The DJ Mustard protege stakes his claim as one of LA's best new rappers to watch.
| Love is a Battlefield: Can Yelawolf Rebound? | April 29, 2015 |
Everybody knows you never go full Kid Rock.
| The Top 50 Albums of 2014 #25-1 | December 12, 2014 |
In the conclusion of a special two part series, the Passion of the Weiss staff crown their top albums of 2014 and learn the value of friendship, decency, and karate.
| The Choice is Yours: E-40 “Choices (Yup)” | November 13, 2014 |
Kyle Ellison waves his finger in the air for slang prostitution It might have been Kanye playing coach in the video for ‘I Don’t Fuck With You’, but if Big Sean knows what’s good for him he’ll take his advice from the guy in the commentary box. E-40 has stayed fresh throughout three decades, outlived […]
| The Pinkprint & The Push Back: Nicki Minaj’s “Only” | November 5, 2014 |
Kyle Ellison hasn’t worn pink since Cam left the Roc. We’re now ten months into 2014 and the only Cash Money record you can buy in stores is the ironically titled Young Money compilation, Rise of an Empire. Tha Carter V is missing in action, The Pinkprint has been pushed back again and Tyga is being kept […]
| Passion of The Weiss Staff Favorite Songs of Summer 2014 Part One | October 10, 2014 |
Asking music writers to agree on one thing is an impossible task. Some think Young Thug’s otherworldly yelps ruled the summer while others would prefer he return to his home planet. One thing you can depend on is most of these tunes will inspire unrestrained dancing all the way into autumn. See below for our […]
| This Ain’t No Easy Listening: Hudson Mohawke “Chimes EP” | October 9, 2014 |
Kyle Ellison is on that Bronx smooth ish Kanye is known for having a receptive ear, but it’s fair to say that Hudson Mohawke’s road to G.O.O.D. Music would have been rockier had it not been for TNGHT. The two producers share some DNA – or rather HudMo grew up on West and Just Blaze, […]
| Grip It! Wiley “On a Level” | September 30, 2014 |
Kyle Ellison has the cheat code swag Reliability isn’t a quality often attributed to Richard Cowie, but over the right grime beat there are few if any more bankable. Okay, so Wiley’s attendance sheet has more than a few gaps and his brilliance is never likely to be captured on a record you can […]
| Saba Rides Into the “ComfortZone” | August 5, 2014 |
Kyle Ellison loves the Top Gun soundtrack A breakout hit on the scale of Chance’s Acid Rap doesn’t just burn bright and fade away, its embers continue to crackle and spark. Eventually they’ll settle, but in the meantime it’s just as likely that the wind will change and reignite flickers into flames. Before I run […]
| Deniro Farrar “Notice”: For the Ladies With Real Hair Going to School That Don’t Need No Man | August 4, 2014 |
Kyle Ellison wants to retire on a yacht called the SS Minnow Approximately 95% of songs written ‘for the ladies’ are not for the ladies. Aside from the fact that they’re mostly trite, box-ticking 3rd singles written in pursuit of groupies, record sales or both, it’s a reductive concept before pen even touches paper. It […]
