The Chuckness

Common’s releasing some grade A material lately. Everything I’ve heard off of The Dreamer/The Believer has been refreshing — the Chicago native just sounds more driven than ever. Listen to the token album collaboration with John Legend, and pick up the album when it drops on December 20th. Tweet

Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep” has easily been the most popular song to cover/remix so far this year. It seems like everyone’s taking a stab at the catchy single, and John Legend might have just taken the top spot (behind Adele herself of course). This guy is obscenely talented, and he showcases his talents front and center here. Hit the stream and download below. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: John Legend – Rolling In The Deep (Adele Cover) Tweet

This track leaked a couple months back sans Snoop and John Legend, and people thought it was a leftover from Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It looks like it’s actually Snoop’s song, and will feature on his upcoming album Doggumentary. Really Snoop? Doggumentary? An easy front-runner for the worst album title of the year. Mail it in. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Snoop Dogg (feat. John Legend & Kanye West) – Eyez Closed [via] Tweet

Apologies to everyone for the lack of updates lately. The holidays took over my world, and the blog game suffered a bit. Just got back from a nice little New Year’s celebration down in The Poconos with some old college friends, where Phil the Flabongo made himself famous. I’m thinking Phil and Flabongos everywhere might have to become associated with the site somehow…gonna start working on that. In other news, I got a new Macbook Pro on my hands too, so expect the blogging levels to increase exponentially. Here we have a new track from Common, and he grabs John Legend … Continue reading →

I just found this song while procrastinating in the extremely packed library here at CU, and I can’t wait to listen to it being that I love both Lupe and John Legend.  I don’t want to be that asshole that blasts music in a library so I haven’t given it a listen yet, but I wanted to get this up so you all could enjoy it.  LASERS coming soon. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Lupe Fiasco (Feat. John Legend) – Never Forget You Tweet

Kanye’s short film for ‘Runaway’ premiered last night and it did not disappoint.  When I say it did not disappoint, I am talking about the songs in the video.  I mean don’t get me wrong the film was cool but I wanted to just hear the 9 songs from Kanye’s album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, that were featured in it.  The first two songs are both great, with the second song featuring Cudi on the hook.  For me though the standout song is Kanye’s next single “All of The Lights”.  It comes on at about 7:30 and sounds supper … Continue reading →

I’ve been coming across these RAC remixes all over the place lately, and nine times out of ten they’re pure gold. Here he takes on the soulful, relaxed John Legend track “Everybody Knows”, and adds his own touch to it while maintaining the original feel. Give it a listen, and download below. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: John Legend – Everybody Knows (RAC Remix) [via] Tweet

Kanye threatened to cancel G.O.O.D. Friday this week as blogs were releasing real tracks from his album, but it looks like he changed his mind. Here’s the latest edition, with 5 features…including Lloyd Banks. Where the hell did Lloyd Banks come from? I thought he was long gone with the days of G-Unit. Decent track…add it to the library. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Kanye West (Feat. Kid Cudi, Pusha T, John Legend, Lloyd Banks & Ryan Leslie) – Christian Dior Denim Flow Tweet

These types of covers are so shockingly awesome. I’m struggling to think of a less likely jam for John Legend & The Roots to cover…but this result is just gold. Check it out. [via] Tweet

Sometimes bizarre, unlikely collaborations work out the best. The modern master of soul and R&B, John Legend, teams up with a dubstep super-group known as Magnetic Man…and the results are top notch. Musicians should team up awkwardly like this more often. Remeber Jay-Z and Linkin Park? Bon Iver and Kanye just a couple weeks ago? Give me something from Enya and Waka Flocka and my life will be complete. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Magnetic Man (feat. John Legend) – Getting Nowhere [via] Tweet