| The Top 50 Albums of 2011 (#25-1) | December 23, 2011 |
Verse two, coming with that Heineken brew…. See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums (#50 – 26) See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 25. Big K.R.I.T. – Return of 4Eva [Self-Released] Big K.R.I.T. rose to “next” status not necessarily because of his overly impressive rapping […]
| The Top 50 Albums of 2011 (#50-1) | December 22, 2011 |
Like we always do about this time. See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 50. Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread [Drag City] The sun rises slowly and when it hits Ty Segall’s window, he imitates its motion and before he gets out of bed, he stretches and unleashes […]
| The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2011 (#25-1) | December 19, 2011 |
This list was inspired by the guiding light of Liberace, Billy Martin, Ali, and Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff. ZIP: V/A – The Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Songs (Left Click) Alt Link: V/A – Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Songs See Also: The Top 50 Best Hip Hop Songs of 2011 (#50-26) Passion […]
| The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2011 (#50-1) | December 16, 2011 |
Everything the White Girl Mob learned, they learned from the above commercial. This is no time for circumlocution. There are songs to argue about. Everything is explained below. Some guys got it, some guys don’t. ZIP: V/A – The Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Songs (Left Click) Alt Link: V/A – Passion of the […]
| Album Review: Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Watch the Throne” | August 12, 2011 |
Renato Pagnani writes his curses in Times New Roman. Watch the Throne is the product of two artists that have nothing left to do but buy more 16th-century Persian rugs and continue trying to acquire the very goblet that Jesus drank from at the Last Supper. Both Jay-Z and Kanye West are now part of […]
| The Computers, Blues, and Bromides of The Streets | March 23, 2011 |
Renato Pagnani gets computers puting. At the end of 2009, The Guardian, one of England’s biggest newspapers, published their list of the decade’s best albums. Among those included on the (naturally) UK-heavy list were Radiohead’s dystopic masterpiece Kid A, Burial’s ghostly Untrue, and Funeral from recent Grammy darlings, Arcade Fire. What topped the list? In […]
| I Can’t Go To Sleep: E-40 – “Revenue Retrievin’ (Night Shift)” | January 18, 2011 |
“The kind of career I’m having at this age defies logic,” says E-40 on Revenue Retrievin’ (Night Shift), but the Bay area legend’s continued relevance in a genre that places youth at a premium isn’t hard to explain. Surround yourself with talented youngsters like the Jacka and Laroo to keep you honest, rap over hyphy […]
| The Top 50 Albums of 2010 (#10-1) – Sponsored by Nintendo | December 24, 2010 |
May your Xmas morning be filled with nothing but The Legend of Zelda and rapping 10-year olds. To see the complete Top 50, click here. 10. Guido – Anidea – [Punch Drunk] If you smashed videogame soundtracks, G-Funk, R&B, Hip-Hop, Grime, Jungle, Dubstep and orchestral film scores into the Hadron collider, you’d get an album […]
| The Top 50 Albums of 2010 (#50-1) – Sponsored by the Arthur Murray Party | December 20, 2010 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrN3tt62BI You’re always welcome at an Arthur Murray dance party. 50. DaVinci – The Day the Turf Stood Still – [SWTBRDS] A cursory skim of The Day the Turf Stood Still might convince you that DaVinci is the latest underground talent from New York, but the longtime Fillmore resident reps San Francisco through and through. […]
| The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2010 (#50-1) | December 16, 2010 |
50. Celph Titled & Buckwild – “Fuckmaster Sex” [No Sleep] Legendary producer from DITC releases archived beats from everybody’s favorite era in hip hop? Don’t mind if I do. An album of verses from Demigod also-ran, Celph-Titled? Uh…. But taken in minor doses the formula appeased even the grumpiest boom bap dinosaurs. […]
