Dec
07

Slick Rick, The Ruler Springs Eternal

Roughly once a year, Slick Rick crawls up out of his chamber to read us a raunchy bedtime story. In 2007, it was “Hip Hop Police.” In 2009, he laced us with the sand storm narrative-shifts and anti-Iraq rant of Mos Def’s “The Auditorium.” Last year, he inflicted ad hoc carnage to Snoop’s “I Wanna… Continue reading »

Nov
17

The one good thing about the Hyundai Veloster….

Primo conducting an orchestra=automatic repost. Taken in consideration with “Nasty“, I think, I think, I THINK this time around, Nas gives the nerds the album they’ve been waiting 20 years for. It wouldn’t take a lot of effort on his part, everyone would love him for it, and he’s gotta be close to out of… Continue reading »

Sep
26

The Unremembered ’90s Nostalgia of Mac Miller

Evan Nabavian will slap the taste out your mouth if you call him an old soul. Before I say anything about Mac Miller, let me disclose that I am white and I was four years old when Illmatic came out. I rapped under the name Judah The Maccabee for about two weeks before I realized… Continue reading »

Jun
22

Royce Da 5’9 & Premier Take Two

A round-up of the responses from the Passion of the Weiss Masonic Message Board where we plot to make Steve Guttenberg and Steve Arrington a star: “This is some Bazooka Joe shit.” “Fire. These two just have chemistry in the studio.”” “Is it now safe for us to say that after Guru and the Holy… Continue reading »

Apr
26

DJ Premier’s Guru Tribute

The Internet has been flooded with tributes to Keith Elam in the last week, but none matches the sad and stellar eulogy conceived by his partner in Gang Starr. Joined by Big Shug, Guru’s nephew Justin Elam, and others, Primo unleashes poisonous darts at Solar, rare material, and a combination of fury and testament that… Continue reading »