| The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2012 (W/ Zip File) | December 19, 2012 |
Now with ZIP File. Download: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Hip Hop Songs, 2012: Part II (#50-26) (Left-Click) Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Hip Hop Songs, 2012: Part I (#25-1 ) (Left-Click) Previously: Passion of the Weiss Top Hip Hop Songs — 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 Novelty Bonus – “Hot Cheetos […]
| The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2012 (#50-26) | December 17, 2012 |
Like we always do about this time. Passion of the Weiss Top Hip Hop Songs — 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 Novelty Bonus – “Hot Cheetos & Takis” Yes, “Hot Cheetos & Takis” is a real song by children about two different spicy snacks that aren’t available in all markets. And yes, it is […]
| Hard Boiled Fiction and Hard Living: Scenes from Zilla Rocca’s “Party with Villains EP” | November 13, 2012 |
Don’t let the green grass fool you, Zilla Rocca is as regional a rapper as you could find. Occasionally, he slips into the Shadowboxer noir-hop executive trench coat, but on the new Party with Villains EP, he pulls from the bullets and bourbon sagas of South Philly crime reporter George Anastasia, the legacy of Allen […]
| Bank Holidays with Zilla Rocca, Alex Ludovico & Mally | October 17, 2012 |
You may not appreciate Zilla Rocca’s rap singing, but you can’t deny that his artwork ranks among the most consistently best in the business. I personally do not deny his rap singing and enjoy the palm trees and tiki drink ease of the first single from his forthcoming “Party with Villains EP.” Driving the getaway […]
| Raising Caine with Zilla Rocca, Curly Castro & Has-Lo | September 18, 2012 |
Fresh kill from the Wrecking Crew. More black-clad pulp bangers pulsing out of the badlands between Motherless Brooklyn, The Big Sleep, The Fantastic Four and Charlton Heston before he burned his b-r-a-i-n for the NRA. Curly Castro channels his inner Robert Thorn on “Soylent Green,” a track excised from his forthcoming Fidel, where he pairs […]
| Homeless Swordsmen: The Wrecking Crew Presents: Wu Tang Pulp | September 4, 2012 |
When Zilla first told me about the concept behind Wu-Tang Pulp, I thought it was a terrible idea. The Wu canon is inviolate. There is no way to improve a song like “Bring the Pain” when Method Man raps as smooth and stellar as nutella. A banger like “Fish” is better than even pot-encrusted Branzino. […]
Brassy moles and brazen adventurers, another lavish illustrated book, the rap game Sam Spade, ZR, returns with Has-Lo and Open Mike Eagle for “Full Spectrum 2.” Maybe the best part of the rise of otherground rap is the demise of the mean-mugs that dogged every old video. Not everyone can be Roc Marciano. After all, […]
Intro inscribed illiodically by Zilla Rocca. The Firm’s self-titled album sold a million copies…and was universally considered a colossal failure, so much so that Eminem took a shot at it when he ghostwrote Dre’s verse on “Forgot about Dre”. The project was such a travesty that it fractured the relationship of one the most talented […]
