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Caught this on Barstool the other day…pretty sure he’s gonna ink an NHL deal by tomorrow. Tweet

“One Foot Out The Door” Episode 2: Wale, Virginia Tech, and Benny Blanco from Mike Posner on Vimeo. Mike Posner’s new mixtape drops October 29th for free on Itunes. Tweet

Figured we should make throwback jam of the week a common theme on The Chuckness.  This is one of my favorite songs produced by DJ Premier.  From the 1999 classic Black on Both Sides and since Chuck said he had never really been a Mos Def fan I figured it would help him get educated on one of the greatest to ever do it. Download: Mos Def- Mathematics (Prod. DJ Premier) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Tweet

New song from Lupe for the soundtrack of the Twilight movie coming out soon.  Decent song that is the first commercial release that Lupe not only wrote and performed, but also produced. Download: Lupe Fiasco- Solar Midnite [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Tweet

Tow posted a remix of this song a while back.  The original is so damn good and different than anything else out there, still not sick of it… if anyone is still in the dark on this one, here you go: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Peter Bjorn and John – Nothing To Worry About Tweet

This jam dropped this past June but slipped by me…never been huge on Mos Def but this is epic.  Off his album The Ecstatic. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Mos Def – Quiet Dog Tweet

Awesome song.  The lead singer of Vampire Weekend taps into his non-existent African roots (he’s from NJ) for this one…and he sounds like he’s straight up from the land.  Feel good song of the week, really like the vibe. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: The Very Best (feat. Ezra Koenig) – Warm Heart of Africa Tweet

Cleveland’s only reason for existence aside from LeBron James, everyone’s favorite Bone Thugs, just had this leak off their upcoming album The World’s Enemy, due out later this year.  Apparently the track is “unfinished”, and they’re all pissed that it leaked. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – See Me Shine Can’t do a post about anything remotely close to this city without cuing the music…CLEVELAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNDDD Tweet

La Roux is a British duo made up of lead singer Elly Jackson (extreme ginger), and a synth player/producer, Ben Langmaid.  Absurdly catchy hook on this one. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: La Roux – Bulletproof Tweet

Bombay Bicycle Club is an indie rock band from London (one of their members looks uncomfortably similar to Ronnie Weasley).  They’ve got kind of a different sound, but this jam really grew on me fast…give it a listen: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Bombay Bicycle Club – Always Like This Tweet