Dec
28

Video: Shady Blaze-”Stars Will Light Away”

Holy East 1999 Eternal. I’ve been yelling like a banshee all year about Shady Blaze so it’s cool to see him garnering attention of late. This is struggle rap at its most weightless. The countdown starts to the first trend piece on the influence of Bone Thugs in contemporary hip hop. A$AP, Gibbs, Shady Blaze…fill… Continue reading »

Dec
27

Sach O: Who da Coldest NYE – The Promo Video

Sach O is the East Coast promoter man. Flyer on the sidebar aside, I haven’t been promoting Who Da Coldest NYE too hard on this site. This is out of respect for Jeff Weiss’ baby but mostly because studies show that none of you guys both live in Montreal AND come out to raves. And… Continue reading »

Dec
27

The Dreams of Lonnie Lynn

No I.D. just sent Jonah Bromwich a beat tape. Self-seriousness. It’s always been Common’s Achilles heel. When he forgets to be Common, conscious rapper and spokesman for the people, he’s one of the most compelling veterans in the game. When he casts himself in that role-model mold, he becomes a caricature, the guy we make… Continue reading »

Dec
23

The Top 50 Albums of 2011 (#25-1)

Verse two, coming with that Heineken brew…. See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums (#50 – 26) See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 25. Big K.R.I.T. – Return of 4Eva [Self-Released] Big K.R.I.T. rose to “next” status not necessarily because of his overly impressive rapping… Continue reading »

Dec
22

The Top 50 Albums of 2011 (#50-1)

Like we always do about this time. See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 50. Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread [Drag City] The sun rises slowly and when it hits Ty Segall’s window, he imitates its motion and before he gets out of bed, he stretches and unleashes… Continue reading »

Dec
19

The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2011 (#25-1)

This list was inspired by the guiding light of Liberace, Billy Martin, Ali, and Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff. ZIP: V/A – The Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Songs (Left Click) Alt Link: V/A – Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Songs See Also: The Top 50 Best Hip Hop Songs of 2011 (#50-26) Passion… Continue reading »

Dec
16

The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2011 (#50-1)

Everything the White Girl Mob learned, they learned from the above commercial. This is no time for circumlocution.  There are songs to argue about. Everything is explained below. Some guys got it, some guys don’t. ZIP: V/A – The Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Songs (Left Click) Alt Link: V/A – Passion of the… Continue reading »

Dec
15

Sach O: Throwing Snow – Too Polite

Sach OoooOOOooOO is forming a darkwave band. We’ve already handed in our year-end ballots so I’m calling it: first great single of the 2012 musical year. Opening with a Blockhead/DJ Shadow style psych-folk sample before a crunching guitar breakdown (!!!) leads into a Jungle-Juke workout, this is some Heart of Darkness voodoo shit right here.… Continue reading »

Dec
15

You Already Know, Schoolboy Q

You already know Q has bread, hits, swag, smokes weed, pops tags and jumps in the pool. So I need not explain. The Black Hippy Hoover is nothing if not self-aware. The radar on this clocks 96 MPH. If you hadn’t noticed, Q has entered the mandatory posting point. Download: MP3: Schoolboy Q-”Niggahs Already Know”

Dec
15

Hard to Earn: yU’s Grown Man Opus

Jonah Bromwich gets more props in stunts than Bruce Willis. DC Rapper yU’s new album The Earn is not about yU. It’s about Michael Willingham Jr. The braggadocious battle rapper that was has been replaced by a fully-realized portrait of a man. yU makes reference to his government name liberally on this album and there’s… Continue reading »

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