Bun B, Zaytoven, and Trae the Truth Release George Floyd Tribute Track Music – 4 hours ago Photo Credit: Johnny Nunez/WireImage Bun B also recruited legendary Houston producer Cory Mo for the tribute. Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd. In honor of the Houston native’s life (and rap career, as […]
Photo via Lisana Preteni Subscribe to the Passion of the Weiss Patreon so we can keep our legacy alive — giving you some of the best music journalism around As soon as Ol’ Burger Beats logs onto our Zoom call, I notice the mammoth vinyl collection stacked behind him. An avid crate digger, one glimpse […]
Timbaland And Swizz Beatz Are Battling Each Other Again For Next ‘Verzuz’ Match Music – 3 mins ago Photo Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Revolt The next Verzuz match takes place on Sunday, May 30. Looks like Timbaland and Swizz Beatz are having a Verzuz rematch this weekend. The social media accounts for the series announced on Tuesday that the two’s […]
J. Cole Just Accomplished Something No Other Rapper Has Music – 4 hours ago Photo Credit: Tabatha Fireman/Getty Images J.Cole surpasses a Billboard chart record previously set by DMX. On Tuesday (May 25th), Billboard will release its official Top 200 album charts for the week of May 29th. Unsurprisingly, J.Cole took the top spot with his The […]
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 almost okay with how quiet it is at The Garden so long as postseason hoops continues to be played there. Wallie […]
The Best Moments From the 2021 Billboard Music Awards Music – 7 hours ago Photo Credit: Kevin Mazur for Getty Images This year’s Billboard Music Awards featured sets by Doja Cat, SZA, Alicia Keys, The Weeknd and more. Drake took home the Artist of the Decade award while P!nk was honored with the 2021 Icon […]
Mixtape Monday: Benny The Butcher x 38 Spesh, Trox, Navy Blue, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Defreitas + More Music – 8 hours ago Photo Credit: Artist Benny The Butcher x 38 Spesh, Trox, Navy Blue, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Defreitas and more this Mixtape Monday. Benny and 38 Spesh are up first with Trust The Sopranos, Trox […]
Era-Defining Hip-Hop Photographer, Chi Modu, Dead at 54 Music – 22 seconds ago Photo by Johnny Nunez for WireImage via Getty Images As the photography directory for The Source, Modu captured some of the earliest (and most iconic) glimpses of soon-to-be rap royalty at a crucial and tense moment in hip-hop history. Pioneering hip-hop photographer, Chi […]
Chris Rock Helps ‘SNL’ Recall The Good, Bad, and Ridiculous Moments of a Wild Year Music – 55 seconds ago Source: Youtube/NBC Chris Rock dropped in on the final cold open of the season. Chris Rock returned to Studio 8H last night to help Saturday Night Live close out an unconventional 46th season. Appearing in […]
Logic and Madlib Share Another New Single as “MadGic” Music – 8 mins ago Source: Red Bull Music Academy/Youtube “Raddest Dad” is the second single from the duo in less than a month. Last month, Logic signaled a collaborative album with Madlib could be on the way with the release of “Mars Only Pt. 3.” […]
Alchemist and Earl Sweatshirt Secretly Released a Collaborative Album Under a Fake Name Music – 3 hours ago Photo by Kevin Winter for Coachella via Getty Images “Fake album cover, song titles, the whole 9. Nobody found it yet.” A few years back, Alchemist sent rap Twitter into a small frenzy when he revealed that […]
Best Songs of The Week – ft. Georgia Anne Muldrow, Mach-Hommy, and More Music – 55 mins ago Source: Youtube The Round-Up is Okayplayer’s weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set features new music from Georgia Anne Muldrow, Mach-Hommy, Smino, Patrick Paige II, and more. Scroll […]
20 New Hip-Hop & R&B Albums You Should Listen to Right Now (Week of May 21) Music – 4 hours ago Photo Credit: Antoinette A. Brock This week’s collection of new albums includes joint projects from producers like Harry Fraud, 38 Spesh, and Millyz. Here at Okayplayer, we know it can be tough to keep […]
For Behind The Beat, Thomas Hobbs spoke with Cool and Dre about producing The Game and 50 Cent’s “Hate It Or Love It,” the best rags-to-riches song since The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Juicy.” In 2005, New York and Compton briefly united for the kind of rap anthem that is so charming you could comfortably play it […]
16 years of independent rap journalism with no end in sight. Keep it that way by supporting Passion of the Weiss via a subscription to our Patreon. The first time I was introduced to Guapdad 4000 it was on this very site back in the summer of 2019. There stood the rapper staring pensively through […]
Sinéad Harnett Resets on Her Self-Assured New Album ‘Ready Is Always Too Late’ Music – 2 hours ago Sinéad Harnett’s Ready Is Always Too Late is about not waiting until you’re ready to embrace your full glory to love yourself. Photo Credit: Ana Tanaka. After a year of solitude, London R&B singer Sinéad Harnett returns […]
The City Girls’ Summer Anthem “Twerkulator” Has Finally Arrived Music – 2 hours ago Photo Credit: Marcelo Cantu The City Girls have finally released “Twerkulator,” a previously leaked track that didn’t make the cut for their album City On Lock. The City Girls have dropped their newest single “Twerkulator.” The track arrives just in time […]
Latto Touches on Her Official Name Change on New Single “The Biggest” Music – 3 hours ago Photo Credit: RCA “The Biggest” feels like a moment for the rapper. Latto is centering her own narrative and isn’t allowing anyone else to take control of it. Latto has officially changed her rap name and addressed the […]
Drake revealed some of his new song “Fair Trade,” which will probably be on his Certified Lover Boy album. The Canadian rapper posted a clip of himself in the studio previewing the song, while sharing the chorus and first verse. View this post on Instagram A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) […]
Wu-Tang Clan Is Performing With A Symphony For One Of Their First Shows Of 2021 Music – 9 mins ago Photo Credit: Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images Big Boi is also a part of the lineup for this special Wu-Tang Clan performance. The Wu-Tang Clan is making a return to live music this year. The beloved Staten […]
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Retro Neo: Donavon is a Neo-Soul Scholar Who Believes The Genre Doesn’t Get the Respect it Deserves Music – 3 mins ago Graphic: Okayplayer In the latest edition of our neo-soul series, Retro Neo, we chop it up with singer Donavon who talked about wanting to see Black artists get the credit they deserve for […]
Mach-Hommy Drops Conductor Williams-Produced Single “The Stellar Ray Theory” Music – 1 hour ago Source: Griselda Records Mach-Hommy releases his first offering from the Pray for Haiti album. On Wednesday, Mach-Hommy released “The Stellar Ray Theory,” the first single from his forthcoming album, Pray for Haiti. The track is produced by Conductor Williams. The new album is […]
Sinéad O’Connor Claims Prince “Terrorized” Her in New Interview Music – 1 min ago Photo by Andrew Chin/Getty Images The singer details a wild and violent altercation with Prince in the late artist’s LA mansion. Over the years, Sinéad O’Connor has consistently hinted at a tumultuous relationship with Prince. But in her latest interview, the […]
Photo courtesy of Dad Bod Rap Pod. Help support the last surviving rap blog by subscribing to the Passion of the Weiss Patreon. I’m a fan of Dad Bod Rap Pod, and have been for a few years, so when the Pod’s Nate LeBlanc offhandedly tweeted that he’d like to talk about underground rap and […]
Watch Mereba Take A Ride Through the Desert in New “Rider” Video Music – 2 hours ago Source: YouTube Mereba drops the first video from her forthcoming AZEB EP. Last week, Mereba announced AZEB, the Atlanta-bred singer’s latest EP. The project, her first since her 2019 full-length debut The Jungle is the Only Way Out, is currently set […]
Photo via Zois Berlin/Patrick Johnson The only place on the world wide web that you’ll find personalized playlists introducing you to the forgotten history of Soviet jazz. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa wants to remind you that the Iron Curtain couldn’t stop the music. […]
Carey Renee debuted with a fine tune titled ‘House Is Burning,’ in which she delivers an emotional performance and shows off her vocal abilities with a clear grace. ‘House Is Burning’ starts with a raw instrumental guitar entry to turn into a catchy beat-work. Going on from there, one will notice two distinguishing features: a […]
Photo courtesy of Eyl Fedmn for SETI. 16 years of independent rap journalism with no end in sight. Keep it that way by supporting Passion of the Weiss via a subscription to our Patreon. When initially approached about this piece, the composer and music professor Alfred Darlington (better known as Daedelus), generously agreed to make […]
J. Cole’s The Off-Season marks the rapper’s most entertaining project since 2014 Forest Hills Drive and hints that he has higher heights to climb before it’s all said and done. Coming of age in a era where hoop dreams and rhyme schemes are the most popular choices for young Black youth to create a legacy […]