| YG’s Bompton Blassics | June 23, 2016 |
Max Bell compiles the best songs from YG's projects pre-My Krazy Life into one brackin mix.
| P.O.W. Mix Series, Volume XVII: Daedelus — “LOVE to make mixes to” | February 9, 2015 |
For the 17th installment in the POW mix series, LA beat scene legend Daedelus takes you from Rae Sremmurd to Arthur Russell, Jeremih to the Escorts.
| P.O.W. Mix, Volume XIII, B. Bravo | November 26, 2014 |
A mix and Interview with Frite Night artist and funk aficionado, B. Bravo
| P.O.W Fall Mixtape: Windy City Rap Blended By Max Bell | November 14, 2014 |
For his Fall Mixtape, Max Bell blends his favorite Chicago rap songs from Da Brat to Chief Keef.
| Passion of the Weiss Halloween Mixtape #2 — Mixed by Evan Nabavian | October 31, 2014 |
Spooky, Scary. Something.
| Passion of the Weiss Mix, Volume XII: Captain Supernova – “The World Has Just Begun” | October 23, 2014 |
The latest in the Passion of the Weiss mix series: A blend of soul-funk, jazz, and 70s soundtracks from Captain Supernova.
| Passion of the Weiss Mix Series: Voume XI — Cairo Liberation Front’s “Electro Chaabi for Hip-Hop Lovers” | October 15, 2014 |
Peter Holslin built pyramids in a past life. The more I listen to hardcore Egyptian street rap, the more it resembles American hip-hop. The Cairo movement, known as “electro cha3bi” or “mahraganat,” may have a distinctly local flavor, but anybody who’s gotten their pupils dilated to the sounds of Chief Keef or Sicko Mobb would […]
| Summer Mixtape: Max Bell | July 3, 2014 |
Max Bell once played basketball with Nate Dogg. Last week, a friend and recent L.A. transplant told me 2Pac and Dr. Dre songs left still bodies staring at the deserted dance floor of a Westside lounge. Outsiders equate lack of motion to tracks from the accepted West Coast rap suzerain with treason. And yet, this reaction […]
| The Third Mixtape of Spring – Max Bell | April 24, 2014 |
Max Bell is just chillin eating lamb brain I gave up on my unspoken dream of becoming a rapper a long time ago. There are enough decent white rappers and Aesop Rock is already Aesop Rock. But there was a time when I wrote rhymes in the margins of college ruled notebooks, more focused on […]
| Passion of the Weiss Winter Mix Series #2: Max Bell | January 20, 2014 |
The weather has no bearing on the blues. They will overtake you in sunny Santa Monica or in the coldest Chicago winter. The question is not if, but when. I’m not exactly feeling the blues now, but they’re never wholly gone. They wait in a street sign or a supermarket that forever signifies more than […]
