Jeff Weiss
@passionweiss.bsky.social
it’s regular but it’s not normal | EIC: POW Mag | Founder: P.O.W. Recordings | "Waiting For Britney Spears" out now on MCD/FSG | Long Live Drakeo
We spoke to YUNGMORPHEUS about his roots in breakin', the best dancing rappers, the Matrix, AI art, the nature of parasocial relationships, the genius of early Mase, and his latest gem, "A Spyglass to One's Face."
Only on the The Truth Hurts, a podcast about nothing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=68DZ...
Only on the The Truth Hurts, a podcast about nothing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=68DZ...
YUNGMORPHEUS Interview
YouTube video by The Truth Hurts
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November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
We spoke to YUNGMORPHEUS about his roots in breakin', the best dancing rappers, the Matrix, AI art, the nature of parasocial relationships, the genius of early Mase, and his latest gem, "A Spyglass to One's Face."
Only on the The Truth Hurts, a podcast about nothing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=68DZ...
Only on the The Truth Hurts, a podcast about nothing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=68DZ...
tg.blk & Lu explore the fraught connections of life
Dezzy Hollow makes an Daygo anthem with Jayo Felony & Lil Rob
MC Tree is rap's Randy Newman
Chuck Strangers & Evidence make an ideal NYC to LA pairing.
Steven Louis gives you the Rap Up you need.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/24/t...
Dezzy Hollow makes an Daygo anthem with Jayo Felony & Lil Rob
MC Tree is rap's Randy Newman
Chuck Strangers & Evidence make an ideal NYC to LA pairing.
Steven Louis gives you the Rap Up you need.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/24/t...
The Rap-Up: Week of November 24, 2025 | Passion of the Weiss
New jams from Kenya, England, Chicago, Southern California and the great unknown.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
tg.blk & Lu explore the fraught connections of life
Dezzy Hollow makes an Daygo anthem with Jayo Felony & Lil Rob
MC Tree is rap's Randy Newman
Chuck Strangers & Evidence make an ideal NYC to LA pairing.
Steven Louis gives you the Rap Up you need.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/24/t...
Dezzy Hollow makes an Daygo anthem with Jayo Felony & Lil Rob
MC Tree is rap's Randy Newman
Chuck Strangers & Evidence make an ideal NYC to LA pairing.
Steven Louis gives you the Rap Up you need.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/24/t...
An interview with Jennifer Walton.
@michaelmckinney.bsky.social spoke to the dance producer & film & game composer about her family’s history w/ experimental music, the “completely inhuman” architecture of malls & how a variety of ghosts helped shape Daughters.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/21/j...
@michaelmckinney.bsky.social spoke to the dance producer & film & game composer about her family’s history w/ experimental music, the “completely inhuman” architecture of malls & how a variety of ghosts helped shape Daughters.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/21/j...
Death, Diners & Daughters: An Interview With Jennifer Walton | Passion of the Weiss
Genre polymath Jennifer Walton speaks with POW about her latest album, 'Daughters,' and the mess of putting grief into song.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
An interview with Jennifer Walton.
@michaelmckinney.bsky.social spoke to the dance producer & film & game composer about her family’s history w/ experimental music, the “completely inhuman” architecture of malls & how a variety of ghosts helped shape Daughters.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/21/j...
@michaelmckinney.bsky.social spoke to the dance producer & film & game composer about her family’s history w/ experimental music, the “completely inhuman” architecture of malls & how a variety of ghosts helped shape Daughters.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/21/j...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
How Taylor Swift became the most popular artist in the world by mastering the art of authentic inoffensiveness.
Lily Lady saw Life of a Showgirl, attempted to wrestle with Swift's contradictions, and eventually, one day, get the songs out of her head.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/19/t...
Lily Lady saw Life of a Showgirl, attempted to wrestle with Swift's contradictions, and eventually, one day, get the songs out of her head.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/19/t...
All For Show: Taylor Swift's Quest To Perfect Authentic Inoffensiveness | Passion of the Weiss
A cultural examination of why Taylor Swift continues to be everywhere – especially off the back of her most recent LP and documentary.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How Taylor Swift became the most popular artist in the world by mastering the art of authentic inoffensiveness.
Lily Lady saw Life of a Showgirl, attempted to wrestle with Swift's contradictions, and eventually, one day, get the songs out of her head.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/19/t...
Lily Lady saw Life of a Showgirl, attempted to wrestle with Swift's contradictions, and eventually, one day, get the songs out of her head.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/19/t...
Reposted by Jeff Weiss
Good interview, it got me to listen to Power of the Dollar for the first time www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwhC...
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Good interview, it got me to listen to Power of the Dollar for the first time www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwhC...
A review of the predictably great Armand Hammer album that doubles as a rumination on our post-curious, post-literate homogenized cultural moment, the feeling of ambient anxiety in the air, and the art of delivering the truth by (semi) jest.
By Miguelito
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By Miguelito
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Writing 'Mercy' at the End of the World: An Armand Hammer Review | Passion of the Weiss
A requiem in heady 16s, Armand Hammer's new album with The Alchemist continues their long-standing fight against entropy.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A review of the predictably great Armand Hammer album that doubles as a rumination on our post-curious, post-literate homogenized cultural moment, the feeling of ambient anxiety in the air, and the art of delivering the truth by (semi) jest.
By Miguelito
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/19/m...
By Miguelito
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/19/m...
We had a really interesting conversation with OT the Real about his early years in Mass., moving to Kensington at 17, refining his freestyle skills in jail, his time as a fugitive, linking with Griselda, earning the co-signs of Philly rap royalty, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWph...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWph...
OT The Real Interview
YouTube video by The Truth Hurts
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November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We had a really interesting conversation with OT the Real about his early years in Mass., moving to Kensington at 17, refining his freestyle skills in jail, his time as a fugitive, linking with Griselda, earning the co-signs of Philly rap royalty, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWph...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWph...
OT the Real writes a harrowing tale of addiction
Millyz & Skrilla make deranged pain music
BFB Packman, Big Sad & KT Foreign teach life lessons
Dame Dot drops what should've been a summer anthem in November.
Donald Morrison w/ a bell-ringing Rap Up www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/17/t...
Millyz & Skrilla make deranged pain music
BFB Packman, Big Sad & KT Foreign teach life lessons
Dame Dot drops what should've been a summer anthem in November.
Donald Morrison w/ a bell-ringing Rap Up www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Rap-Up: Week of November 17. 2025 | Passion of the Weiss
OT The Real brilliantly captures the hopelessness opioid endemic, another new standout feature from Skrilla, a chaotic Michigan posse cut and more.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
OT the Real writes a harrowing tale of addiction
Millyz & Skrilla make deranged pain music
BFB Packman, Big Sad & KT Foreign teach life lessons
Dame Dot drops what should've been a summer anthem in November.
Donald Morrison w/ a bell-ringing Rap Up www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/17/t...
Millyz & Skrilla make deranged pain music
BFB Packman, Big Sad & KT Foreign teach life lessons
Dame Dot drops what should've been a summer anthem in November.
Donald Morrison w/ a bell-ringing Rap Up www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/17/t...
Reposted by Jeff Weiss
this is what reading the internet in college felt like. excellent list, premise, everything. (I'm way higher on Veeze than Son Raw, but hey.)
The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
The 100 Best Rap Albums Of All-Time List – As Rock Albums | Passion of the Weiss
"They'd never have the balls to do this to rock music." Son Raw dissects and inverts the new canon.
www.passionweiss.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
this is what reading the internet in college felt like. excellent list, premise, everything. (I'm way higher on Veeze than Son Raw, but hey.)
Reposted by Jeff Weiss
Reposted by Jeff Weiss
this is one of the coolest thought exercises I've ever seen in the music press ever
The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
The 100 Best Rap Albums Of All-Time List – As Rock Albums | Passion of the Weiss
"They'd never have the balls to do this to rock music." Son Raw dissects and inverts the new canon.
www.passionweiss.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
this is one of the coolest thought exercises I've ever seen in the music press ever
Reposted by Jeff Weiss
My man @sonraw.bsky.social is hilarious. And right!
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My man @sonraw.bsky.social is hilarious. And right!
Reposted by Jeff Weiss
This is a fun exercise (for particular versions of fun) - my heart kept sinking as I saw rap albums I really like paired with the dullest possible rock ones but I guess that’s the point in a way!
The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
The 100 Best Rap Albums Of All-Time List – As Rock Albums | Passion of the Weiss
"They'd never have the balls to do this to rock music." Son Raw dissects and inverts the new canon.
www.passionweiss.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is a fun exercise (for particular versions of fun) - my heart kept sinking as I saw rap albums I really like paired with the dullest possible rock ones but I guess that’s the point in a way!
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This is really good. It's the kind of exercise that will never align 1:1 with your tastes, but it's a fun read and I'm glad it exists. (And I guess I'll move Da Drought 3 up on my to-listen list and Rich Gang down. Way down.)
The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
The 100 Best Rap Albums Of All-Time List – As Rock Albums | Passion of the Weiss
"They'd never have the balls to do this to rock music." Son Raw dissects and inverts the new canon.
www.passionweiss.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is really good. It's the kind of exercise that will never align 1:1 with your tastes, but it's a fun read and I'm glad it exists. (And I guess I'll move Da Drought 3 up on my to-listen list and Rich Gang down. Way down.)
Reposted by Jeff Weiss
this was a fun one to read in part because the idea of equating Devin the Dude and ZZ Top struck me right in the forebrain
The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
The 100 Best Rap Albums Of All-Time List – As Rock Albums | Passion of the Weiss
"They'd never have the balls to do this to rock music." Son Raw dissects and inverts the new canon.
www.passionweiss.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
this was a fun one to read in part because the idea of equating Devin the Dude and ZZ Top struck me right in the forebrain
Reposted by Jeff Weiss
Here, read this instead! This is fun!
The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
The 100 Best Rap Albums Of All-Time List – As Rock Albums | Passion of the Weiss
"They'd never have the balls to do this to rock music." Son Raw dissects and inverts the new canon.
www.passionweiss.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Here, read this instead! This is fun!
The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
The 100 Best Rap Albums Of All-Time List – As Rock Albums | Passion of the Weiss
"They'd never have the balls to do this to rock music." Son Raw dissects and inverts the new canon.
www.passionweiss.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
The Best DJ sets of the last month.
As heard in Slam on the CDJ, returning to highlight the latest mixes from Adrian Sherwood, DJ Lag, EMA, Faited, miscmeg, Sonido Dueñez, Yibing, deep creep x Richard Akingbehin and more.
By @michaelmckinney.bsky.social
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/13/s...
As heard in Slam on the CDJ, returning to highlight the latest mixes from Adrian Sherwood, DJ Lag, EMA, Faited, miscmeg, Sonido Dueñez, Yibing, deep creep x Richard Akingbehin and more.
By @michaelmckinney.bsky.social
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/13/s...
Slam on the CDJ: The Best DJ Sets of September 2025 | Passion of the Weiss
A brain-bending session Resident Advisor session from Adrian Sherwood, deep creep & Richard Akingbehin's set at The Lot Radio, miscmeg slamming n the gas in Melbourne and more.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Best DJ sets of the last month.
As heard in Slam on the CDJ, returning to highlight the latest mixes from Adrian Sherwood, DJ Lag, EMA, Faited, miscmeg, Sonido Dueñez, Yibing, deep creep x Richard Akingbehin and more.
By @michaelmckinney.bsky.social
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/13/s...
As heard in Slam on the CDJ, returning to highlight the latest mixes from Adrian Sherwood, DJ Lag, EMA, Faited, miscmeg, Sonido Dueñez, Yibing, deep creep x Richard Akingbehin and more.
By @michaelmckinney.bsky.social
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/13/s...
A fantastic interview with the Senegalese rap legend Xuman of the group Pee Froiss, which doubles as a history of rap in West Africa, the Senegalese strikes & Année Blanche of '88, and the new reissue of the masterpiece, "Wala Wala Bok?"
By Leonel
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/11/p...
By Leonel
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An Interview With Senegalese Rap Legend, Xuman of Pee Froiss | Passion of the Weiss
Xuman breaks down jis decades-long career shaping African hip-hop.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A fantastic interview with the Senegalese rap legend Xuman of the group Pee Froiss, which doubles as a history of rap in West Africa, the Senegalese strikes & Année Blanche of '88, and the new reissue of the masterpiece, "Wala Wala Bok?"
By Leonel
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/11/p...
By Leonel
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/11/p...
We interviewed one of the best young rappers out, Banditdamack, about growing up in Hemet, therapy, the art of storytelling and rhyme structure, rap's influence and responsibility, how AI is impacting art, and much more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=myup...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=myup...
Banditdamack Interview
YouTube video by The Truth Hurts
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We interviewed one of the best young rappers out, Banditdamack, about growing up in Hemet, therapy, the art of storytelling and rhyme structure, rap's influence and responsibility, how AI is impacting art, and much more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=myup...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=myup...
Max B returns in rare form
Outkast deliver one of the best Rock N' Roll HOF speeches ever
All City Jimmy separates the real from the lab grown
Jojo2Faded keeps the California interstates heated
MexikoDro is the responsible leader we need
So is Steven Louis
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/10/t...
Outkast deliver one of the best Rock N' Roll HOF speeches ever
All City Jimmy separates the real from the lab grown
Jojo2Faded keeps the California interstates heated
MexikoDro is the responsible leader we need
So is Steven Louis
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/10/t...
The Rap-Up: Week of November 10, 2025 | Passion of the Weiss
Max B is home. OutKast is everlasting. All City Jimmy and JOJO2FADED cruise California, while Atlanta stays spacey through MEXIKODRO.
www.passionweiss.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Max B returns in rare form
Outkast deliver one of the best Rock N' Roll HOF speeches ever
All City Jimmy separates the real from the lab grown
Jojo2Faded keeps the California interstates heated
MexikoDro is the responsible leader we need
So is Steven Louis
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/10/t...
Outkast deliver one of the best Rock N' Roll HOF speeches ever
All City Jimmy separates the real from the lab grown
Jojo2Faded keeps the California interstates heated
MexikoDro is the responsible leader we need
So is Steven Louis
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/10/t...
Waiting For Britney Spears has been out for five months today.
I spoke to the Music Book Club about the process of writing it, what's next, and my own favorite music book.
musicbookclub.substack.com/p/qa-jeff-we...
I spoke to the Music Book Club about the process of writing it, what's next, and my own favorite music book.
musicbookclub.substack.com/p/qa-jeff-we...
Q+A: Jeff Weiss on Britney Spears, Drakeo the Ruler and Dave Tompkins
Passion of the Weiss!
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November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Waiting For Britney Spears has been out for five months today.
I spoke to the Music Book Club about the process of writing it, what's next, and my own favorite music book.
musicbookclub.substack.com/p/qa-jeff-we...
I spoke to the Music Book Club about the process of writing it, what's next, and my own favorite music book.
musicbookclub.substack.com/p/qa-jeff-we...
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The best solo Wu album, period
On the 30th anniversary of Liquid Swords, I'm re-publishing this tribute to the GZA's masterpiece, originally written in the rec room era.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/08/l...
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The Sword Remains Imperial: GZA's Masterpiece Turns 30 | Passion of the Weiss
To commemorate three decades of "Liquid Swords," we're running a retooled version of a Jeff Weiss feature that originally ran in the rec room era.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The best solo Wu album, period