Mixtape Monday: Skyzoo, Chris Crack, UFO Fev, Blu x Sirplus + More Music – 10 mins ago Photo Credit: Artist This Mixtape Monday is stacked with music from Skyzoo, Chris Crack, UFO Fev, Blu x Sirplus and more. Skyzoo brings All The Brilliant Things, Chris Crack presents Sheep Hate Goats, UFO Fev returns with Magnum […]
Australian rapper-songwriter Eduard Luliās heartbreak music is at its best in his newest EP, Love & Fear, listing 9 potential hits. With Zpluto and Rhiannon as guest features on some of the tracks, this record is a smooth way to get the audienceās attention and loyalty. His graceful style, soothing deliveries and overall sound vision […]
Revealing her versatile talents, raw creativity, and undeniable charisma, Amni Musfirah is gracing fans with a new album titled āCrown.ā After releasing her latest banger, āVacation,ā fans have been awaiting this album for a long time. Exposing her excellent creative state, āVacationā is packed with no disturbances, no drama and has made its way to […]
Watch DāAngelo Perform āUnshakenā Live at Tribeca Film Festival in NYC Music – 7 mins ago Photo by Paul Bergen for Redferns via Getty Images DāAngelo delivered a blistering live take of his contribution to the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. Earlier this week, Rockstar Games announced DāAngelo would […]
Mndsgn Assembled His Dreamteam to Make a Symphonic and Sophisticated R&B Suite Music – 3 mins ago Mndsgn’s intimate new album, Rare Pleasure, features a community of artists who thrive in the margins between R&B, jazz, and beat-making. Photo Credit: Shane Sakanoi In an exclusive interview, Mndsgn takes us behind the creation of Rare Pleasure, […]
Best Songs of The Week: ft. Kari Faux, Your Old Droog, and More Music – 1 min ago Source: Youtube The Round-Up is Okayplayerās weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This weekās set features new music from Your Old Droog, Kari Faux, Hiatus Kaiyote, Blu, Larry June, and […]
19 New Hip-Hop & R&B Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of June 11) Music – 2 hours ago Photo Credit: Sanny Bisquerra This weekās list of new albums include a Guapdad 4000 deluxe edition, a new Blu EP, and more. The era of streaming has made finding new music a full-time job. With […]
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Isaiah Rashad Declares Itās Officially āZay Seasonā in a Hazy New Video for ā200/Warningā Music – 5 hours ago Source: Youtube Isaiah Rashad treats his hard-hitting Kenny Beats-produced loosie to a smoked-out and celebratory visual. Last week, Isaiah Rashad shared another glimpse at his quickly expanding collaborative catalog with Kenny Beats. The track, ā200/Warning,ā was […]
Medical Examiner Determines Cause of Death for Shock G Music – 17 seconds ago Photo by Monica Morgan for WireImage via Getty Images The Digital Underground frontman passed on April 22, 2021. Approaching two months since Shock G was found dead unresponsive in his Tampa hotel room, a cause of death has been revealed. According […]
DāAngelo Is Performing Liveā¦As Part Of A āRed Dead Redemption 2ā Concert Music – 2 mins ago Photo Credit: Skip Bolen/WireImage DāAngelo contributed the song āUnshakenā to the video gameās soundtrack. DāAngelo will be making a very special appearance at Rockstar Gamesā upcoming Red Dead Redemption 2 concert. Titled āThe Songs of Red Dead Redemption 2,ā the event […]
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Eve & Trina Will Battle It Out in First Female Rap āVerzuzā Music – 9 mins ago Photo Credit: Johnny Nunez for WireImage Eve and Trinaās Verzuz battle will be the first evening dedicated to female rappers. It follows battles between Snoop Dogg and DMX, Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane plus Redman vs. Method Man. […]
Migos are going to try to run the summer with Culture III. They gave us a taste of it last night on Jimmy Fallon, premiering the track “Avalanche.” The track is an interpolation of the Temptationsā āPapa Was a Rolling Stone” the boys got dressed up for the occasion, Temptations-style. The trio also got a […]
Photo via Lucas Foster Show your support by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Jeff Weiss āIt is life, not the individual, that is conscienceless. The essential, therefore, is to understand the time for which one is born.ā ā Oswald Spengler āBesides my starry-eyed dreams of āmaking itā as a writer in a […]
GoldLink Disses Sheck Wes, Again, on New Track āWhite Wallsā Music – 1 hour ago Photo Credit: Burak Cingi/Redferns Goldlink returned to Twitter to announce a new album, among other things. On Wednesday morning, DC rapper Goldlink logged onto Twitter for the first time since 2015. He quickly made his presence felt, immediately reigniting his […]
Photo via YouTube Show your support by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can continue to cultivate great writing from one-of-oneās like Lucas Foster. My interest in hip-hop was birthed in 2007, when after I heard Young Jeezy and Jay-Zās āGo Crazyā I looked up the video on YouTube and […]
Photo via YouTube Show your support by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so that we can continue to cultivate great writing from one-of-oneās like Lucas Foster. Passion of the Weiss honors the work of the late, great Lucas Foster by republishing his 3500 word epic originally posted to r/hiphopheads in the middle […]
50 Cent, J. Cole to Headline Rolling Loud New York 2021 Music – 3 mins ago MIAMI, FLORIDA – JUNE 03: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson III performs during the Celia Cruz x Skott Marsi NFT Launch at ITG Miami on June 03, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images) Rolling Loud New York […]
Your Old Droog Releases MF DOOM Collaboration āDropout Boogieā Music – 1 hour ago Source: Artist Your Old Droog also shared a personal story behind the trackās creation. Back in 2019, New York MC Your Old Droog and MF DOOM teamed up for two tracks like āRSTā and āBDE,ā both of which featured Mach-Hommy. On […]
Thundercat Announces North American Tour With Channel Tres Music – 3 hours ago Photo Credit: Douglas Mason/Getty Images Thundercat and Channel Tres will put on over 20 shows between June and December. On Tuesday, superstar bassist Thundercat announced a 27-date North American tour for his latest album, It Is What It Is. Most of the dates […]
Photo via Island Def Jam Subscribe to the Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so we can continue to fund the realest writing in the music journalism universe like this 10,000 word opus on the creation of a legendary hip-hop group. Jesse Taylor keeps on steppinā no matter what happens. THE BUS A white teenage […]
Photo via NBA Entertainment/Patrick Johnson Help us help you make it through the trauma and pain of another NBA postseason by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Abe Beame remembers when Robert Redford was a movie star. One of the dumber things about me is that Iām a therapy skeptic. I think going […]
Mixtape Monday: Mndsgn, Peter Rosenberg, sndtrk, Children of Zeus, Sundur + More Music – 3 mins ago Photo Credit: Artist Check tunes from Mndsgn, Peter Rosenberg, sndtrk, Children of Zeus, Sundur and more this Mixtape Monday. Mndsgn. is up first with the highly-anticipated album Rare Pleasure, Peter Rosenberg plants his flag with Real Late, sndtrk […]
From a Dutch and Hungarian Father and a Lebanese mother was born Gilles Jan Petersen, best known as Laszlo Jones. After gaining international recognition with the single āDownload Me Im Freeā back in 2011, watched over 1M times on YouTube, the Beirut-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and producer continued honing his craft and polishing his skills, […]
The Rap-Up is the only weekly round-up of the best rap songs that you absolutely need so support real, independent music journalism by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Harley Geffner is obsessive ā he might fuck around and rank every Kasher Quon song in a calendar year. Nolanberollin ā grex Part of […]
In 50 Cent’s book Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter, he dismisses Lloyd Banks as lazy. “In Bank’s case, a lot of his failure to grow as an artist is connected to his emotional composition … Banks wanted things to come to him, instead of going out and getting them himself. That’s not me trying to assassinate […]
A New Collection of Alice Coltraneās Ashram Recordings is Set for Release Music – 4 hours ago Photo by Echoes for Redferns via Getty Images Recorded in 1981, the songs on Kirtan: Turiya Sings were originally distributed amongst Coltraneās ashram attendees on cassette. A new batch of devotional recordings from the late Alice Coltrane will […]
It Took Alicia Keys & Kerry āKrucialā Brothers Five Years to Complete āSongs in A Minorā Music – 5 hours ago After years of working on it, Alicia Keys released Songs in A Minor on June 5, 2001. It peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage In 2001, Alicia Keys […]
Armand Hammer Announce Summer 2021 Tour Dates Music – 7 hours ago Photo by Alexander Richter for Armand Hammer Alchemist, KAYANA, Soul Glo, and others, will appear at various stops on the 20-date run. As parts of the country begin to gradually reopen, Armand Hammer is wasting no time at all in their return to […]