Everything the White Girl Mob learned, they learned from the above commercial. This is no time for circumlocution.  There are songs to argue about. Everything is explained below. Some guys got it, some guys don’t. ZIP: V/A – The Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Songs (Left Click) Alt Link: V/A – Passion of the […]

Yesterday, I realized that everything was out of whack. There were Honorable Mentions that should have replaced people in the Top 50. The order of this list was all wrong. Why is Rashad Smith on it? Should DJ Screw have been eligible even if he never produced anything? How many of those classic Fresh Prince […]

I scream, you scream, we all scream.. Actual list starts tomorrow. Previously: The Greatest Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mentions, Part I The Greatest Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mentions, Part II Clifton “Jiggs” Chase Often left out of the shuffle when considering hip hop’s early production pioneers, Jiggs was enlisted by Sylvia Robinson to be Sugar […]

Part II. Hoverboards don’t work on water unless you’ve got MPC-1200s. See Also: The Greatest Producers of All Time: Honorable Mentions, Part I The Greatest Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mentions, Part III Bink! Naming yourself “Bink!” leads one to assume that you were a founding member of Harlem World, not a certified head cracking producer […]

Next week, Passion of the Weiss will be counting down the 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time. Before then, we’re highlighting some of the best to ever yell at people for labeling them “beat makers.” (It’s better than the excessively pause-worthy, “knob twiddlers.)” Before you ask, #1 is going to the guy who made the beat […]

Sach O can’t stop believing. Or making lists apparently. These aren’t necessarily the best 25 Bass music tracks of the year since that list would involve all sorts of calculations debating “how they fit in the mix” and other esoteric factors you probably don’t care about. Rather, these are 25 great tracks that stand on […]

Aaron Frank and Sach O write dope as a tastykake….mix! The following are some of our favorite mixes of the past year in no particular order. If a mix was given out for free, click through for audio, if it was commercially released, click through to buy it. If it was released in another dimension, […]

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrN3tt62BI You’re always welcome at an Arthur Murray dance party.  50. DaVinci – The Day the Turf Stood Still – [SWTBRDS] A cursory skim of The Day the Turf Stood Still might convince you that DaVinci is the latest underground talent from New York, but the longtime Fillmore resident reps San Francisco through and through. […]

    50. Celph Titled & Buckwild – “Fuckmaster Sex” [No Sleep]   Legendary producer from DITC releases archived beats from everybody’s favorite era in hip hop? Don’t mind if I do. An album of verses from Demigod also-ran, Celph-Titled? Uh…. But taken in minor doses the formula appeased even the grumpiest boom bap dinosaurs. […]

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 evangelical […]