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 […]

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Photo by Kisshomaru Shimamura Please support our efforts to aggressively catalog the world’s best music by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Sam Ribakoff is the Phantom of the Esoteric Dance Night. 25. Oneohtrix Point Never – Magic Oneohtrix Point Never Magic Oneohtrix Point Never by Oneohtrix Point NeverMagic Oneohtrix Point Never by […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Support your source for the best new rap music every week by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Harley Geffner uses writing as a front for his scam empire. Bladee & Mechatok – Good Luck I was looking for a tweet I saw that said Bladee needs to be cast in Euphoria to […]

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The new Channel Tres album i can’t go outside is out now. On Thursday, Los Angeles-based artist Channel Tres released his latest EP, i can’t go outside. The project features a pulsing track with Tyler, the Creator called “fuego.” Stream the new track below. In preparation for the project’s release, Channel Tres joined Apple Music’s Zane Lowe […]

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The producer joined Rick Rubin on a new episode of Broken Record for a career-spanning interview. Pharrell is the latest guest on Rick Rubin‘s consistently insightful Broken Record podcast. Dialing in over a Zoom line, the pair of hitmakers discussed Pharrell’s Virginia roots, the origins of The Neptunes, the producer’s biggest hits (and perceived misfires.) Towards the […]

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The Verzuz showdown has been postponed. Ashanti has revealed that she’s tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of tonight’s Verzuz battle with Keyshia Cole. The singer took to Instagram to break the news. “Hey y’all I can’t believe I’m saying this but I tested positive for COVID-19,” Ashanti wrote. “I’m ok and not in any pain,” she added before […]

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The eight-year-old retroactively received a Grammy nod from The Recording Academy. The Carter Family officially has another Grammy nominee in their ranks. According to an update on The Recording Academy’s website, Blue Ivy Carter is nominated for “Best Music Video,” alongside her mother, BeyoncĂ©, for the visual to “Brown Skin Girl,” which appears on the […]

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The incident reportedly took place while the state was mandating a two-week quarantine for all off-island visitors. Rick Rubin has been charged with breaking Hawaii’s coronavirus protocols. According to Kauai’s The Garden Island, the producer was reported by an anonymous caller after being spotted walking alone on a deserted section of Anini beach near his resort. The […]

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