Mar
18

Nate Dogg Tribute: The Next Episode

The news of Nate Dogg’s death hit as I touched down in Austin. I have yet to recover. Expect some legitimate tributes from me next week. In the meantime, I believe my appreciation for the man was best expressed by my 2006 hypothesis that the nation’s woes were attributable to a dearth of Dogg. Starting… Continue reading »

Mar
18

Not A Blogger Redux: Can’t Deny It: Nate Dogg (1969 – 2011)

Doc Zeus and Doc Dre attended the same medical school. Celebrity deaths in the Age Of Twitter can often make placing an artist’s legacy in the proper context difficult. The rush to lionize a public figure in the wake of their passing often leads to otherwise marginal personalities in the annals of pop culture to… Continue reading »

Mar
17

SXSW: Rock Bands and Rappers – Famous, Naked, and Clothed

While Jeff sells out at Pop & Hiss, and Hannibal sheds followers on Twitter, Sabina Tang will be contributing Austin reports for Passion of the Weiss. Her Twitter can be found here. SIXTH STREET, AUSTIN, TEXAS, DURING SXSW Ever played Rock Band 3? You know the opening animation, where your outrageously outfitted CG band slowly… Continue reading »

Mar
17

Sach O: J’aime le Joe Nice

Sach O wants to see Joe Nice and Prime Minister Pete Nice duke it out. Dubstepforum award nominated mix series, Montreal institution and all around dope website J’aime le Dubstep celebrated its 100th release earlier this week in grand fashion with an exclusive 40 minute blast of unreleased music courtesy of American bass ambassador Joe… Continue reading »

Mar
17

Sach O: Raekwon – Shaolin VS Wu-Tang

Sach O doesn’t belong to anyone. He EVOLVES. With the critical and commercial success of Only Built for Cuban Linx 2, Raekwon the Chef instantly nullified 10 years worth of disappointments, false starts and taunts from rap fans who’d long since stopped checking for him. So spectacular was this return to form that it’s easy… Continue reading »

Mar
16

Tomomi Morimoto’s Threshold

Sach O is so 514. Following up on that Kode9 post about the artier side of Dubstep and keeping up my weekly barrage of Montreal bass related posting, I was recently invited to preview a new dance show by Komodo Dubs collaborator and potential Vatican Ninja Warlock Assassin Tomomi Morimoto. Admittedly, I’m not usually one… Continue reading »

Mar
16

The Vengeance of Hannibal Moncrief

Hannibal knows what you want. You want Hannibal. And Hannibal wants you. And a showcase showdown with his long-time rival Gorilla Vs. Bear (HE INVENTED BRO-FI), an entire altered zone to himself, the blood of the people who sold him imitation tilapia tacos, and your Twitter allegiance. Follow him on Twitter and watch him return… Continue reading »

Mar
16

Sach O: Kode9 documents the Apocalypse

Sach O is all about listening to dystopian shit in 2011. I’ll hold back for my full review but you need Kode9 and the Spaceape’s upcoming Black Sun. Universally ignored by a Hip-Hop underground, their 2006 debut Memories of the Future may have been the decade’s best slice of Afrofuturist sci-fi since Deltron 3030 and… Continue reading »

Mar
16

Sach O: Wiley – Run The Riddim Selecta

Sach O wants more Twitter followers to sustain his delusions of grandeur. Understatement: Wiley is a complicated artist. If you think Lupe Fiasco renouncing Lasers is a weird move, Wiley does that kind of shit on the regular. To good albums. Before dissing his label. And dropping hundreds of low quality tracks on Twitter. It’s… Continue reading »

Mar
15

Sach O: Burial – Ego

Because Burial is quickly turning into the rap Jeff Mangum, any sign of new material has become a cause for celebration but Ego puts to rest any notion of the mysterious producer being overhyped. His music quite simply sounds like nothing else out there, its dusty, dubby, nostalgic take on UK Garage remaining inimitable even… Continue reading »

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