Best Of » Passion of the Weiss

Jul
14

All picks filtered through a mathematical formula devised by Jay-Z’s accountant’s butler, Chauncey. Chauncey met Jay-Z through his long-time best friend, Marvin. Marvin videotapes Jay-Z videotaping things for a living. It was his iPhone that captured Sean Carter capturing Derek Jeter’s 3000th hit. Marvin’s iPhone is currently being shipped to the Smithsonian. All selections are… Continue reading »

Nov
17

Rider Die: You Gotta Pay Da Cost to Book the Bawse

Thanks to an intricate network of top-secret spies in all corners of the music industry, the Passion of the Weiss has acquired the pricing list to book some of your favorite rappers and singers. If you have $45,000 to spend (all inclusive), you too can have Plies at your Bar-Mitzvah, wedding, or Quinceanera. Thankfully, you… Continue reading »

Sep
27

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: A Toast to Matador Records (Part One: 2000 – 2009)

Douglas Martin’s favorite Hemingway book is “The Sun Also Rises.” Twenty-one years ago, Chris Lombardi had the same idea many young and enterprising music lovers have had: he would form his own record label. Whether he was deeply enthralled with Spanish culture or just stoned and eating Frosted Flakes while watching the episode of Looney… Continue reading »

Feb
08

The Passion of the Weiss Winter Mixtape

Why a winter mixtape? Because your Wu mixtape with “Winter Warz” and “Cold World” cracked in half. Because London just got through the biggest snowfall in decades. Yes, this mixtape is being posted on a website better known for summer jamz, but I’d argue that winter transcends weather. I’ve lived in Canada for most of… Continue reading »

Dec
31

The 50 Best Albums of 2009 (#25-1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLIdD5UfXIo Brought to you by our sponsors, Brother Love and The Honky Tonk Man. 25. Diamond District – In The Ruff [Mello Music Group] Taking artists at their word is a notoriously tricky enterprise. Even allowing for 100 percent sincerity, intentions and ambitions are often discordant with the final results. Luckily, anyone attempting to assess… Continue reading »

Dec
30

The 50 Best Albums of 2009 (#50-1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_9ByHQ6PAY Brought to you by our sponsor: “Piper’s Pit.” 50. Exile – Radio [Plug Research] Best known for producing 2006’s acclaimed collaboration with Blu, “Below the Heavens,” Exile emerged as a viable creative force in his own right on “Radio,” a found-art opus that found him re-configuring taped snippets of everything from old commercials to… Continue reading »

Feb
10

The 10 Greatest M.O.P. Couplets

When not shouting, “BROWNSVILLE, HOME OF THE BRAVE,” at high decibel levels, Aaron Matthews writes about hip hop, movies, and videogames at Canned Thinking. He also contributes to Metal Lungies, and Hip Hop Is Read. There are two things you need to know about M.O.P. 1. M.O.P. are always angry. 2. During their brief tenure… Continue reading »

Dec
12

The Never Before Revealed Script for Busta Rhymes’ “Arab Money” Video (With Deleted Scenes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVGQX4aLu8A EXT. THE ARABIAN DESERT-DAY BUSTA RHYMES and jovial sidekick, SPLIFF STARR, stroll through a barren wasteland: famished, high and disoriented. Busta:Where are we, Spliff? Spliff Starr: Yemen. Busta Rhymes: Don’t yeah man, me…I pay you for two things: carrying drugs and geographic know-how. Spliff Starr: No, Yemen. It’s nearly 600,000 square kilometers, approximately the… Continue reading »

Dec
04

A Bluffer’s Guide to Analog Turntablism by Matt Shea

Matt Shea is an occasional contributor to waycooljnr and a regular contributor to The Cool Hunter, Scene Magazine and a part-time copywriter for the man. He can be contacted at matchessheabo@gmail.com In the digital age of music, turntablism has remained a bastion of the analogue, a smoky backroom where arguments over white labels, pick-ups and… Continue reading »

Jul
09

Summer Jamz ’08 #11: Jeff Weiss

Summer Jamz ’08 #11: G’Z Up, Prose Down http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4NBDRWLQ Each Summer Jam is proudly co-hosted with Screw Rock N’ Roll and What Was it Anyway. Parliament-“Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) N.W.A.-“Alwayz Into Somethin’” Dr. Dre-“Nuthin’ But a G Thang” Above the Law ft. 2Pac & Money B-“Call It What U… Continue reading »