The second installment of 2020’s three-part Record Store Day celebration is upon us. Comb through another batch of picks for your crate explorations. Like seemingly anything the year has wrought, Record Store Day is hitting a little different in 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this most unfortunate year’s chase is spread across three separate days at the […]
Watch Travis Scott, Young Thug, and M.I.A run around the Michael Jordan mansion. Travis Scott is in full rollout mode. The Houston rapper has just released the video for “FRANCHISE,” his latest single. The song features appearances from frequent collaborator Young Thug and M.I.A. The presence of M.I.A. — who can go M.I.A. when it […]
Dutifully bringing you the best new rap music every week. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Brandon Callender is just a writer from the Champion’s League. CEO Trayle – “OK Cool” I’m not sure if there’s a better break-up song than “OK Cool” right now. CEO Trayle can’t help but […]
There are like 20 music blogs left, and Passion of the Weiss is one of them. Donate to us on Patreon. Please? Jordan Ryan Pedersen swears that Casey Mize’s split-finger fastball will one day return the Detroit Tigers to their former glory. As an artist, do you seek to escape your surroundings? Or do you […]
Homeboy Sandman and Quelle Chris will release their album next month. Next month, two underground favorites, Homeboy Sandman and Quelle Chris, will release an album together called Don’t Feed The Monster. Although Chris is a world-class MC himself, Sandman will be doing all the rapping while Quelle handles the production. Two weeks ago, the two […]
Rap music enjoyed a landmark year in 2000, with a number of classic albums shaping the sound of the genre. Here are the 20 best rap verses from that year. Reaching its commercial apex during the ’90s, the future appeared bright for hip-hop as the culture entered the new millennium. Firmly established as the voice […]
JaRon Marshall explores feelings of rage, power, pride, and, ultimately, peace, throughout the project’s four tracks. It’s easy to fall into the head-bobbing funk of “Last June,” the track that kicks off JaRon Marshall‘s The Black Power Tape. Then, the soulful croon of vocalist James Robinson comes in, uttering the names of people we’ve heard all […]
The Prince estate shared the full 1987 benefit show from Paisley Park alongside the release of a “super deluxe” edition of Sign O’ The Times. Prince and Miles Davis‘ mythical link-up has officiialy been freed of its grail bootleg status. As a companion to the release of a deluxe edition of Sign O’ The Times, the […]
Kanye flips another classic from Ms. Hill’s catalog in a preview of a new song. Amidst a bid for president, an unending Twitter screed against Universal Music and Sony, and even a handful of comparisons to biblical figures, Kanye somehow still has time to make music. In his latest dispatch, the rapper-turned-White-House-hopeful proved just that, […]
The rap legend died in 1996. Proving once more that she’s got her finger square on the pulse of pop culture, Kamala Harris‘ pick for “best rapper alive” was one that’s been inarguably dead for the better part of the last 30 years. As the headlining speaker at this year’s NAACP convention, Harris opened her […]
Spillage Village recruited Chance the Rapper, Ari Lennox, Lucky Daye, and more for the project. On Friday, Dreamville-affiliated crew Spillage Village dropped their fourth album, Spilligion. The group is primarily made up of Atlanta duo EarthGang and J.I.D. Additionally, singers like Mereba and 6LACK are members of the crew. These two, along with Ari Lennox, […]
Michelle, Deem Spencer, and the booyah! kids team up to remix the summer single. This past July, New York City collective Michelle dropped their single “SUNRISE.” The track was remixed by the booyah! kids shortly afterward. On Thursday, the group released a new remix of the track, this time around featuring a guest verse from […]
Public Enemy frontman Chuck D spoke with Billboard about the album. On Friday, Public Enemy dropped their 15th studio album, What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? The project features guest appearances from Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, YG, and Questlove. When the Grid Goes Down is their first releases on Def Jam since appearing on the […]
Action Bronson also released a fragrance and ice cream collaboration with the project. Friday’s set of new releases has brought the anticipated return of Action Bronson. The Queens MC released Only for Dolphins, his first project in nearly a year. His last full-length release was the November 2019 collaboration with The Alchemist, Lamb Over Rice. […]
Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Peter Holslin misses Café Em Nazih. Nisf Madeena, a new benefit compilation for relief efforts in Beirut, is a wail of anguish, a call for revolution and a love note to a city, all in one. Released Sept. 4 by the Arabic-language music magazine […]
Two years after releasing Tha Carter V, Lil Wayne has returned to the album, adding 10 new tracks. The new songs feature Raekwon, Post Malone, and more. Monday, September 28th, will be the two-year anniversary of Lil Wayne‘s last album, Tha Carter V. To celebrate the anniversary, the legendary rapper has decided to retool the […]
Dig into a rack of jams this Mixtape Monday including music from Horatio Luna, Namir Blade, Starker, Wigflippa and KC Ortiz. Horatio Luna is first up with Boom Boom, Namir Blade plants his flag with Aphelion’s Traveling Circus, Starker takes a solo trip for The Greenest Block, Wigflippa drops 9/13, and KC Ortiz follows with […]
Please support the last surviving independent rap blog by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. David Ma kicks his best bars to the sound of tape hiss. The Good Life Café was a storied health food market in the ‘90s that doubled as an art center. It nurtured LA’s indie rap community and […]
Please support our collective of music obsessives by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Will Schube is drinking Perignon out of Pyrexes. Anjimile ― Give Taker Giver Taker by AnjimileGiver Taker by Anjimile Anjimile’s debut came amidst a period of turmoil and change that reflects itself in their lyrical approach. The music, though, […]
Anderson .Paak handles the directing on the video for his latest single. On Wednesday, Anderson .Paak dropped the video for his latest single, “Cut Em In,” featuring Rick Ross. The Hit-Boy produced song appears on the soundtrack for Madden 21. The video, directed by Paak himself, features a cameo from Vine star-turned-actor King Bach. Stream […]
Conway The Machine serves as NPR’s latest Tiny Desk performer. Conway The Machine has made his NPR Tiny Desk debut. The Griselda rapper brought fire to the booth — a dining booth that is — at a diner in Queens for his quarantine performance, where he proceeded to do a five-song set. Three of the songs performed were from […]
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Empire signees PJ Morton, Mozzy, and Jean Deaux appear on the project. On Tuesday, independent music distributor Empire released the compilation album Voices for Change, Vol.1. The project features Empire signees, shedding light on social injustices around the world. Proceeds from the project will go to the ACLU. View the full tracklist below. Empire’s vice-president […]
Reason addresses rumors about his label status on the track. Top Dawg Entertainment MC Reason dropped a new track, “The Soul Pt. 2,” on Monday. The track, produced by Kal Banx, Lonestarmuzik, and BREGMA is a follow-up to his initial TDE release from 2018. On the track, Reason addresses rumors that he’s signed to Dreamville, […]
We didn’t invent listening to more jazz, we just think the world is better when do. Please subscribe to Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Chris Robinson has served more major keys than DJ Khaled. In recent years record labels have bombarded jazz fans with a seemingly endless supply of “lost masterpieces” […]
A new mash-up tape blends the pop icon’s hits with the dance-floor-friendly productions of a house-anchored beatmaker. Though they’ve never officially linked in a studio or on-record, a new mash-up tape from Amorphous imagines the hypothetical sessions between Beyoncé and Kaytranada. The result is potent and ruthlessly neck-aching. Released today on Bandcamp, the nine-track tape […]
The funk icon’s first album in over a decade pairs him with a stalwart roster of Stones Throw producers. Steve Arrington is back with his first solo outing in more than a decade. On Friday, the former frontman of Ohio funk legends, Slave, released Down To The Lowest Term: The Soul Sessions, his second studio […]
We spoke with The Ohio Players’ drummer James “Diamond” Williams who explained to us, in great detail, how Ohio Players recorded their 1975 classic Honey. The Ohio Players’ story begins in Dayton, Ohio in 1959. During this early period, they were known as the Ohio Untouchables and were the band for a Detroit-based vocal group […]
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The best new rap music every week without an offseason. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. The ball off Harley Geffner‘s jump shot looks like a Shooting Star Press. Capolow & Kamaiyah – Oakland Nights Though Capolow’s singles have the power to light up a party and “Drip” remains one […]