The Chuckness

Mr. Duvall just turned 21. In doing so, his gift to the world comes in these two moody, unique takes on Drake’s “Crew Love” and “Doing It Wrong”. Generous as hell. Shout out to the young Drizzy stone-cold Bar-Mitzvah dance. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Brenton Duvall – Cry If You Need To (Instrumental Mix) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Brenton Duvall – Crew Love (Choppy Instrumental Mix) Tweet

You know how every DJ needs to have a couple of personal, secret gems that they keep to themselves? If you’re playing music for a crowd, you need to be able to pull out that unpredictable, undeniable smash that has everyone losing their shit. I wasn’t searching whatsoever, but one of these tracks managed to find me last night. For some reason unknown, I just can’t keep this one to myself. Alesso’s version of “Good Love” is nearly flawless — but when you mix in a little Whitney Houston to PERFECTION, it legitimately can not be beaten. Toss this smack … Continue reading →

Kavinsky’s “Nightcall” made serious waves after being heavily featured on the soundtrack of Drive, one of my favorites of 2011. Since then it’s been remixed, mashed-up, re-worked some more, and now the original almost sounds naked without a tweak of some kind. So we’ll just keep the endless trend going and hit you with Carlos Serrano’s take on it, as he infused Phoenix’s ““Lisztomania” to flow right along with “Nightcall”. Sign me up. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Phoenix vs. Kavinsky – Night Mania (Carlos Serrano Mix) Tweet

The official visuals for Chiddy Bang’s “Mind Your Manners” for the people — not really focusing so much on plot or concept here — just a whole lot of nonsense going on in a warehouse with Xaph on the drums. All good in my book. Breakfast in stores everywhere. Tweet

If you use the internet to find new music, then there’s no way you could have avoided the sounds of RAC. Their countless remixes are consistently topping The Hype Machine, and quite often are better than the original. The consistency that these dudes have shown in their productions is unheard of, which is why they’ve established themselves as two of the most buzzed producers in the blogosphere. Get a sneak peak at their upcoming debut single “Hollywood”, featuring Penguin Prison, via the video below. We have something special on deck with these guys, so stay tuned in that regard. Tweet

Chromeo’s always had my full attention — but when you ramp up their hit “When The Night Falls” with SAVOY’s pulsating electro rhythms, I can’t complete a single task until I give it a listen. Fortunately, this one lives up to all expectations. SAVOY doesn’t stray far from what makes Chromeo who they are — rather, they build off of their melodies and inject just enough electronic production to get you out of your seat. Sold. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Chromeo – When The Night Falls (SAVOY Remix) [via The Music Ninja] Tweet

WZRD was a trippy, bizarre middle-finger to the labels who wanted to try and constrain Kid Cudi’s style to one genre. While it wasn’t entirely up my alley, I gotta respect the fact that he went out there and made a project that he wanted to make (instead of what the industry/label wanted him to make) — and the fans responded. Last night, Mr. Mescudi released this self-produced track, and people are praising the fact that he’s “returned to rapping”. Instead of over-analyzing what genre this fits in, I’ll just let him be his weird-ass, creative self. That’s all he … Continue reading →

Flosstradamus is a Chicago-based production duo, most recently recognized as jumping on that Usher “Climax” remix with Diplo. They’ve linked up with Denior Farrar on “Look At The Sky”, in what Rolling Stone describes as having “ethereal synths”, “crisp snares” and “hypnotic lines about weed, and paranoia”. I’m gonna go ahead and bypass all that and just tell you that it’s the jam. These dudes are about to see a lot more publicity as producers, and it wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest to see them be a household name come the end of 2012. Shout out to Steve with … Continue reading →

So we’ve been preaching the beats of Mikey Mike for a bit now. It started with one of his “throwaways” years ago, “Honkey Night” — and it’s progressed since then. Our resident DJ B-Rob went to school with the up and coming producer/rapper/songwriter, and put me on to his material. The dude’s since signed to Universal Music Publishing, and has produced a few cuts off Wale’s past mixtapes and Sean Kingston’s upcoming album — that’s the long story short. On the side he’s consistently producing beats as a means of entertainment, and one of the results is this mini EP … Continue reading →

Reptar stole my summer last year with “Stuck On My ID”. Just snatched it right up. That alone is why I was all sorts of fired up to get my hands on their debut album. While it’s not due out until May 1st, the band is kind enough to allow us to listen to Body Faucet in it’s entirety via the stream below. I’m gonna go ahead and classify this as ideal cruising around the city music. Feel-good, upbeat, infectious indie pop. Sign me up. Tweet