Azealia Banks' attempt to get rich or get dropped trying.
Jimmy Ness brings more drama than a primetime NBC TV show Azealia Banks just won’t go away. From dissing an A-Z of artists to alienating herself from a formerly supportive LGBT audience, she’s running a master class in self-sabotage. However, despite claiming page one of the industry blacklist, Banks packs the talent that most hipster […]
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With America convinced that the Harlem Shake is really the Oswald Cobblepot waddle, it seemed like a fitting time to have on Salva, the Chicago-bred, LA-based producer who has been blowing up ever since he and RL Grime remixed “Mercy.” I explained the story in an LA Weekly column last month, but in short, Salva […]
Slava P is team Ashley Banks. The first week of 2013 loosely carried the theme of resurgence. The timid Dipset boost brought on by two sub-par Cam’Ron songs and the promise of a Juelz Santana mixtape; the possibility of a Lil’ Wayne rebirth that has nothing to do with Rebirth; the fact that major magazines […]
The Top 50 Albums of 2012 December 24, 2012
On a Previous Episode of the Passion of the Weiss: The Top 50 Albums of: 2011; 2010; 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 50. House Shoes – Let it Go [Tres] No best album list is complete without something from Detroit. Nowhere else is as no frills and unvarnished. It operates as a palate cleanser to remind […]
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Azealia Banks does herself few favors. Between her short-lived senseless beefs, desire to repudiate herself from rap, and meteoric Internet rise, you’d be forgiven for thinking she’s a  flash-in-the-pan. It’s unclear whether she’s doing this out of a desire to express herself, land a one-woman Broadway show, or score a multi-million dollar modeling deal. After […]
Craig Jenkins. Real name. No gimmicks. Peter Rosenberg’s jab at Nicki Minaj’s “Starships” at Hot 97’s Summer Jam damn near sparked this generation’s own “Disco Sucks” campaign among underground hip-hop’s defenders of the faith. Fans of pop and electronic dance music see the march of those genre’s values into hip-hop as a chance to bust […]