals 3 is slated to arrive on December 11th via Pete’s Tru Soul imprint. The release date’s announcement is […]
Benny the Butcher drops Burden of Proof this Friday. Last week, Benny the Butcher dropped “Timeless,” the long-awaited collaboration with Lil Wayne and Big Sean. On Wednesday, he released the tracklist for his second studio album, Burden of Proof. The project will be produced in full by Hit-Boy. View the full tracklist below.Today, on the eve of its […]
The Food Villain arrives on October 25th. Extending a year-long streak of supporting some of 2020’s biggest rap releases, Alchemist is teasing yet another new project. And it’s slated to drop in just a few weeks. Over the last few days, the producer has been previewing something called The Food Villain on Instagram, offering little […]
Get your hands on Freddie Gibbs’ Alfredo merchandise now. On Thursday, Freddie Gibbs premiered the video for “Babies and Fools,” the standout from his latest album, Alfredo. The track features a guest verse from Conway the Machine. Fellow Griselda Records member Benny the Butcher tags along as the two hit the strip club for a night out. […]
Benny the Butcher drops Burden of Proof this Friday. Last week, Benny the Butcher dropped “Timeless,” the long-awaited collaboration with Lil Wayne and Big Sean. On Wednesday, he released the tracklist for his second studio album, Burden of Proof. The project will be produced in full by Hit-Boy. View the full tracklist below.Today, on the eve of its […]
Please support independent rap journalism by subscribing to Pasion of the Weiss on Patreon. David Ma always rocks the dad bod for Thanksgiving dinner. Picture being a young Crip from Long Beach and your song, “Getto Jam,” is the number one rap song in the country. Imagine it being from your debut and your second […]
A new mash-up tape pits the iron-clad bars of Shaolin’s finest against some of the Metal Faced Villain’s most notable suites. With a real-life collaboration between Wu-Tang Clan and MF DOOM seeming more unlikely by the day, a potent placeholder for that prospectively unholy union has surfaced. Earlier this week, South Korean producer, ALL4HIPHOP, glimpsed […]
Purdie is partnering with Rappcats to offer fans handpicked selections from his vinyl collection for a limited time. Legendary session drummer, Bernard Purdie, will be selling off pieces of his expansive record collection this month. Announced today by Rappcats and NowAgain Records chief, Egon Alapatt, with a clip of Quasimoto onlooking as the drummer gleefully […]
In a new interview with Zane Lowe, the Oxnard musician also admits to being late to J Dilla’s catalog and recounts the time Chaka Khan made him rehaul his whole studio setup. Anderson .Paak is the latest guest on Apple Music’s The Zane Lowe Show. Going over his towering 200-song submission to the host’s ongoing At […]
The Motown icon rallies Rapsody, Chika, Busta Rhymes, Cordae, and Gary Clark Jr., for a pair of protest anthems. If the signs are reading right, Stevie Wonder is mounting one helluva comeback. Overnight, the Hitsville legend shared a pair of politically-charged songs, “Can’t Put It In The Hands of Fate” and “Where Is Our Love […]
No ads, no corporate funding, just the most in-depth music coverage. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. A self-proclaimed scavenger, Zain Alam is always recording. He began composing music as a way to make sense of the vast auditory archives he collected while working as an oral historian in the […]
Spiritually, we’re way more Central District than Laurelhurst. Please support the real ones at Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. I remember Nacho Picasso performing to a sea of Actual Pain and Flying Coffin snapbacks on 11th Ave and Pike Street in Seattle. It was 2012. Fans moshed and screamed to every […]
The new Black Thought project had been postponed beforehand. Back in late July, Black Thought was set to release the third chapter in his Streams of Thought series. However, after the shocking death of former The Roots member Malik B., the project was indefinitely pushed back. On Tuesday, Thought announced that the project would finally […]
The album features Jay-Z vocals over various Smashing Pumpkins tracks. Over the years, the works of Jay-Z have been poked, prodded and mashed up countless times. The most notable example is Danger Mouse‘s The Grey Album. The project mashed up The Black Album with The Beatles’ 1968 album The White Album. Many believe that project […]
Real ones know where the gold standard for hip-hop writing lies. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. David Brake puts on for his city. When Drumma Boy answers the phone, he sounds at peace. He’s calling from his home in Memphis, sitting poolside with his bare feet kicked up on […]
Please help support our talented collective of music writers by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Michael McKinney is gonna guest DJ his local voting polling station. Summer is winding down, and the air is turning crisper. Several of September’s best sets reflect that shift, whether through deeper and slower grooves or more […]
Catch up with Elusive, Machinedrum, Dirty Art Club, Astro Mega, Joshua Virtue and more this Mixtape Monday. Elusive is first up with Horizons. Machinedrum returns with A View Of U, Dirty Art Club drops FMTI, Astro Mega makes the cut with Channel 10, and Joshua Virtue brings us Together, With Great Feeling. Pan Amsterdam delivers […]
The best new rap music, every single week. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Brandon Callender pulled up to the spot sporting Will Chamberlin waves. Cakes Da Killa – “Don Dada” It’s become a bit of a cliche to say that something makes you miss the club, but hear me […]
Please support our collective of music obsessives by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Will Schube is spooky scary. Bartees Strange ― Live Forever Live Forever by Bartees StrangeLive Forever by Bartees Strange Sometimes shit just hits and everything feels a bit better, at least momentarily. Isn’t that what music, at its purest, […]
The Compton rapper escalates his ongoing feud with the president in a cartoonish clip for his new album My Life 4Hunnid. Weeks out from the presidential election, YG is taking another shot at the commander in chief. Today, the Compton rapper shared an over-the-top video for the new single “Jealous,” off his freshly-released album, My Life […]
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The new in-browser studio from Roland offers users an opportunity to cut tracks with the TR-808 drum machine and the TB-303 bass synthesizer. Roland has launched an online studio that lets you play and record two of its iconic machines for free. Showcasing the pivotal TR-808 drum machine and TB-303 bass synthesizer, the aptly titled […]
The Houston rap legend detailed his struggle with recovering from COVID-19 in an interview with Willie D earlier this year. Scarface fans are lining up to donate an organ after the rapper revealed he was in need of a new kidney on Wednesday afternoon. The Geto Boys icon put out a call for a kidney […]