10 New Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of January 15th) Music – 4 days ago Photo Credit: Guarionex Rodriguez Jr. Here’s the latest weekly round-up of new albums. In an ever-changing music industry, new names are popping up on a daily basis. We here at Okayplayer know it can be tiring trying to […]
Read an early excerpt of the oral history of the classic J Dilla debut, Welcome 2 Detroit, written by John Vanderpuije. The oral history will be included in the Welcome 2 Detroit 20-year box set. Next month will be the 20th anniversary of Welcome 2 Detroit, legendary producerĀ J Dilla’s masterful debut. To celebrate the occasion, […]
Chris Rock Once Agreed With MC Serch’s Wife That A Tribe Called Quest “Doesn’t Hold Up” Music – 4 days ago Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Movement Voter Project In a recent appearance on MC Serch’s podcast series, Chris Rock talked about how he had a record deal as an MC in the ’80s, […]
Photo by Jim Dyson Don’t expect to see the recipe, unless you subscribe to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. David Ma rocks grammar like the kumbaya. Finding out DOOM passed two months prior felt especially cruel. Unbeknownst to us, the planet was already missing one of its greats, a once-in-a-lifetime force who existed in […]
Ariana Grande Drops “34+35 (Remix)” Ft. Megan Thee Stallion & Doja Cat Music – 4 days ago Photo Credit: Republic Records The remix arrived late on Thursday night with unabashedly sexy verses by Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion. Ariana Grande shook things up a bit when she dropped her ā34+35 (Remix)ā featuring Megan Thee […]
Please support our tireless chronicling of hip-hop culture by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Jameson Draper runs all his interviews through a vocal processor. The legacy of Memphis hip-hop will never die as long as it continues to mutate into stranger and stranger online forms. With their dark atmospheric raps, Three 6 […]
You Can Now Listen to Jungle Brothers’ Lost Album ‘Crazy Wisdom Masters’ on Bandcamp Music – 5 days ago Photo Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images The previously-unreleased Jungle Brothers album will be available exclusively to Bandcamp subscribers. In the early 1990s, New York rap trio Jungle Brothers were primed to release their third album on Warner […]
Photo courtesy of The Arches It’s like we’re eating watermelon, we stay spitting new seeds. Please support the most influential rap blog still around by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Don’t make Sun-Ui Yum have to get to cutting like truancy. The story of MF DOOM is a tragedy and triumph worthy […]
In 2018, before he was a household name, DaBaby shot and killed a man during a dispute in a Huntersville, North Carolina Walmart. Prosecutors decided not to charge DaBaby in the death of 19-year-old Jalyn Domonique Craig, agreeing with DaBaby that it was self-defense since Craig had flashed a gun at him while he shopped […]
Photo courtesy of The Arches Please support that gives you more zip than ZZ Top by supporting Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. If Dean Van Nguyen needed his meat burned, he’d go to Sizzler. Orchestral strings blow through āāI Wonderā like a freezing breeze in bleak winter. You picture MF DOOM henchman Hassan Chop […]
D’Angelo Resurfaces with a Psychedelic Soul Masterclass Music – 6 days ago Photo Credit: FilmMagic/FilmMagic D’Angelo spins an eclectic set and details his first encounters with Prince, George Clinton, and more, in the debut of his new Sonos radio channel. D’Angelo reemerged today to launch his new Sonos Radio channel,Ā Feverish Fantazmagoria,Ā with an entrancing hour-long DJ […]
Photo by Pete Nice Serving up gas face victims since 2005. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Chris Daly is just ace in the hole. As the 80s wrapped up, hip-hop started to evolve from a hermetic sub-culture into the pop mainstream, which for a white kid in the Atlantic […]
Photo by Kmeron It’s the beat, we hear it in our sleep sometimes. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Nitish Pahwa needs to get her some skips before she catch the monkey pox. Like many of MF DOOMās greatest songs, āVomitspit,ā the penultimate track of his oddball masterpiece MMā¦FOOD, didnāt […]
Rain, Hail, Sleet Or Snow Won’t Stop Ashanti & Keyshia Cole’s Rescheduled ‘Verzuz’ Battle Music – 6 days ago (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage via Getty Images) The R&B battle between the two talents is set for Thursday, January 21. Following two attempts at rescheduling the Verzuz battle between Keyshia Cole and Ashanti, the event has […]
We spoke with Dejhare (pronounced deÉŖ-Jhar), who is first and foremost a dreamer. She loves the idea of using music as a canvas on which to draw our life stories and on which to share happiness, the hopes, and the frustrations of our shared humanity. Using her experiences, she paints a picture of the dreams, […]
Please help keep our radiators running by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. āBro, I do not know when Iām gonna make a full rap album where Iām just rapping on every song again,ā Pink Siifu declared earlier this year, following the release of his punk-noise album NEGRO, where he traded the idyllic […]
We caught up with Blxst who spoke about his creative process, Ā how fatherhood changed him, and what he has planned for 2021. Blxst is always in the kitchen. The rising hip-hop and R&B artist entered lockdown in March 2020 ā like the rest of us ā and emerged with a meal to serve. But it […]
Photo by Kmeron Got more sermons than the church got ooh lords. Please support the congregation of Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. When Evan McGarvey got the mic, you don’t go next. Itās under two minutes and in the second spot on a breakthrough album: if itās shaped like a single […]
Photo by Kmeron Raw with the pen and on the mic, off the heeza. Please support the illest bars by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Even if Gabe Nandez had a pot, he’d still piss on the sidewalk. Aside from the production and wizard-level acrobatic bar work on this track, the fact […]
Photo by Kmeron We came to wake you up out the deep sleeper. Please support the ring generals at Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Rhys Langston been rhyming longer than Sigmund the sea creature. Do not resist the urge to bemoan the easiness of pre-fab sound packs, YouTube-search sample rips, and […]
Thank Erica Banks for the “Buss It” Challenge, the Latest Viral TikTok Trend Music – 1 week ago Erica Banks’ song “Buss It” originally dropped in June 2020. But the track started to catch on with social media users at the top of 2021. Photo Credit: Erica Banks “Buss It” video Erica Banks shares her […]
From Lupe Fiasco to Open Mike Eagle, Rappers Have Been Honoring MF DOOM with Tribute Freestyles Music – 1 week ago Photo Credit: Jim Dyson/Redferns In the wake of the untimely passing of MF DOOM, rappers have begun sharing their audio tributes to the masked villain. On New Year’s Eve, the hip-hop community was shattered […]
Courtesy of Rio’s Facebook Dutifully bringing you the best new rap music every week. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Brandon Callender is here for the eventual NFL/Cartoon Network partnership. 26AR & Tazzo B – “6 Foot 7 Foot” There comes a time in everyoneās life where a song they […]
Rapper Southside Yoko is releasing his latest single, āWestside,ā featuring G Perico. The sophisticated track is produced by Sonder and released through No Parole Entertainment. Southside Yoko has simultaneously dropped the visuals to āWestside,ā bringing a California vibe to the summery track. This stress-free song is the perfect soundtrack for any laid back moment, as […]
Suckas is froze like mannequins while we continue to relentlessly document hip-hop culture. Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. Who got a style that comes close to Oliver Wang? (None!) In April of 1994, Elektra Records released what was meant to be the lead single from KMDās sophomore album,Ā Black Bastards.Ā It […]
Mixtape Monday: Kev Brown x J Scienide, Big Kahuna OG x Monday Night, Corey Bernhard x The Bul Bey + More Music – 1 week ago Photo Credit: Artist Dig tunes from Kev Brown x J Scienide, Big Kahuna OG x Monday Night, Corey Bernhard x The Bul Bey and more this Mixtape Monday. Kev […]
Photo by Mathies Jerpersen We crashed the barbecue like Riddick at the Garden. Please support your favorite rap writer collective by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Grip Grand once took his fronts out and lost them shits. I first heard MF DOOMās āDead Bentāāthe 12-inch version, the good oneāon a gray Oregon […]
Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” is The Highest Certified Song Ever Music – 1 week ago Source: Youtube Both Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus took to Twitter Saturday night to celebrate the milestone. Nearly two years after its release, Lil Nas X‘s breakout single is, somehow, still setting records. According toĀ Billboard, the […]
Photo by Kmeron We channel the cosmos here. Please support the highest of highly regarded rap blogs by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Nate Patrin is in the air everywhere, taking over. Not every MC who debuted in the ’80s gets the benefit of recency bias. Ecstasy passes, and Whodini get memorialized […]
Please support the stewards of hip-hop culture online by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Peace, but why call Dart Adams the money guy? One of our Christmas gifts in 1990 was finally getting cable; it gave us access to ESPN, TNT, TBS, SportsChannel, MTV, and BET. Since it was the last week […]