The Chuckness

Here is some new music from Mr. Folarin that he dropped today.  This song is produced by Tone P from Best Kept Secret and features a prominent go-go band from the DC area, TCB.  Bait is slang from DC, and used to describe a person that looks good (i.e. dime or smokeshow) — makes sense. I really like the feel of this song and I’m pretty sure I’ll be hearing it a lot on the radio as I’m back home in DC for the summer. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Wale – Bait (Feat. TCB) (Prod. Tone P) … Continue reading →

Kind of an interesting thing going on here.  First off the song itself is great, with Common providing excellence on the lyrical side while No I.D. does the same with the production.  Secondly this group, Cocaine 80s, comes out of nowhere with little to no information.  Enjoy the song and see what Fake Shore Drive had to say about this mysterious project: Every now and again something special will appear that you just can’t explain. Enter Cocaine 80s, an out of nowhere No I.D.-helmed project, that includes little to no details other than the key players involved.  Who is Cocaine … Continue reading →

J. Cole recently announced through his Twitter that his debut album will be titled Cole World: The Sideline Story and the highly anticipated release date is September 27th.  Check out his Twitter to confirm for yourself and keep up to date on all things J. Cole.  On top of that huge news, here’s a video of Jermaine himself debuting his remake of ESPN’s theme song for Baseball Tonight. Tweet

The Cool Kids bless us with some music off of the album just in time for the first official day of summer; which is tomorrow.  This song will be up for official download tomorrow so definitely support.  The Cool Kids will be releasing their album, When Fish Ride Bicycles, on July 12th through Mountain Dew’s label, Green Label Sound. Enjoy this song as well as the first day of summer. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: The Cool Kids – Swimsuits (Feat. Mayer Hawthorne) Tweet

Drake unleashed a new song that seems to possibly be an early demo of “I’m On One”.  No word as to where this track is going to end up, if anywhere.  In the artist’s own words: Did my own little thing using some other thing I did. You know. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Drake – Trust Issues Tweet

Here is a short 2 minute track that Mac Miller released yesterday for hitting 500k followers on Twitter. This seems to be a trend these days, where artists bless us with music when they hit a certain number of followers.  Either way this track surprisingly features Talib Kweli, which makes for an unexpected collaboration. When you get a feature from a guy like Talib, it really shows the respect Mac Miller is gaining from other rappers.  Shout out to the Shoutbox for the heads-up on this jam. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Mac Miller- Family First (Feat. … Continue reading →

I can’t wait for this last season of Entourage to start up again.  Although the show seems to get repetitive from time to time, I find myself on a couch every Sunday somewhere watching and re-watching the new episodes.  Either way it will be interesting to see where this last season goes; let me know your thoughts. Shout out to The Weeknd on the soundtrack. Tweet

XV decided to unleash a new track in order to celebrate hitting 30,000 followers on Twitter.  On this song he raps over the Mt. Eden Dubstep song “Sierra Leone” that was posted well over a year ago.  I like what I hear; I was always a fan of the beat and to hear XV rap over it makes it even better. Follow XV @XtotheV [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: XV – 30,000 Feet Up In The Sky Tweet

Wale unleashed this new record on Twitter a little while ago.  The beat was stirred up by Tone P, and it features the snares and drums that a Wale go-go infused record should always have. Let me know what you think. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Wale- Lacefrontin Tweet

G.O.O.D. Music is dominating the music industry right now.  There have been a lot of big names in hip-hop who have put together a roster of amazing artists, like Young Money, Maybach Music Group, etc.  Although the G.O.O.D. Music roster might not have the mainstream radio play or album sales that Young Money’s heavy hitters have,  I believe Kanye has put together a group that no other label can hang with musically.  With artists like Kanye, Common, Kid Cudi, Big Sean, CyHi The Prynce, and John Legend, it’s tough to argue against. CyHi the Prynce was the only one of … Continue reading →