Evan Nabavian
Evan Nabavian is a staff writer for Passion of the Weiss, contributing since 2011 when the powers that be blackballed him for slandering Lupe Fiasco (Lupe, if you’re reading this, I am so sorry). His distinctions include being cited by name in the Wikipedia article for “Ride” by Ciara and having his kitchen depict a crack den in a Freddie Gibbs video. In 2012, he was banned from S.O.B.’s in New York following an altercation where he questioned the tenets of real hip-hop. In 2014, he shared a Pulitzer for interviewing the ghost of Tim Dog. He’s @MooseXL on Twitter and his email is his name at gmail dot com.

Currently Listening:

Tanya Morgan - 12 Minutes at Karriem's

John Barry - Follow Me

Sam Hill - The Sam Hill Story

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Ca$h Out - Kitchens and Choppas

V/A - Weightless Vol. 1

Selda - Selda

V/A - Panorama (MP 74)

G. Zadj & J.-P. Decerf - Action

V/A - Synthetic Music (AV 4151)

Magical Ring - Light Flight / More and More

MoneyMakinNique x Johnny Cinco - The Extra EP

Jean-Pierre Decerf - Out Of The Way

J.P. Decerf / M. Baroty - Publipot

Epkitan - We Come From The Trees

Raekwon - We Wanna Thank You

François De Roubaix - Les Plus Belles Musiques De Films Vol 2

François De Roubaix - Les Plus Belles Musiques De Films Vol 3

Dorothy Ashby - Dorothy's Harp

Strict Face - Marble Isles

Roger Davy - Patchwork Orchestra 5

Philippe Besombes - Libra

Hydravion - Hydravion

Hyrdravion - Stratos Airlines

Besombes-Rizet - Pôle

Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - No2

Ennio Morricone - Veruschka

 
Evan Nabavian was briefly the bassist for the Evil Genius Orchestra. Star Wars goes with everything. DJ Headnodic compiled 70s and 80s Star Wars covers into a 40 minute mix called Funky Star Wars which, if you ask me, should be somehow worked into the official Star Wars canon. This reminds me of my undeveloped […]
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Evan Nabavian’s favorite Dr. Seuss book is Yertle the Turtle. Homeboy Sandman stands out on the Stones Throw Roster. He, Guilty Simpson, MED, and Jonti would make a motley BET cypher. More buoyant than blunted, Sandman plays a cheery, quirky everyman whose youthful exploits on “New York Nights” read like those of an NYU undergrad […]
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Evan Nabavian also enjoys the cinematic stylings of “A Low Down Dirty Shame.” The best application of Auto-Tune is pervy crooning on rap hooks. On “Ain’t No Way Around It,” Future raps in an obscene moan which is somehow okay for a hard-boiled trap rapper because of the robotic veneer of Auto-Tune. Future says absolutely […]
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Evan Nabavian was photo shopped out of this photo. For all the promise and accolades, the road to Yelawolf’s debut album did not inspire confidence. He signed a deal with the reanimated corpse of Shady Records and released two singles conceived by witless Interscope A&Rs. I was loath to admit it, but Radioactive seemed destined […]
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Evan Nabavian read more books than the curriculum profile. Amy Winehouse and Nas share a tenuous, but meaningful bond. Amy’s “Me & Mr. Jones” is a flirty nod to Nas and both owe some of their best work to Salaam Remi. They have the same birthday and planned to celebrate together this past September. “Like […]
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In sleep, Evan Nabavian gets to be a viking. I think all men indulge in fantasies of being rock stars, superheroes, star athletes, firemen, hard-boiled cops, war heroes, Mossad agents, billionaires, samurai masters, professional wrestlers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and movie stars. But the terrible price of glory has been well-covered by Hollywood. An odd […]
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Evan Nabavian is younger than Willie the Kid, but doesn’t feel the need to brag about it. The 70s and 80s begat drug dealers. They were ambitious and greedy and impulsive and their connects sold them grams upon grams. And they toasted foreign liqueurs to their success. And they rode coups through the city with […]
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Evan Nabavian does not believe that Lil Twist is the Shyheim of Young Money. Boss that he is, Rick Ross knew when assembling his team of future bosses that Maybach Music Group needed a lady boss for massive crossover boss appeal. Murder Inc. had Ashanti, G-Unit had Olivia, and even Game had a hook-singing sweetheart […]
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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 […]
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Evan Nabavian has a lot of old soul music. Ah mixtapes. I used to come home from school, fire up Windows XP, and check newsgroups for the newest Big Mike, Kay Slay, and Clue tapes. I would download them all and delete everything except the D-Block tracks. But most of that probably doesn’t make a […]
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