| A Pyrex Scholar: An Interview with UK Producer The Purist | March 12, 2015 |
He's produced for Action Bronson, Roc Marciano, Danny Brown, Cas, and more.
| On the Front Porch, Looking at the Corner: An Interview with Saba | February 23, 2015 |
Saba catches up with Max Bell about growing up on the edge of the 'hood and the 'burbs, how he got started in rap, and about learning to play the piano with "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
| Mick Jenkins Can Find Your House on Google Earth | January 6, 2015 |
Tosten Burks asked Jeeves. Whether or not you think it’s a rapper’s obligation to write protest music during times of protest, Chicago’s Mick Jenkins cares not. An autumn removed from his eerie, brilliant, peanut butter loafer’d hydration PSA The Water[s], the windy city’s flyest Creflo Dollar critic didn’t take to the studio this embattled Christmas […]
| 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.
| P.O.W Fall Mixtape: Windy City Rap Blended By Max Bell | November 14, 2014 |
For his Fall Mixtape, Max Bell blends his favorite Chicago rap songs from Da Brat to Chief Keef.
| Mick Jenkins is Trying to Get Over The Water[s] | September 24, 2014 |
Will Hagle is waterproof — that means he can’t be wet The public service announcements in Los Angeles remind us to remember our watering days. Houses with even addresses should only water their lawns Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Odd addresses can take Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. On Mondays we all take a break to dump […]
| Mick Jenkins, Martyr | November 12, 2013 |
Tosten Burks is beatified. One of Chicago’s best young lyricists this side of the tweakers, twists 2013’s most iconic sample into lamentations of lifestyle, praying he’s not too preachy but preaching nonetheless. To the boys carrying guns to the beat, to the girls leaving their cherry stems in the street: everyone’s hanging too high to […]
| Mick Jenkins: The Al Capone of Chicago Gangsta Rap | June 28, 2013 |
Will Hagle is Jeezy-laughing at life. Mick Jenkins might be the Al Capone of modern Chicago gangsta rap. Elegantly dressed, yet menacing. Over a string-heavy, darkly cinematic beat that sounds like an outtake from Cage’s Movies For The Blind, Jenkins explains what he will do to you if he catches you on the street without […]
