Jeff Weiss

L.A. Weekly columnist and Bizarre Ride honcho Jeff Weiss counts down his 10 favorite albums of the last six months, including indelible discs from Isaiah Rashad, NxWorries and Kadhja Bonet....

The Korean-American rapper born Jonathan Park reached his widest audience yet with his clever, Hollywood-skewering "Safe." Now he's following that up with a career-best album, We Might Die....

The Watts- and Carson-raised “waterproof MC” unleashed his classic debut in 1996, then fell victim to music industry bullshit....

The Koreatown-based rap/pop/EDM trio reflects on the tough decision to leave Interscope Records and go all-in on their own record company and label — a risk that paid off huge with last month's well-received "Identity."...

The subtitle of Low Leaf’s latest album, Palm Psalms, promises that most elusive of salvations: “a light to resolve all darkness.” But as this benighted calendar year limps to a close, the electric harp and piano of the Valley-raised singer offer a temporary salve to toxic wounds and psychological deceptions......

If you want to understand Ice Cube’s Death Certificate, you might need to start by listing those it slanders: Punk motherfuckers trying to ban rap. The Raiders and Al Davis. The entire genre of R&B. Daryl Gates. Olde English 800. Jews, Koreans, clueless parents, “scandalous bitches,” pop music, gay people,......

A month ago, I watched what should’ve been a weird, anachronistic scene. In the heart of the Hollywood bottle-service swamp, a snaking line of 20- and 30-somethings waited in biting cold for up to three hours to see a jazz show. In 2016. The Piano Bar was closing with a......

In an hour, Isaiah Rashad is about to buy his first pair of Air Jordans. In the meantime, he's sitting in my living room wearing wool socks and Birkenstocks. "I love Birkenstocks," Rashad says, clad in designer sweats, Adidas bucket hat and oversized glasses that make him look like the......

Stones Throw is so “influential” that it has invalidated the word. You can’t call the Highland Park label “legendary,” “iconic” or “eclectic” without summoning cliché. It has been (accurately) described that way too often for too long. This month, Peanut Butter Wolf’s eternally evolving experiment celebrates its 20th birthday. In......

In that medieval abyss known as the fall of 2006, Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" knocked "London Bridge" off the top of the Hot 100, Britney Spears divorced Kevin Federline, and a 16-year-old Taylor Swift released her debut album. Paris Hilton and the stars of That '70s Show wore trucker-hat crowns, reigning......