The Rage Against the Machine frontman remixed the classic OutKast track from Stankonia. Three weeks ago, Sony Music announced the forthcoming release of an expanded vinyl edition of the award-winning Outkast album Stankonia. In honor of the album’s 20th anniversary, the album’s singles will be released along with a bundle of rare remixes. On Monday, the […]
Busta Rhymes is set to drop his tenth album this Friday. On Monday, Busta Rhymes revealed the official tracklist for his upcoming tenth studio album, Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God. The project features legends like Rakim, Q-Tip, M.O.P., Pete Rock, Bell Biv Devoe and more. The new album arrives on all digital streaming […]
clipping., Malik Elijah, earoh, Ill Scholars, Fat Tony and more raise the bar this Mixtape Monday. clipping. is up first with Visions of Bodies Being Burned, Malik Elijah serves Free Lemonade, earoh drops JUCO, and Ill Scholars make the cut with their self-titled album. Fat Tony drops Exotica, Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff are Rising […]
From Diddy promoting Our Black Party political party to Ice Cube helping develop Donald Trump’s Platinum Plan, the wealthy male hip-hop pundit is divisive and arrogant despite their intentions. Rap is an inherently political genre. So it’s to be expected that rappers have vocalized political opinions both in and outside of their music, rallying fans […]
The duo’s first collaborative album arrives on November 27th. Madlib and Karriem Riggins are drawing the curtain back on their upcoming debut as Jahari Massamba Unit. Today, the on-and-off-again collaborators shared a preview of the new track, “Les Jardins Esméraldins,” teasing their forthcoming instrumental jazz project with a brief and breezy morsel from Pardon My French, their […]
Bringing you the best rap music every week. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Brandon Callender is sitting on BBS like Money Makin’ Mitch. Yak Gotti – “Truly Be Missed” Recently, I’ve been thinking about the grip that Atlanta has had on rap since I was in middle school. (For […]
The late bluesman’s estate throws a wrench into the recent reveal of a film about the icon’s life. It appears Wendell Pierce may have jumped the gun (again) in announcing he was set to star as the late B.B. King in an upcoming biopic treatment. According to TMZ, King’s estate is denying the film is a biopic. […]
The rising R&B star set Studio 8H ablaze with a searing set. Never one to waste a high-profile set, H.E.R.‘s Saturday Night Live debut was politically-edged and potently-purple in all of the right ways. Co-starring as musical guest in an episode hosted by Adele, the rising R&B star hit Studio 8H twice over the course of […]
The producer celebrates his 43rd birthday with the release of his second solo project of the month. Keeping at a remarkable clip, The Alchemist has released his new album, The Food Villain, today. Announced a few weeks back with a glimpse at the project’s accompanying coloring book (illustrated by E$,) the 16-track (mostly) instrumental project features […]
The Roots MC is plotting yet another joint project. Just weeks after delivering the latest volume of his Streams of Thought album series, Black Thought is already prepping his next round(s) of releases. In an interview with the Ebro In The Morning crew, the Roots frontman offered an update on the band’s next album (though he was reluctant to […]
We spoke with DJ Enuff about The Notorious B.I.G.’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Biggie’s affinity for Pepsi, whether fans can expect more unreleased material, and more. The Notorious B.I.G.’s relevance and reputation for excellence within the music world remain unquestioned, evidenced by the rap icon’s upcoming induction into the Rock […]
“It’s like a universal income proposal.” Raekwon has officially thrown his hat into the full-bloom (legal) weed industry. But it won’t be a strain or product line that bears his name. Instead, the Wu-Tang Clan rapper is opting for a very different, and potentially revolutionary, angle on the cannabis market. According to Forbes, The Chef has become a […]
The Biggie freestyle originally aired during a 1997 interview on radio station HOT97 with DJ Enuff. A 23-year-old Biggie freestyle is now the focus of a new advertisement from Pepsi. In a report from Variety, the soda brand worked with Notorious B.I.G.’s collaborators Cey Adams and DJ Enuff to remaster the unreleased track, which featured […]
A biopic treatment of the blues legend’s life is finally getting off the ground. After nearly a decade of delays (and a title change spurred by a brief legal battle,) a B.B. King biopic is officially in development. The update arrived via Collider on Monday, announcing Wendell Pierce was still on-board to portray the charismatic bluesman […]
A pair of Atlanta hitmakers will square up in the first installment of the livestream series’ new season. After nearly two months on hiatus, the second season of Verzuz is officially in the book. And the first contenders have been revealed. Announced via Twitter this evening (see below,) the livestream series will return with T.I. […]
Shaolin and the Beat Konducta meet in the mash-up multiverse. Wu-Tang Clan and Madlib are the latest rap legends to get the twist-up treatment on a new mixtape. Stitched together by producer Darko and posted earlier this week to Youtube, the aptly titled Madlib Invades The 36 Chambers project is just four tracks deep, threading […]
The cosmic jazz pioneer’s live show at New York City’s Storyville jazz club has landed on streamers. A rare and, frankly, stunning live Sun Ra performance from 1977 has entered the streaming ether. Recorded at New York City’s Storyville jazz club exactly 43 years ago today, the show was pressed to vinyl and released on the […]
The former First Lady unveils a soundtrack to take you to and from the booth on Election Day. Michelle Obama is ramping up her voter engagement efforts with a curated score to your Election Day outing. On Friday, the former First Lady shared a playlist of hand-picked hip-hop classics she believes “best embodies the importance […]
“What you follow, fear or love?” Hard times beckon hard questions. And like many of us, Black Grapefruit is asking away. Over the summer, as protestors hit the streets despite the viral and institutional threats to their bodies, the New York-based group released the meditative one-off, “Inside.” Recorded in their adopted upstate outpost, the track […]
The Dreamville supergroup hit the altar with a stirring four-song medley of selections from their 2020 album, Spilligion. NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series is broke out of the at-home format this week with an appearance from Spillage Village. Marking their debut with a four-song set, the Dreamville supergroup ran through stirring live renditions of four songs […]
The singer-songwriter breaks down his roots and also shares his biggest inspirations. Brandon returns to drop his new project, Coming Clean, a stripped-down release worth paying attention to. Throughout the compilation, there’s a looming aura of calmness found on each track. His lyricism in each song is also honest and natural. On Coming Clean, he […]
We spoke with R&B singer Xavier Omär about his new album, his background in the church, and how getting married affected his songwriting. Xavier Omär taught himself to play the drums when he was a child. He played by ear in countless churches throughout his life. “I would just listen, repeat the sound back in […]
What seems to be a previously-unreleased Andre 3000 verse has surfaced on Reddit. On Thursday, a Reddit user posted a clip of an Instagram live broadcast from producer and former G.O.O.D. Music COO Che Pope. The video shows Pope playing what seems to be an unreleased verse from Andre 3000. The instrumental is from the […]
October’s Record Store Day festivities are upon us and the drops span the gamut of genres, eras, and regions. Closing in on the penultimate installation of this year’s sprawled-out, three-turned-four-part Record Store Day 2020 celebration, somehow there are still quite a few exclusive drops for both novice and seasoned collectors slated for the remaining couple […]
Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Bedroom Beats & B-Sides: Instrumental Hip-Hop & Electronic Music at the Turn of the Century will be released November 6th. You can pre-order it here. Author’s note: The following chapter is the first of three focusing on Los Angeles and its significance to modern […]
This is how the story goes: seven years ago, a 16-year old tweeted “you won’t regret this” at me, along with a link to a video for a song called “Phantom.” I was ruthlessly stoned and thought it was one of the best debuts that I’d ever seen; so much that I had to turn […]
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We write our bars to the wildest beats. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Max B came off the ark from the flood where RZA’s basement was wiped out. In the beat community, no word is more contentious than “lo-fi.” An amorphous subgenre, you could describe it derisively as soft, […]
The marathon continues. Please support Passion of the Weiss’ run by subscribing to our Patreon. Destiny can be a tricky thing. Either you accept your fate as is, or you choose to do whatever it takes to come out on the other end alive. For Pacman Da Gunman, it’s a little bit of both. Whereas […]
More people have used us as a cheat sheet for getting into jazz than we’d like to admit. Please support our efforts by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. In the receding parallel universe that was once our recognizable reality, Nubya Garcia is playing right now because it’s just what she does. In […]