| Give it to Me Straight: Vinnie Dewayne’s St. Johns Scholar | January 21, 2016 |
Introducing Vinnie Dewayne, a new rapper out of Portland you should be checking for.
| The Year in Rap: 2015 | December 10, 2015 |
From Vince Staples to Tyga to Eminem finally playing catch with his dad, Drew Millard breaks down rap in 2015
| Photos From the First Annual POW Fest, Labor Day 2015 | September 16, 2015 |
The photos were taken by Forest Casey at The Echo, during a day and night festival that changed the course of space, time, and rap music. Oh, and celebrated 10 years as a website.
| Summer Mix: Will Hagle | July 14, 2015 |
R. Kelly, Snoop Dogg, 213, The Dove Shack, Vince Staples, Chance The Rapper, and more!
| Vince Staples – ‘Summertime ’06’ | July 14, 2015 |
Vince Staples crafts the best double-disc since Dipset.
| “I Don’t Want No Bomber Jacket Rap”: Vince Staples On Real Late W/ Rosenberg w/ Tyler the Creator | June 15, 2015 |
Good moments in American rap music.
| Rap-Up Week of 5/8/15 | May 8, 2015 |
Def Loaf, Kevin Gates, Camp Lo, Fetty Wap, Azeala Banks, Quavo, Gucci Mane, Drake, e40, Styles P, Jadakiss, Vince Staples
The first single from his forthcoming Def Jam detonation, "Summertime '06."
| The Strength of Narcotics: Vince Staples’ “Screen Door” Video | February 5, 2015 |
The best writers freeze specific details in each frame. For Vince Staples, it’s the screen door, swinging back and forth as his father Nate serves fiends. It’s Long Beach in the 90s, the last lingering peak of the crack era, right after Snoop turned an LBC sweatshirt into a symbol of neighborhood pride. Spike Jordan […]
| 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.
