| An open letter to rappers. And singers. And everybody. | June 21, 2012 |
Son Raw had to say it. Don’t work with Skrillex. I know it’s tempting given the guy’s sudden popularity and I’ll give A$AP Rocky a pass on the basis that even Method Man once worked with Fred Durst and it came out OK, but you don’t want to be associated with that little rat faced […]
Scooter Braun originally discovered Slava P in early 2003 via his-now legendary Xanga page. The pair later parted ways over sartorial differences. All Around The World feat. Ludacris Stutters and synths meet with high-tempo kicks and a lazy Luda verse. Boyfriend Bring 2Chainz back in. I’m already sick of this. Swag swag swag swag swag. As […]
| What’s In A Name? Branding and Backronyms | June 18, 2012 |
Slava P. is available for business consulting. Interesting trades considered. Branding is everything. As an artist, it allows you to sell your fans not only music, but also the clothing, vodka and action figures required to properly enjoy that music. In recent years, the rap game seems to have burst into an assortment of acronyms […]
| DJ Headnodic – Funky Star Wars | February 27, 2012 |
Evan Nabavian was briefly the bassist for the Evil Genius Orchestra. Star Wars goes with everything. DJ Headnodic compiled 70s and 80s Star Wars covers into a 40 minute mix called Funky Star Wars which, if you ask me, should be somehow worked into the official Star Wars canon. This reminds me of my undeveloped […]
| What in the World Is Andre 3000 Doing? | November 22, 2011 |
Words by Passion of the Weiss Staff. Image via Taco Trey Kerby. Andre 3000 is…. Surfing off the coast of Madagascar while wearing a sarong and Doc Martens. Taking a nap in a hyperbaric chamber while being protected by a pack of miniature Doberman Pinschers. Inventing colors. Climbing an Andean mountain to pick a rare […]
| Sach O: A bluffer’s guide to the Stone Roses reunion | October 18, 2011 |
Sach O will pay good money to see this band. They better hit up Montreal. Hey dude! The Stone Roses are reuniting! What’s that? You’ve never heard of the Stone Roses? WTF man, they were like Pavement for England except with better drugs, only one good album and they sounded nothing like Pavement. My point […]
| “Look At Me”: An Oral History of Watch the Throne | August 9, 2011 |
Abe Beame hacked the email of a culture writer from GQ to bring you this from September’s issue. Sean “Jay-Z” Carter: I remember it was like four o’clock in the morning. I was in Hawaii like a year ago and I get this wild text from Kanye, I still have it in my phone, hold […]
| Son Raw’s (white) Dancehall DJ tips. | July 18, 2011 |
With Hip-Hop’s color barrier long since broken down by everyone from grill-rocking Houstonians to lyrically lyrical nerds and Chester French, rebelious white kids have yearned for the next form of Black music to stea-…embrace. Jamaican Bashment (Dancehall) is currently in the midst of yet another boom period and with Dubstep turning on a generation of […]
Stolen by The What (Jeff Weiss, Sach O, Doc Zeus, Zilla Rocca, Douglas Martin, Matt Shea, Jonah Bromwich) Track 1: THE SUN KINGS (Versailles, Fly or Die) (Co-Produced by No I.D., Hurby “Luv Bug,” Azor, Bushwick Bill, Lou Adler, & Kanye West) On “Monster,” Kanye tantalized and teased us with his bold images of stuffing […]
Evan Nabavian is in all likelihood, one of the best forever. DJ Khaled’s ringtone is his 2010 single “All I Do Is Win.” T-Pain’s voice reverberates down the closed off Miami street and Khaled answers like a customer service rep, with a casual, “We the best.” He starts peppering Cool from Cool & Dre about […]
