Brad Beatson is the Art Director and Managing Editor at Passion of the Weiss. He's waiting on freelance checks and works a number of jobs for Time Inc.
Currently Listening:
Young Thug's "Barter 6"
Vince Staple's "Summertime '06"
Action Bronson's "Mr. Wonderful"
Nosaj Thing's "Fated"
Open Mike Eagle's "A Special Episode Of"
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Currently Watching:
#TheStarters
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Buffalo Bills
Frasier
Mr. Robot| Jungle Brings The Funk Like Your Grandpa’s Feet | July 17, 2014 |
Brad Beatson can give it to you but whatcha gon’ do with it? I’ve got this image of everybody standing on the beach somewhere, and there’s this festival on the beach and everyone’s having a really great time. There’s like people surfing, sharks in the ocean, police cars are like pulling up on the beach. […]
Brad Beatson is at the raquet ball court in basketball shorts “Old English” was the first firework of summer, combining vicious bass with a running electronic tone and a bit of the trap sound that Salva started back in 2012. The raps, triangulating America’s hotbeds, come from Young Thug, Freddie Gibbs and A$AP Ferg. As Son Raw […]
| An Illustrated Guide to Wale’s Sadness | July 9, 2014 |
Brad Beatson challenges Wale to a paint-off. Oh sweet, sad, hapless, bowflexing Wale. You’ve truly reached peak Savasana with this one. For those of you off of the Rap Internet, Wale delivered an Oberst-esque message to MMG cohort Meek Mill yesterday, via Instagram. He even went as far as to claim he may be bipolar, […]
| Summer Mixtape: Brad Beatson | July 4, 2014 |
Brad Beatson turns down only for freedom. In the summer, I’m looking to push play on a playlist and let it ride. It’s too beautiful out. And I know it’s inevitable that some drunken fingertips will hijack the music at some point to play what they want to. So this is my grand attempt at […]
Brad Beatson is Grand like Puba Treated in black and white, this documentary chronicles the duo of DJ Rashad and DJ Spinn during a trip to Mexico as they find kush, encounter Spanish slang and gain intimate knowledge of the Monterrey sewage system. TEKLife is and will always be the best life.
| Origin Stories: From Quincey to Q | May 23, 2014 |
Brad Beatson breaks the bank via Penny Arcade Next to “Prescription,” I found “Hoover Street” to be the most unsettling track on Oxymoron. The video reminds me of always wanting to be older when I was young, looking up to whomever and wishing I could trade places just for a day. We see Q’s inspiration for […]
| SWEET JESUS RiFF RAFF KiLT THE SUMMER | May 22, 2014 |
Riff Raff: How to Be the Man on Myspace. Brad Beatson is regretting his FUSE TV tattoo Jody Highroller was created for blockbuster summers, all-inclusive wristbands and member’s only production value. Mad Decent’s crystal ball predicted the “Fall of Franco” and the order of Spring Breakers 2, and here with the MySpace exclusive, “How to Be […]
| Drop Your Act: Lonely Island Back | May 20, 2014 |
Brad Beatson will bring it on because he thinks he can hang The season finale of SNL with Andy Samberg and St. Vincent was packed with surprises and special guests. Some of the recent alumni stopped by (Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph) as well as Paul Rudd, Martin Short and 2Chainz. There […]
| III Kings: BadBadNotGood Eyes the Throne | May 16, 2014 |
Brad Beatson is the latest head coach candidate for the New York Knicks Phil Jackson would hire Matthew Tavares after hearing the opening run on “Triangle.” It leads the first third of BADBADNOTGOOD’s 9 track Innovative Leisure LP, and plays out like a noirish descent. Starting with drums and keys like a Mad Men preview, the […]
| Strangers to Love: A Classixx Remix EP | May 9, 2014 |
Brad Beatson only dates girls in 5411 Reeboks Classixx’ debut, Hanging Gardens, is about to enter its peak replay season. Thanks to Innovative Leisure, we’re treated with a remix EP dedicated to one of its finest cuts, “A Stranger Love.”
