On a Previous Episode of the Passion of the Weiss: The Top 50 Albums of: 2011; 2010; 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 50. House Shoes – Let it Go [Tres] No best album list is complete without something from Detroit. Nowhere else is as no frills and unvarnished. It operates as a palate cleanser to remind […]

It’s Kendrick Lamar week in the rap world, and you can bet that a lot of us want to weigh in on good kid, m.A.A.D. city, an album title which is very confusing to punctuate. We kicked it off last week with Deen and should be continuing all week. Feel free to chime in, hate, […]

Slava P is Rocksteady & Bebop’s older cousin. Sherane aka Master Splinter’s Daughter Sonic plot setup, characters established, rap parts also rapped well. Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe A subdued slow jam with lyric acrobatics and odd nasal noise Backseat Freestyle Animalistic verses held together by a brutal chorus The Art of Peer Pressure Dangers […]

Deen wrote this while flipping switches and clocking all the riches.  Some of you might be aware of the fact that I don’t rate Kendrick Lamar as highly as many seem to. For the umpteenth time, I think he’s a talent, but y’all’s obsession/savior complex basically ruined the kid for me. It’s fair to say […]

Tosten Burks is back. At this point, nothing is hyperbole. A year since its release, Section.80 remains one of the blog era’s greatest triumphs, still profound, still staggeringly ambitious, still technically breathtaking. “A.D.H.D.” still stands as the song of a generation, not hurt at all by its blatant intention to be just that. This is […]