| The Rap-Up: Week of November 30, 2018 | November 30, 2018 |
The Rap-Up returns with new joints from Nocando, G Perico, Vic Mensa, and more.
| Waiting for Post Malone | December 23, 2015 |
Paul Thompson searches for meaning at the Regent Theater.
| From Kids to Kanye: “U Mad” & The Evolution of Vic Mensa | April 14, 2015 |
Yeezy's latest protege gets himself a Benz with the Backpack.
| Kaytranada, Vic Mensa, and Towkio Get Funky | February 11, 2015 |
Give Tosten Burks all the Grammys. Fake Berkeley pimp 100s may have given up the good fight, and Snoop Dogg’s son’s college decision somehow overshadows his father’s jheri curled keytar adventures with Dam-Funk, but the re-funkification of rap marches on. The latest classic for your young booty classes comes from XL’s next wonderboy, the Haitian-Canadian […]
| P.O.W Fall Mixtape: Windy City Rap Blended By Max Bell | November 14, 2014 |
For his Fall Mixtape, Max Bell blends his favorite Chicago rap songs from Da Brat to Chief Keef.
| Passion of The Weiss Staff Favorite Songs of Summer 2014 Part Two | October 13, 2014 |
T.I’s rap mannequin Iggy Azalea might have manufactured the biggest hit, but opinions differ greatly on which artist composed the finest track this summer. In part one of this feature, the Passionweiss staff chose their favourites with suggestions including Migos, Bobby Shmurda and a Columbian rap star who’s name translates to “Mr Black President.” Part […]
| Towkio is Drifting: Chicago’s New Juke Hope | July 11, 2014 |
Tosten Burks doesn’t really like potato salad. And now, this week’s friendly reminder that whether or not you dig what fame and Los Angeles hath wrought Chance the Rapper, the rest of SAVEMONEY continues to kill it. Eschewing the Social Experiment’s analog pop blues that recall the early teen melodicism of Kids These Days (surprise, […]
| Vic Mensa Embraces Hip House | May 20, 2014 |
New Vic Mensa video goes very soft. I highly endorse this. Contrary to popular belief, radio rap’s descent into assembly line simpery over the last few years wasn’t abhorrent because of the sensitivity or innately Velveteen tendencies. It’s just that I found the execution lacking and the creativity often deficient. I will always gravitate to […]
| Today is the Present Future of Yesterday: Vic Mensa’s INNANETAPE | October 4, 2013 |
Tosten Burks killed Walter White. Few things complicate and challenge the blog-rap come-up more than the immediacy of expectations. A little hype goes a long way in turning writers into prophets and young artists into pressure-cookers. More taxing yet is when the pressure simmers as quickly as it came. Nineteen-year-old Hyde Park native Vic Mensa’s […]
| It’s a Jazz Thing: Nico Segal Becomes Donnie Trumpet (With Accompaniment from Chance The Rapper & Vic Mensa) | June 27, 2013 |
Matthew Schonfeld is a classically trained theremin-rap master. Chicago’s Save Money crew is way more than just Chance The Rapper. The collective encompasses the sweeping diversity of Chicago’s arts culture. There are rappers, singers, painters, videographers, producers, and jazz musicians. Nico Segal fits somewhere in between — originally sitting as trumpet player for the defunct […]
