| Hero vs. Villain: “The Chocolate Conquistadors” | January 8, 2021 |
As our MF DOOM tribute moves along, Nate Patrin evaluates DOOM's recent collaboration with BadBadNotGood.
Chris Daly speaks with Chester Hansen from BADBADNOTGOOD about their place in the jazz world, collaborating with vocalists, and their vault of unreleased tracks.
| The Rap Up: Week of May 20th | May 20, 2016 |
The Rap-Up is back with new ones from BadBadNotGood, Theophilus London, Green Ova South, and more.
| Soul Controllers: An Interview with BADBADNOTGOOD | March 30, 2015 |
A "trilogy" three years in the making, BBNG talks to Dean Van Nguyen about recording SOUR SOUL with Ghostface
| Can Kali Uchis Become the Next Amy Winehouse? | March 4, 2015 |
A look at the new album from the Colombian singer who has collaborated with BadBadNotGood, Dâm-FunK, Kaytranada and Tyler, the Creator.
| The Harder They Come: Ghostface Killah and Badbadnotgood feat MF DOOM “Ray Gun” Video | February 6, 2015 |
Ghost and DOOM go together like Wallabees and Slick Rick jewels. The latest video "Raygun" off the Ghostface x BadBadNotGood album is dipped in Blaxploitation bliss.
| 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.
| BadBadNotGood Reimagine Future Islands’ “Seasons” | November 26, 2014 |
Because I am not-so-secretly animatronic and cynical, I cannot get into Future Islands. The histrionics and over-the-top aspects are a little too Beauty and the Beast soundtrack, the dance moves a little too frumpy dad, the pop sensibilities a little too on the nose — as though it’s indie rock and punk filtered through a […]
| The Velvet Fog of BadBadNotGood | October 8, 2014 |
For a fusion jazz trio inhabiting the Supreme’d and Stussied costumes of normal early 20-somethings, BadBadNotGood boast extraordinary talent. Beyond preternaturally refined chops, they have a patience that affords their songs a natural ebb and flow — the same one mastered by their smoked-out and sedated forebears. The time signatures on “Velvet” alternate between the […]
Zilla Rocca was there, you’re a square, y’all do not compare The greatness of Black Milk’s No Poison No Paradise LP was his approach as an emcee. The Dirty District MPC slapper has paid the bills close to a decade thanks to his J Dilla and Slum Village cosigned beats, but Black Milk The Rapper […]
