the OTHER rapper in pink

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CHARLES HAMILTON?

From all the upcoming rappers,
I've heard the most MIXED REVIEW about Charles Hamilton

I think they're not ready for his type of music takeover yet

The now 21 year old rapper, Charles Hamilton was born in Cleveland and moved to Harlem at the age of five. He definitiely tries his best to represent New York to the fullest and is best known for his song "Brooklyn Girl. He is signed to Interscope and the Demevolist Music Group, which was created in 2005 and is an imprint label on Interscope Records. He has been producing music for a long time, including the time he spent in The Lab at Frederick Douglass Academy, which is one of best college prep schools in Harlem. As a teenager he learned how to play lead and bass guitar and he also plays drums and the harmonica. His ability to play several instruments reflects his fondness for different types of genres that are uncustomary to the average rapper nowadays. Lastly, he has a fascination with the color pink and Sonic the Hedgehog. He says, "I always felt like there was no life without sound and Sonic obviously means sound, and hedgehog is buried underground. Which means that I'm buried into sound, music and it comes full circle, like a Sonic the Hedgehog loop." Charles Hamilton has numerous mixtapes and has a large following by hip-hop fans and hip-hop legends. Hopefully people will listen to his most skillful 16 bars and not just his most controversial.
via LA Times

Despite his success, Charles Hamilton has gotten into trouble for something he said about women just like his buddy Asher Roth.
Charles Hamilton got in an argument with his assistant and girlfriend Briana Latrise while conducting and interview and it turned into a rap battle. Briana is painter, photographer, and a cool blogger. In early April, Charles mentioned Briana on his blog and said, "As far as who I'm dating, when the time is right, we're airing it out. Briana Latrise is an AWESOME person to be around, and is probably the only female right now who DOESN'T stress me out. Which isn't to say she doesn't tell me the truth about things. If she doesn't like something, she'll say it. ESPECIALLY when it's something I am or am not doing. So don't worry about me having a "constant ego stroker". If anything, I have someone who is helping me enhance my interaction with people. I was already growing, and now I'm expanding." Briana incredibly rapped off of her Blackberry (Drake-style as she says) about how her relationship with Charles Hamilton is over because she was tired of arguing with him. Charles Hamilton came back with a freestyle with biting words about their intimate and sexual relationship. While rapping, Briana slugged Charles Hamilton with a punch when it seemed like he was going too far, which obviously sent him a message. I wonder if Briana is going to keep the two Charles Hamilton songs playing on her myspace page. But seriously, I think the feud will blow over and hopefully both rightfully deserving artists will get more publicity. Hopefully more attention will help the record sales of his much anticipated album, This Perfect Life, which will be released June 23rd. He previously released his first album with Interscope, The Pink Lavalamp, but it was a digital only release and it was available for free download in December 2008.
via The Spliff LA

Charles Hamilton -- The Pink Lavalamp (zip)

Charles Hamilton's response to the altercation:
One of my childhood dreams came true before I stepped into Fight Night 2009 (lol). I F*CKING RODE ON A PLANE WITH BRET "THE HITMAN" HART!!!

AWESOME!!!

Few words, mutual understanding of each other, a handshake when we got off the plane.

Can someone make a Bret Hart/Charles Hamilton/Sonic the Hedgehog .jpeg for me? A few different ones. I'm gonna make it the main pic on my blog.

The whole plane ride I had WILD questions for him. Didn't ask.

I don't think celebs like to be interviewed at random. Hence the public lashouts. I swear I need another Flip cam. Gotta start doing this blog interviews, dude!

GOT SOME QUESTIONS N1GGAS NEED TO ANSWER...

Nah...

GOT SOME QUESTIONS NIGGAS NEED TO ANSWER...

Aight as long as we clear. "You see me here, I run zShare..."

And apparently WorldStarHipHop. 5-digit number of views ALREADY?

So who wants to beat me up next? GUARANTEED FREE PUBLICITY!!! I think the diss tracks got old, so I'm looking for either a stabbing or a shoot-out next.

Whatever costs less.

Probably the stabbing...

OR... or...

You could download the album, like it, and buy it when it's in stores...

OR... or... or...

Has free music taken over the world?

Shouts to Danger Mouse.

~~Charles Hamilton~~
via Orgasmic Frustration/Hellacious Jubilation: The Charles Hamilton Blog


Briana Latrise's response to altercation:

We seriously have a sick, dysfunctional, high school relationship. But... It is what it is. Like I said earlier: I DID NOT MEAN TO DECK HIM. I was holding it back but the more I thought about what he said the more I wanted to hit him. Sorry Grandma. I felt justified, but the more I think about it now, it is an unfair situation for him: I'm a female so he can't hit me back with out a bunch of ppl talkn crap, and he still gets talked about if he doesn't hit me. We ALL know that if a woman feels she's man enough to hit a man, she's probably man enough to take a punch. I'm not sayin thats right eithe-

Matter of fact, let's say this:
Even tho it was a "rap battle" and that's the only reason he was going so hard...
I would do it again in a heart beat. Somebody's gotta shut the kid up sometime!!! But I got love for him tho.

Lol

We are a sad, sad story. We just cross lines.
~RoKKi~
via Project Rehab: For The Artsy Cultured Junky

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TAKE IT TO THE STREETS!
WHO SAID HIP-HOP ISN'T POETRY

This is what I call, REVERSE Chris Browning

via AllHipHop.com

Charles Hamilton - 'Brooklyn Girls'


Charles Hamilton's interview with Current

by Chamelknee Street

Labels are for cans. Warhol made cans art. Basquiat made art black

The new viral article that has been constantly been posted on twitter and peoples blogs is The Rise of The Black Hipster by Dayo Olopade. He subtitles the article, What happens when the hybrid hipster culture hits black America? I shouldn't be the one pointing the finger, because I am not an investigative journalist, but I think the writer failed to dig deeper and get into the psyche of these "new black hipsters" by learning about their perceptions of current black culture and their sense of racial identity. The way a person defines and identifies hipsters definitely differs, some people believe it is solely fashion and superficial, while other think one must fall into certain criteria regarding music, art, style (not fashion). In addition, it is a common idea that the African American community is last to catch on many mainstream trends because they choose to stick to the standards of the African American community. This is the reason why hipsters (or blipsters) are a minority in the black community. Luckily, I think most black people who are considered hipsters are genuine. This is because the hipster lifestyle is still not acceptable behavior by most black community for several reasons. Also, It takes a lot of extra effort to be interested in the music and fashion that is not pushed by black culture. But then again, some “blipster behavior” like skateboarding and skinny jeans may be a fad, but hopefully it will show young African Americans that options exists in life besides the drug/sex/violent lifestyle perpetuated in most rap and R&B music. However, I don’t not believe the blipster lifestyle is exclusive to the rock world. The very fact that it was brought to the forefront by innovative hip-hop artists like Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell Williams shows this truth. When people look at the independent nature of the pioneers of hip-hop like Afrika Bambaataa, De La Soul, Run DMC, and OutKast, one can see the same ingenuity as alternative, indie, electro and hardcore musicians. Simply liking a certain type of music will not make you a hipster, therefore it’s possible to have the lifestyle of a hipster when you are influenced by any time of music. I was most offended by the fact that the female author of this article failed to even attempt to get a female perspective of this issue. Olopade simply says, "we'll stick with men". Even though it may be easier to identify a male "blipster" based on a male-dominated stereotype. The females role is very important in a era where black women are primarily viewed as video vixens by the media. I have previously written that black women have struggled in an attempted to straddle the African American and the eurocentric sense of beauty and femininity. Hipsters of all races have changed these standards and have created an almost asexuality among females and men. I fail to get the understanding that the author understands why black youth chose to diverge from the mainstream.

This articles comes off as a piece on the newest fad, when in actuality it's lifestyle that people have been a part of long before Kanye began using autotune. Hipsters are not a new subculture that hit black America, they have always existed. People are not like scarves or certain types of pants. I believe it somewhat demeaning to African American adults who may be considered hipsters by outsiders, because they have decided to live an alternative lifestyle for several years and their life is not comparable to a surge of black teens buying skateboards after Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell.

Personally I prefer last summer's overly critical article, Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization from Adbusters. It explains more of a way of life than just a fad. It argues that this generation is a "lost generation" who are overly self-aware. Instead of treating hipsters as a new creature, it looks at the new breed created in the new millennium that lacks the true free spiritedness of its predecessors. The most poignant comment was that "symbols and icons of working or revolutionary classes that have been appropriated by hipsterdom and drained of meaning". This was striking, because this brought in class issues and gave an origin and explanation for many of the items people use to identify a hipster. It is arguable that hipsters must be well off and yearn for cheap beer in a suppressed attempt to like the less privileged. We will never know why some thing are considered cool, but I we should settle and say people like when things are cheaper and when things are not the same as the norm.

Personally, I am not a fan of the label 'hipster'. I think it is primarily used in contempt by people who are not interested in the same things as the so-called hipsters. In this sense, people use the word to bring distance to themselves and not very perceptive. The word is also used to emphasize the superficialness in others actions, however I prefer the old standby term ‘poseur’. In a negative or a positive light, I always considered a person who is called a ‘hipster’, a person who is at least knowledgeable about the music they like, not only the music that television or radio pushes on the masses. In addition, I consider them people who will set the trends for everyone else, but they begin this soon to be trend at a time when it may be considered weird.

The article, The Rise of the Black Hipster ends with, “blipsters are proof that everything old is new again”. However, I believe “blipsters” are people who believe in new creation without fear. Even though old fads like acid wash are making a comeback, free thinkers are experimental and create things that have never been seen by the masses. There is nothing wrong with being influenced by the past or people you consider cool, but a problem only exists if you continue to do things that make you feel uncomfortable only to feel accepted. Everyone craves to be accepted, but you will only feel truly welcomed if you are always yourself, because you will not commit actions under the fear that you may make a mistake and you and do something that is not to the liking of others. In addition, if you mindlessly follow trends, you will completely lose everything that makes you special and unique. This will cause you to find yourself surrounded by people that you are not alike and you will feel very alone.


read Rise of the Black Hipster HERE
read Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization HERE

by Chamelknee Street

Drake = Jonas Brothers

Drake is like the hip-hop version of The Jonas Brothers

he's fashionable
he's attractive
(Joe Jonas is attractive to me, what can I say)
he had a huge preteen following at one point
he makes girls swoon
he has multiple talents

Anyway, Drake, Drizzy, or whatever you call him, has released a new mixtape.
It is not all new material, but it includes gems like 'Overdose on Life', which is a song featuring Travis McCoy (of Gym Glass Heroes) and Mickey Factz.


The Empire & Drake - The Drought Is Over:
Friends With Money Mixtape (rar)
via The Smoking Section
Mac users, open rar files with UrarX

Track List:

1. Drake Speaks
2. Good Night, Good Luck
3. Uptown (Original) (Feat. Bun B & Lil’ Wayne)
4. Drake Speaks
5. She Just Wanna Dance (Feat. Trey Songz)
6. Overdose On Life (Feat. Mickey Factz & Travie)
7. I Want Dis 4 Eva (Feat. Lil Wayne & Nut Da Kid)
8. Friends With Money
9. President Freestyle
10. Get Like Me (Feat. Lil Wayne)
11. Still Drake (Feat. Trey Songz)
12. What I’m Thinking Right Now
13. Girl Let Me (Feat. Belly)
14. Every Girl (Feat. Young Money)
15. Closer To My Dreams (Original)
16. Successful (Feat. Trey Songz & Lil’ Wayne)
17. Smile (Feat. Voyce Alexander)
18. Can’t Hide From Love Freestyle
19. Cannon Ball (Feat. Colin Monroe)
20. Best I Ever Had
21. Take You Down Freestyle
22. Enjoy Yourself (Feat. Slakah The BeatChild)
23. November 14th (Chuck Inglish Remix)
24. I’m Goin In (Feat. Lil’ Wayne)

by Chamelknee Street

New Orleans Your The Best

Sadly New Orleans isn't as lucky as other cities like New York, Chicago or Los Angeles to have many major artists to come to the city. So when it does, there is always a large turn out an a lot of support. This past Friday, two major shows were going on. Drake had a show at Tulane University and at the Howlin Wolf there was a full lineup including The Knux, Curren$y, Tyga, S.O.U.L Fresh and Team Robot. Both shows had a very good turnout and even though Drake fans had a wait a long time for their main act to show up, fans at both shows left happy because of surprise guys like Lil Wayne and Trey Songs or the fact that they were able to see successful artists from their hometown in such an intimate environment. After scouring the internet I only found videos of Drake, Tyga and S.O.U.L. Fresh. If any videos of The Knux, Curren$y, or Team Robot are posted, I will show them here as soon as possible.


Tyga at Howlin' Wolf


S.O.U.L Fresh at Tulane University

via TrafficTV

Drake at Tulane University













via Youtube

Drake preforming 'Brand New', 'You The Best', and 'Uptown'

DRAKE BRAND NEW| YOU THE BEST| UPTOWN from Ally Bee on Vimeo.

Drake preforming 'Sucessful'

drake sucessful Live from Ally Bee on Vimeo.

Drake preforming 'November 18th'

Drake-"november 18th" from Ally Bee on Vimeo.

Drake preforming 'Every Girl'

Drake- Every Girl Live from Ally Bee on Vimeo.

via Ally Be


NEW MUSIC
fam-lay ft. pharrell- Get that work up (mp3)
Kid Sister - I'll House You (Reebok Classic '09) (mp3)