| Shots Fired Episode 18: The Indie Episode Ft. Jonwayne & Milo | February 28, 2013 |
The idea for the latest Shots Fired episode was to invite Milo and Jonwayne on to partake in a 30-year survey of the history of independent rap. After all, they are two of the best 90s babies rappers on independent labels. Then we decided to use the hour to talk about strippers, Dragon Ball Z, […]
| Jonwayne, Nine Hunna | February 19, 2013 |
If you want to assess the evolution of the Wayniac contrast his newest “900” with the beats on his formal debut, Bowser. The latter was recorded when he was still a teen and rode the wave of 8-bit flips and Mario Bros. slaps. It hit hard but there was little dynamics. What the descendent of […]
| Karriem Riggins — “Matador Posse Cut’ ft. Jonwayne, Homeboy Sandman, Guilty Simpson & Krondon | January 9, 2013 |
Karriem Riggins first came to my attention for his work with The Roots, so it’s fitting that J Rocc scratches in a hook composed of cuts from “Adrenaline.” Scott Storch may have made that beat before his first cocaine nose job, but it still bruises like every song that Beanie Mac recorded during the Roc […]
| Happiness is a Warm Funk | July 30, 2012 |
Dam Funk looking dapper in the retro Starter jacket and offering up some self-described summer time glides. “Happy” feels like a modern funk riff on Slave’s “Watching You,” maybe best known to you in the “Never Seen Before (Remix).” Like the EPMD track, this is also the uncut raw. Dam’s new single “I Don’t Want […]
| Doing It Well: Shlohmo & Jonwayne Juxtapose | April 17, 2012 |
Had the horsemen in the WediditCollective any interest in pushing the crew narrative, I probably wouldn’t have to link to their website in the first sentence. You might know the principals better from their solo work: Shlohmo, Jonwayne, Zeroh, RL Grime. There’s more and all of them are interested in further blurring the line between […]
| The Falsehoods of Jonwayne | April 9, 2012 |
Jonah Bromwich is so delirious. There’s more than one way to improve. You can progress steadily – moving from a couple of funny lines, to being able to ride a beat, to storytelling, to a perfect verse, to a perfect song, all over the course of four or five mixtapes and/or albums. Or you can […]
| Places & Kings | October 13, 2011 |
Shlohmo – Places from STDYHND on Vimeo. A banner day for the Wediditcollective. Shlohmo finally drops the video for the still-gorgeous “Places” off the still supreme, Bad Vibes. Meanwhile, Jonwayne releases his fourth album of the year in Alpha Pup-issued,Death of Andrew. This is where I’m supposed to quote the Mad Rapper, but Jonwayne is […]
| Jonwayne Doesn’t Care | September 6, 2011 |
The return of the Wayniac. Less than one month after thanking bros with a bodega’s worth of blistering beats, the La Habra headhunter unleashes enough battle rap kufi-slaps to shame a Grind Timer. Don’t believe Wayne when he says he doesn’t care. This is not brag rap for the sake of bluster. The schemes imply […]
| Jonwayne Thanks You, Bro | August 11, 2011 |
What do you know about the Wayniac? Forget the false white rap dualities. It’s 2011 and everyone knows that there a few white people who can really fucking rap, and a whole lot who can’t. Jonwayne can really fucking rap. He chooses not to most of the time, because the 21-year old La Habra headhunter […]
Because I’m the slacker that Mr. Strickland always said I was, I’m only now announcing the next Passion of the Weiss Presents show. For those inhabiting Mike Brown’s new stomping grounds, the saga unfolds next Friday, June 10 at the Bootleg Theater, with performances from Flash Bang Grenada (Nocando & Busdriver’s new group), Open Mike […]
