| In Case You Missed It: Thane — “Topia” | March 15, 2017 |
Alex Dwyer breaks down a new single from Milwaukee-based producer Thane entitled, "Topia."
Alex Dwyer reviews Ural Garrett's first novel, "Thanking Evil."
| Off The Books: Check The Technique Vol. 2 – More Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies by Brian Coleman | August 24, 2015 |
The sequel to Brian Coleman's legendary hip-hop text, "Check the Technique."
| Off The Books: “Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man”by Marcus Baram | January 23, 2015 |
Alex Dwyer reads another book on Gil Scott-Heron to disheartening results
| Off The Books: Who We Be: The Colorization of America by Jeff Chang | January 14, 2015 |
Alex Dwyer reviews the latest from "Can't Stop Won't Stop" author Jeff Chang. who, like most, summons DMX to understand race in America.
| The Top 50 Rap Songs of 2014 (All) | December 18, 2014 |
The Passion of the Weiss staff present the first volume of the compilation album "Best Rap of 2014: 25 Shots to the Dome"
| 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.
| Off the Books: “I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon” by Toure | October 14, 2014 |
Alex Dwyer reviews The Purple One as experienced by Toure, an apparent Old Testament stan
| Off The Books: “For Whom the Cowbell Tolls: 25 Years of Paul’s Boutique” by Dan LeRoy and Peter Relic | October 6, 2014 |
A quarter of a century after the genius of "Paul's Boutique", Alex Dwyer serves as our literary eggman
| Off the Books: “Los Angeles’s Central Avenue Jazz” | July 29, 2014 |
Dweez has been assigned Steve Zahn as a doppleganger on more than one occasion. “This was a brief glittering moment of jazz as straight-up entertainment before the music was bogged down by academia and oppressive seriousness. Jazz was once the music of the people, and an element of entertainment value was not just provided: it […]
