Jan
05

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Coral, Monster Rally’s Globetrotting Debut

Douglas Martin is the cure for the common cold. In the weeks since Monster Rally earned a spot on the stratospherically prestigious Most Slept-On Records of 2010 List, you surely couldn’t blame them if they wanted to capitalize on their worldwide fame by setting up Twitter, Tumblr, and Gawker Dating profiles. Maybe an hour-long TV… Continue reading »

Jan
04

Mount Kimbie – “Before I Move Off”

Mount Kimbie, the post-dubstep Postal Service for people who don’t like the Postal Service.

Jan
04

Heavy D

I haven’t made it through the entirety of Mata’s Count Down to the 100 Day Theory, primarily because I’ve been hypnotized by “Heavily.” This was described by the Lungies as Burn One’s “most smoked out beat yet,” but the BPM’s mirror the pulse of someone drugged with quaaludes. And like a barbiturate overdose, the beat… Continue reading »

Jan
04

Skream presents: The Freeizm Album

Sach O needs to figure out how this new site works. While most UKBass producers keep a hawk’s eye on our liberal attitude towards MP3 distribution (come on guys, a 192KBPS sample, please?), Skream just keeps on providing the free music himself. Released on Christmas day, the latest 13 track “Freeizm” album is proof positive… Continue reading »

Jan
04

I Can’t Go To Sleep: Preemo’s “Concrete Dreams”

Somehow, someway, there were worthwhile records left off our OCD year-end litanies. Accordingly, we’re spending the next few days paying tribute to the rap, R&B, and African records that slipped beneath the surface. Earlier this year, Shea Serrano, the illegitimate son of the former Cuban Cleveland Indians slugger and the most underrated rap journalist extant,… Continue reading »

Jan
03

G-Side ft. Freddie Gibbs & Stevie Joe-”Bass!!”

I’ll presume that this was left off the new G-Side record because it recycles the beat for “Feel The,” from last year’s Huntsville International. That said, this is my favorite Block Beattaz beat and I wish that rappers would opt to recycle this instead of “6’7″ or “Black and Yellow.” I tend to agree with… Continue reading »

Jan
03

I Can’t Go To Sleep: The Left- “Gas Mask”

Somehow, someway, there were worthwhile records left off our OCD year-end litanies. Accordingly, we’re spending the next few days paying tribute to the rap, R&B, and African records that slipped beneath the surface. [Somewhere in a Detroit basement] Apollo Brown:     We should call our group, The Left.Journalist 103:     Right, ok.Apollo Brown:    No,… Continue reading »

Jan
03

Question in the form of an Answer: Caribou

The Vitruvian nature of Caribou’s output makes it easy to think that Dan Snaith has allowed his two careers in music and mathematics to inform each other. The reality is, the Canadian-born, London-based beatmaker arrives at a finished track simply through tireless experimentation.  His latest album, Swim, appear on many an end-of-year list, but Snaith… Continue reading »

Jan
03

Fix Up, Look Sharp

Hi there. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, pop a forget-me-now, have a seat and relax. Those of you averse to an RSS feed may notice that the Passion of the Weiss looks very different today. In an attempt to be more professionally unprofessional, the staff robbed a truck full of Flemish immigrants fluent in… Continue reading »

Jan
01

Curren$y — “The Winners Circle” mixtape

Curren$y crushing the “Rainy Dayz” beat and 10 others, including the “Moon and Stars Remix.” 9 out of 10 medical professionals recommend this mixtape, herbal vapors in biblical papers, and a large glass of tang to start your year off right/cure your hangover/fill your need for race cars and weed jars. Regardless, it’s better than… Continue reading »

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