Jeff Weiss

We don't talk about Louis Armstrong enough anymore, but more importantly, we don't talk enough about Louis Armstrong's bathroom

YouTube video by The Truth Hurts $tupid Young: "I want to be the Asian Jay-Z"

We had the great $tupid Young on the Truth Hurts to talk about meeting Drakeo as a teen in juvie, Long Beach, how "Mando" changed his life, his family's escape from Pol Pot & the Killing Fields, TikTok's impact on music, and much more.

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Another random fact, there’s a 2Pac interview with Tabitha Soren on MTV News from 1994 where Madonna was present off camera from this same era.

Around the time that they were dating, 2Pac recorded a feature for Madonna's '94 album, "Bedtime Stories."

The song, "I'd Rather Be Your Lover," was released later that year without 'Pac, who was replaced with Meshell Ndegeocello.

Random fact of the day.

The Rap-Up: Week of February 16, 2026 | Passion of the Weiss Ant rounds up new peaceful poems via Navy Blue, the Nickelus F comeback, Mike Will linking with Chief Keef and YoungBoy and more.

MikeWill unites w/ Chief Keef & Youngboy

Ghais Guevara drops a confrontational stampede

Twentythree summons a nightmarish tornado of sound

Nickelus F emerges from the Blue Ridge Mts

Navy Blue angles towards the sunlight

Ant drops another Rap Up

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Long live shad.

Along with the drops Bonus Beats has:
- A live performance from Wednesday
- A career retrospective with Shad on @passionweiss.bsky.social
- @mike-eagle.bsky.social remembering Mr. Complex
- DJ Platurn at Amoeba Music
- @qrtrmusic.bsky.social and Arina Krondeva back to back at The Lot Radio

Tap in!

Thelonious Monk's advice to musicians

Totally. Standard issue to every high school kid in America

Check The Scoreboard: The Fugees' Classic Turns 30 | Passion of the Weiss On its 30th anniversary, Jeff Weiss examines the last and best album from Wyclef, Lauryn, and Praz

On its 30th anniversary, I wrote about The Fugees' "The Score."

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During the making of D'Angelo's "Voodoo", there were plans for a Dilla-produced duet between D'Angelo & Lauryn Hill.

Lauryn reportedly no showed and nothing ever materialized, but Questlove played a portion of this beat in a 2013 RBMA lecture, one of the four originally made for the collaboration.

50 freestyling in '98 in front of N.O.R.E. and Kid Capri

Shad played my frosh week 2010 and he’s been in my rotation since. Truly one of Canada’s greatest MCs

My Collection: Shad Breaks Down 20 Years of Rap History | Passion of the Weiss From the days of actual studio sessions to starting anew, Canadian rap legend Shad takes us through his greatest records.

Canadian rap legend Shad breaks down 20 years of highlights: from winning the Rhythm of the Future Competition in '05 to taking home a Juno for 2011's TSOL, hosting Netflix's "Hip-Hop Evolution" to his latest, "Start Anew."

By @gardenerjams.bsky.social

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thank you!!

What a time to be outside. "the ying yang twins were the most sought after pop collaboration..." That's a batshit crazy sentence even to those of us living through this era!

Reminder: always read or listen to @passionweiss.bsky.social 👇👇

I went on 60 Songs that Explain the 90s: 2000s edition to talk about "Toxic" and Britney and the magical moment where the Ying Yang Twins were the most sought-after pop collaboration in America.

D'Angelo explaining the origins of his left hand piano style, which was developed at a young age as a result of his father refusing to give him a bass guitar or drum set. The piano was his way of emulating a rhythm section.

Clip via the 2015 "Devil's Pie" documentary

My return to Passion of the Weiss, more anticipated than a new Frank Ocean album

Concrete Jungle Jazz: Cataloging Grupo Um's Jittery São Paulo-Based Music | Passion of the Weiss This is the story of Grupo Um, the Hermeto Pascoal-aligned group ​that forged their own path ​in military ​dictatorship Brazil.

A long lost classic of late '70s Brazilian jazz was recently unearthed and released

@deanvannguyen.bsky.social spoke to the fusion masters behind Grupo Um – collaborators with the fabled Hermeto Pascoal – and visionaries in their own right.

Essential listening

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Dilla working in his basement studio in Detroit

Do the Zoomers know about Soulquarians?

YouTube video by The Truth Hurts Maxo on Drakeo, Alchemist, NBA Youngboy & Why He Never Fit In | Truth Hurts Podcast

A very life-affirming conversation with Maxo about not fitting into the industry, keeping the art pure, ayahuasca visions, the Inland Empire vs. LA, Leimert Park jazz history, his time on Def Jam and the classics in his catalogue.

On the latest Truth Hurts.

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Dilla playing the drums on Common's "Electric Circus"

This is a shame to hear. "Life Stories" is an essential comp.

YouTube video by Ebo Taylor - Topic Heaven

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This may have been the final interview that Ebo Taylor gave. From last March

By @radioleonel.bsky.social

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“Music is spiritual, it has been an integral part of human culture for centuries. Music transcends words and linguistic barriers, evolving emotions and connecting people across cultures and beliefs. I always seek the direction of my maker"

RIP Ebo Taylor, the King of Highlife