French Montana is now on Konvict Music (Youtube Album Teasers)

• Akon makes it official that he's signed French Montana to Konvict Music..

Nicki Minaj .. This girl got rhymes

• Nicki Minaj Myspace

• Download the 4 tracks Ive uploaded 4 u 2 download..

1. Nicki Minaj - Dang A Lang
2. Nicki Minaj - Bedrock (Feat. Drake, Lil Wayne, Lloyd)
3. Nicki Minaj - The Way She Walks ( Feat. Drake, Lil Wayne)
4. Nicki Minaj - Big Bidness (Feat. Ransom)

• "Any encounter with Nicki Minaj will arouse a heightened sense that there is more to her than meets the eye and inspire the desire to experience this modern day “Wonder Woman”. Nicki Minaj - the name alone appeals to the decadence within us all. Whoever thinks that you can't “have your cake and eat it to,” has obviously not met Nicki. The surname Minaj is the metaphor which underscores Nicki's empowerment to have it all and do it all! This 23 year old native of Jamaica, New York (Queens, Southside) is also a trained and accomplished writer, singer, actress and hip hop artist" www.myspace.com/nickiminaj

Kid Cudi - Space Oddyssey

• Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, (born January 30, 1984) better known by his stage nameKid Cudi (pronounced /ˌkɪd ˈkʌdi/ - Kid Cuddy) (sometimes stylised as KiD CuDi), or also known as Cudder is an American rapper. He first gained major attention after the release of his debut mixtape A Kid Named Cudi. In 2009, his single "Day 'n' Nite" reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. "Day 'n' Nite" is part of Cudi's debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day. Cudi has also worked with Kanye West, Common, and other artists signed to the GOOD Music label.

• DOWNLOAD LINK : Kid Cudi - Space Oddyssey (torrent)

Mixtape Update : Drake - Best Of Drizzy

DL torrent : Drake - Best Of Drizzy

Mixtape update: Grafh - Bring the goons out

• dl torrent :DJ CHAPLIN & GRAFH - BRING THE GOONS OUT

Jadakiss - Jadakiss Classic Collabos

• Download link: Jadakiss Classic Collabos (mixtapetorrent.com)

Crooked I - Westside Slaughterhouse + torrent link

Download link : CROOKED I - WESTSIDE SLAUGHTERHOUSE (mixtapetorrent.com)

2Pac - Immortal + torrent link

• Download link : TUPAC - IMMORTAL (mixtapetorrent.com)

Uncle Murda - Summer Time Shootouts + torrent link

Mr East New York, BK is back with another Mixtape !! Download torrent : SummerTimeShootouts (Mixtapetorrent.com)

Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse (isohunt torrent link)

• Download torrent : SLAUGHTERHOUSE

Maino - If Tomorrow Comes + Free Download

This is a must-have 4 every hh-heads out there ..

• download free mp3 ; MAINO - SOLDIER.mp3

• download complete album: MAINO - IF TOMORROW COMES

• Biography;

• At the age of 16, Maino was sent to prison for kidnapping and attempting to ransom his drug connection. Upon his release from prison in 2003, at the age of 30, Maino immediately founded Hustle Hard Entertainment which was a failure. Later that year, Maino had a chance meeting with DJ Kay Slay and was able to secure his first radio appearance. After several mixtape releases and key guest features, Maino was offered a recording contract by Universal Records. Maino split with the label in 2007, feeling that the label wasn't promoting him enough. He later signed with himself and his Hustle Hard imprint to Atlantic Records. His first single from his debut album is "Hi Hater". Maino released the official remix to the song, featuring T.I., Swizz Beatz, Plies, Jadakiss, and Fabolous. The next single was "All the Above", featuring T-Pain. It debuted and peaked at #39 on the Billboard 100, marking this his first single to chart on that chart. The single has been certified gold by the RIAA for digital sales in excess of 500,000.

  The latest single of the album is "Million Bucks" produced and featuring Swizz Beatz.

JOE BUDDEN - ESCAPE ROUTE + Free Download

• Out "now" (good lookin' B) .. free download of the album; click link below!

• ESCAPE ROUTE (rapidshare.com)
• ESCAPE ROUTE (zShare.com)

• • "Following the success of “Halfway House” and the much-anticipated “Padded Room,” Joe Budden and Amalgam Digital are excited to announce the release of “Escape Route”. The digital-only album will be made available exclusively on AmalgamDigital.com August 11th, 2009.“Escape Route” marks the third installment in Budden’s inspired saga sequence that has already brought fans such releases as “Halfway House” and “Padded Room,” and will culminate with the groundbreaking “The Great Escape.”
  • Escape Route aims to set a new precedent for Budden as he begins to map out his escape by enlisting guest appearances from Wale, Slaughterhouse, and Young Chris as well as production from 9th Wonder, Streetrunner, Chad West, and J. Cardim. When asked about his latest endeavor Budden had the following to say:
  • “Escape Route is a precursor to what may very well be the best Joe Budden album ever… The Great Escape. It’s filled with the lyricism and passion that Joe Budden fans have come to love me for....‘THE GREAT ESCAPE’ coming soon!
  • ”Following “Escape Route” Joe Budden will return to the Amalgam Digital label roster to release the final and most compelling installment of the series entitled “The Great Escape” another groundbreaking album that will signify his ultimate salvation and departure from the traditional norms of mediocrity that continue to confine the creativity of many artists today. With the momentum garnering around his supergroup Slaughterhouse’s performances on tour at the Paid Dues and Rock the Bells hip hop festivals, Budden’s latest album is sure to reinforce his commitment to his craft while also justifying his sustained success throughout the past several years."

Classics pt 2 - Grafh's Autografh ft Free Downloads

• Grafh - Autografh is his debut album, that he decided to release 4 free on his own Myspace page, due 2 pushback after pushback...so if you aint' got it, get it.. Free Downloads ;
• Grafh - Blood Money.mp3
• Grafh - BlackOut.mp3

Mixtape of the MONTH ! Ya Boy - Mohawks & Heavy Metal + Free Downloads

• This Tape is Hoooot !! DJ Ill Will & DJ Rockstar Present Ya Boy - Mohawks & Heavy Metal Watch out 4 th' album "The Facelift" October 2009 , the revitalization to the West Coast.. .. Free Downloads:
• Ya Boy - Heavy Metal.mp3
• Ya Boy - Comeback.mp3
• Ya Boy - Raised In The Ghetto.mp3
• William Joseph Crawford (born January 28, 1984), better known by his stage name Ya Boy or simply just YB, is an American rapper from the Fillmore District of San Francisco, California. He is a cousin of Bay Area rappers San Quinn, Messy Marv and Champ Bailey (San Quinn's little brother). His song "16's With Me", whose beat sampled that of "Imperial March" from the film Star Wars, was his first big hit. In 2005, Ya Boy released his first solo mixtape Future of the Franchise, followed by his debut album Rookie of the Year on Quinn's label Done Deal Entertainment. His album features E-40, Turf Talk, Clyde Carson of The Team, San Quinn and more. The first single off the album, "Step Ya Game Up", was produced by Rick Rock. Bay Area rap was more club-oriented with the hyphy sound, Ya Boy chose to maintain a "gangsta rap" sound, so in 2006 he began an affiliation with Black Wall Street, the label owned by Compton, California rapper The Game. Ya Boy's uncle, Phat Rat introduced Ya Boy to The Game with out San Quinn's permission. Ya Boy eventually left San Quinn's label and planned to move the Southern California. He became even more known with his track "100 bars of crack" which was featured on The Black Wallstreet's mixtape "Black Wallstreet Journal Vol 1. On Kevin Federline's 2006 rap album Playing with Fire, Ya Boy appeared on the track "Dance with a Pimp". The Source magazine featured Ya Boy in its "Unsigned Hype" column. In 2007, he released the single "Holla at Ya Boy" produced by Cool & Dre for the album of the same name and a mixtape called Chapter 1: The Rise produced by DJ Skee.Ya Boy stated in an interview that year with Dubcnn.com that he signed himself to his own label Precise Music Group. In that interview, he also stated that in one his songs lyrics "No Replacement" of his mixtape, the chorus lyrics were often misinterpreted. Ya Boy explained, "It's funny, everyone is wondering if I'm rapping, 'You must not no who I be' I really thought I was clear when I said, 'You must not know Y.B.' frankly thats my name, guess it wasn't that obvious". In the same interview he said that he moved to Malibu, California and planned to release his music solely through iTunes. Much has been made about Ya Boy's relationship with Compton, California rapper The Game, and his label Black Wall Street. Although Ya Boy is affiliated, he is not, nor has he ever been signed with Black Wall Street. Ya Boy is currently looking for a major label to distribute his label, Precise Music Group. Ya Boy recently stated on his Twitter that he is planning to drop his highly anticipated sophmore album. "The Facelift" is to be released in October 2009. in 2009, a mixtape titled "Rockstar Music" was released. This mixtape is an unofficial effort with many left over tracks from ....Ya Boy....

Max B found guilty of murder + free DL of the song "I never wanna go back"

• Download 4 Free : Max B - I Never Wanna Go Back ....
• Former Byrd Gang/Dipset associate, Max B, was recently found guilty on multiple felony murder conspiracy charges, stemming from a 2006 robbery turned fatal. According to AOL's BlackVoices, the rapper (real name: Charly Wingate) was found guilty -- along with his brother -- of nine out of 11 different counts they were being tried on. Max's ex-girlfriend, Gina Conway, testified for the prosecution in the rapper's murder trial recently, in which she implicated the rapper in a 2006 murder/robbery in New Jersey that ended in the death of a 29-year-old man named David Taylor. She said planned the robbery in a fit of jealousy after she informed him that her now boyfriend Allan Plowden bought her expensive gifts and "drove a $120,000 Mercedes Benz and routinely carried cash." Max then recruited his step-brother Kelvin Leerdam to rob Plowden's Holiday Inn hotel room in New Jersey. During the robbery, Taylor was shot in the head, leading to the arrests of Conway, Leerdam and Max B. In exchange for her testimony, Conway will avoid a life sentence and serve 18 years on armed robbery and manslaughter charges. The rapper was arrested in late 2006 and held on $2 million bail, before finally beein released in mid-2007 after serving seven months in jail, and has been free ever since. He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 30. Max faces a life sentence for masterminding the crime. Update: Max's attorney released a statement to Miss Info (click link 4 more), revealing plans to file for appeal "swiftly." The rapper, himself, expects to be free sometime in the near future.
• "Max B would like to first thank all his family, friends and fans that have supported him throughout this trial. Please don’t give up on him at this point. Although the jury has spoken and Max has been convicted of felony murder, kidnapping, robbery and conspiracy a swift and successful appeal shall follow," stated Gerald Saluti. It is inconceivable that a jury would convict Max under the facts presented by the State. Even Gina Conway, the State's own witness, testified that Max knew nothing of a robbery. Ms. Conway, a jilted lover and proven liar, said so at the trial itself.
• "Max said after the verdict was read that he is confident that justice will eventually be served and he will be free. Max intends to continue putting out music for his fans while the appeal process grinds along. Although shocked by the verdict, Max remained grateful."
• Free Download : Max B - Letter 2 Stack Bundles (Tribute)

Goosebump Muzik pt 1, Grafh - In my Mama's Eyes - Free Download ..

click link 2 DL..

Grafh - In my mamas eyes

Classics pt 1 - Kardinal's Canadian Coke ft Free Downloads

Kardinals Canadian Coke - Free Downloads :

Officer Down ft. 50 Cent

Keep Vouncing ft. Snoop Dogg & Will.I.Am

Everybody Gone Gangster ft. Vybes Cartel

Man Up

.... Jason D. Harrow (born 1976), better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall is a Canadian rapper and record producer. He is often credited as Canada's "Hip Hop ambassador", and is best known for his distinctive reggae and dancehall-influenced style of hip-hop. Harrow was born in Scarborough, Ontario, in Toronto's east end, and raised by Jamaican immigrant parents. He later settled in the Oakwood-Vaughan neighbourhood of York, Ontario, in Toronto's west end. He started rapping at the age of eight and was winning competitions by the time he was 12. Also at the age of 12, he performed live and on stage for the first time, with Nelson Mandela in attendance during Mandela's first visit to Toronto. By 1993, he decided to change his alias "KoolAid", and went by the moniker "Kardinal Offishall" after being inspired by the great 17th century French politician Cardinal Richelieu.

Recent Rap/Hip-Hop releases ft Free Downloads

Jay Z ft Kanye W & Rihanna - Run This Town, the new singel out from Jay-Z's Blueprint III DOWNLOAD ----> R.T.T Murda Mook - Misundersood EP Maybe one of the hottest up n coming MC's in the US. M.M. already proved he spit murder in the underground battlerap scene, people still doubt if he got what it takes 2 make songs.. but Misunderstood, proves the fact he is more then just a battle rapper. check it out!! DOWNLOAD track 2 ---> Go Harder

Royce Da 5'9 - The Revival EP

Royce da 5'9 .. 1/4 of the slaughterhouse ft Joe Budden, Royce, Crooked & Joell Ortiz. He is known for his early association with Eminem and subsequent solo career, recording primarily with DJ Premier, Nottz and Carlos "6 July" Broady, as well as writing for the likes of P. Diddy and Dr. Dre". He got signed with Tommy Boy. Royce never got 2 release an album on T.B. ft Rock City (rumour has it TB wanted Em 2 be a bigger part of the project) After his release from prison in 2007, Royce went on to link up heavily with DJ Premier and Statik Selektah, putting out the mixtape The Bar Exam, an internet release which was critically acclaimed. In early '08 Montgomery confirmed that he has officially resolved misunderstandings between himself and Eminem. Em told Royce that he has "some of the best shit recorded right now that he's ever done in his life." He explained that a recording session between the two has yet to take place, despite rumors about a reunion track produced by DJ Premier.[9] 5'9" digitally released The Bar Exam 2 with DJ Green Lantern later in the year, as well as a retail version of the mixtape, called The Album; the projects featured production from Green Lantern, 9th Wonder, Premier and 6 July, among others.

"I tawt I taw a pussycat"

.. tweety bird got the American History X treatment

2mhendt/emptyhanded - Next in Line Pt 1 !!OUT NOW!! INCL FREE DOWNLOAD!

tom.s@live.no 4 more info on how 2 order or download the mixtape series " Next !n Line" All mixtapes include exclusive audio that never got to be released + old ish. Im takin you all the way back 2 2-double-O-4! so if you missed out, i got you baby.. Download the Intro here!! -2mson-

"NEXT IN LINE PT II" OUT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK!!!

må sees; Bang Bang Boogie (Feat. Peedie Crack & Mike Knots)

BANG BANG BOOGIE N PEEDIE CRACK PROD BY VINNIE IDOL !!! ..nuffsaid

..gossip

PINK (29) features in July issue of Australian FHM... goes @ Kanye West and fur lovers worldwide.

LUDACRIS (32) kommer til Quart-festivalen.. Festivalen kan også by på Young Jeezy, Black Eyed Peas, Immortal Technique, Atmosphere og Paperboys..

JAY Z (39) who recently left Def Jam, nærmer seg en avtale med sony. Jay-Z sitt kommende album «The Blueprint 3» er forventet å være det første albumet som skal distribueres av Sony/Epic. (Jay Z i Dagens Næringsliv; Fra narkolanger til forretningsmogul)

...& CHRIS BROWN (20) says he is not a monster.......

Gratulerer BARCELONA !!

mer kommer

Statik Selektah - Soundtrack To The Summer 2009

har tatt en liten pause fra www men er back in buisness f.o.m. neste uke !! se om du ikke finner Statiks sommerMixtape så lenge...

Slaughterhouse The Supergroup (JOE BUDDEN, JOELL ORTIZ, CROOKED I & ROYCE DA 5'9)

DJ Mystery Presents Slaughterhouse The Supergroup .. its official. link til en preview her ---> xxlmag.com

videofrenzy; JOE BUDDEN - IN MY SLEEP !! + GRAFH, METHOD MAN VIDEOS

OFFICIAL VIDEO + mp3 download link --> Joe Budden - In My Sleep method man & limp bizkit - n2gether now method man freestyle (NEW-hot as fuck) grafh - tough love (NEW) grafh - bring the goons out (HOT!)

Redman & Method Man IS BACK !! AYO video

finally .. Red n' Meth is back on theyr bullshit. video @ datpiff.com direct link 2 behind the scenes of the new video ; REDn'METH

New EMINEM - WE MADE YOU video + dl

her kan du laste ned låter fra "this is not entertainment"

sjekk www.thisnot.org (sinc1.blogspot.com) 4 free audio downloads .. play in your headphones on a full tank of sour diesel !!

House of 1000 Corpses

ah.. genial opening scene. . genial movie av rob zombie ; se den! House of 1000 Corpses

cantputthepieces2gether

onsdag, mars 11

quote; "i would like to thank my mother, my father, my sister, my...

<3

Tnx for stayin' with me trough my many mood swings.

Tnx for just sitting there. taking it and taking it and taking it.

Tnx for playing along on all my quirky ideas, like im a four-year-old in kindergarden.

Tnx for rubbing my constantly aching back, both metaphorically and literally speaking.

Tnx for listening to my complains even though they are most often ludicrous.

Tnx for making me believe i can conquer the world.

Tnx for constantly treating me like a princess, even when i act like a bitch.

Tnx for loving me BECAUSE of all these things.

Dicte

Lagt inn av Baby Jane kl. 15:50 unquote

!.more free uploads 4 you 2 download

Last ned empty handed - stimulated cypher !! tidligere bspot linx;

• EMPTYHANDED - KLØBSH!T ft VECCHI
• EMPTYHANDED - EVERYTHING
• SINCHRONIC - R*P*CTS

sjekk også; SINC @ URØRT

Ny empty handed track free 4 DL

1 ny låt free 4 DownLoad ;) empty handed - Cannon (freestyle 06)

Gratis empty handed & sinchronic låter 4 Download !!

nå er der 2 nye thisnotent mixtapes ute!!! Last ned deler av begge her;

• sinchronic presents thisnot ent - empty handed, vecchi & gram.mp3
• sinchronic presents gram & vecchi (forensicmix-09).mp3
• sinchronic - gram & empty handed - keep hatin (09 mix).mp3
• sinchronic - empty handed & gram - c0st 0f a track.mp3

• empty handed - listeners, listen up.mp3

NYE EMPTYHANDED & SINCHRONIC 4 DL

Last ned -

• EMPTYHANDED - KLØBSH!T ft VECCHI
• EMPTYHANDED - EVERYTHING
• SINCHRONIC - R*P*CTS

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hør preview her av cvdel2!!!

preview lagt ut fra EMPTYHANDED CVDel2 anno 06 med tracks ikke gitt ut før --->

01.01 - 01.02 - Mixtape picks + DL links

• UNCLE MURDER - WE AINT PLAYIN DOWNLOAD_MP3!!
• JOE BUDDEN - MOVE ON ft JOELL ORTIZ DOWNLOAD_MP3!!
• JOE BUDDEN - LETTER 2 SAIGON DOWNLOAD_MP3!!
• SAIGON - PUSHIN BUDDENS DOWNLOAD_MP3!!
• 50 CENT - TRY ME (RICK ROSS DISS) DOWNLOAD_MP3!!
• DRAG-ON - DRUGS ft CASSIDY DOWNLOAD_MP3!!
• BANG BANG BOOGIE - WE RUN SHIT DOWNLOAD_MP3!!
• TONY YAYO - GANG LIFE ft FRENCH MONTANA & MAX B DOWNLOAD_MP3!!

MCs To Watch In 2009: Charles Hamilton + DL Links

MCs To Watch In 2009: Charles Hamilton @ blogspot.com

2 mp3 downloads;

the honeymoons over.mp3

change gone come-charles-asher roth-bob.mp3

In this day and age, everyone is a rapper — and not all these rappers can actually rap. Many are trying to sell you an image on their MySpace. There's the tough guy dressed in baggy clothes. He's usually aggressively pointing toward the audience in the picture, breaking the fourth wall. There's the former/current drug dealer draped in jewels. As he holds his chains up, his smile reveals a bedazzled grill. Then, of course, you have the intellectual in black-rimmed glasses. His hands are grasped together, but he's not looking at the camera, because he's caught in introspective thought. Then there's Charles Hamilton. His MySpace page is covered with images of Sonic the Hedgehog and pink typeface. And when you make it to his music player, you realize he's actually a gifted rapper. Welcome to the Hamiltonization Process. "The Hamiltonization process is a two-month — no, it was a four-month process of introducing myself," the eclectic rapper explained to MTV News. "Basically, in four months, I did what I could do in 45 minutes if I had the JumboTron in Times Square." Over that course of time, he released eight mixtapes in rapid succession. Each mixtape chronicled who Charles Hamilton was. Whether it was The L Word, which explained how he views women, or Sonic the Hamilton, which dealt with him waking up and physically being Sonic the Hedgehog, Hamilton was determined to share his point of view with potential fans. "The whole process is for me to let other people see how I look at the world," he said.

He wasn't sure how people viewed him as a rapper.

He said he could be considered a passing phase,

or "I could be considered the real deal."

The Hamiltonization Process has been therapeutic, the up-and-comer said.

While the people he's shared his story with have benefited from it, he's been just as fortunate.

"I should be paying the fans for helping me in using this therapeutic art form," he said. The process helped him reveal some intense things about his past, including drug abuse and being homeless in New York. He said he's thankful for the acclaim, but he's happy to be alive and making music.

by Steven Roberts @ MTV.COM/NEWS

.."As long as I'm alive,

there's always....

going to be Charles Hamilton music,"he insisted.

"Whether it's a song, or you just sitting next to me hearing me humming somebody else's song, there's always going to be Charles Hamilton's spin on music."

Peep Game; DJ Statik Selektah and Tony Touch - Termanology 50 bodies pt 2

50 bodies pt 2 -Termanology's oppfølger til pt 1 som absolutt burde høres. 50 bodies = 50 av Term's siste og beste vers. http://www.myspace.com/therealtermanology

Statik Selektah, Tony Touch & Termanology - 50 Bodies pt 1

Daniel first met DJ Premier at a Gang Starr video shoot in 2003 where he handed Premier a demo, earning himself a cameo in the video. Massachusetts-bred, New York-based rapper Termanology is putting the finishing touches on his official debut album Politics As Usual. One of this year's most anticipated albums, it drops Fall 2008 through a joint venture between Terms own ST. Records and indy powerhouse Nature Sounds. The record also features a who's who of production royalty, with DJ Premier, Hi-Tek, Pete Rock, The Alchemist, Havoc, Buckwild, Nottz and Large Professor providing tracks. "Termanology puts the MC back in MC'ing, he's a breath of fresh air in this dirty game." - Bun B Growing up in the streets of the post-industrial, predominantly Latino city of Lawrence, MA, the half-white, half-Puerto Rican MC transitioned from silly freestyles at age nine to full-fledged records by 15. Constantly traveling between Boston and New York to pursue his music business dream, he released his first 12-inch in 2002. Through his alliance with influential mixtape DJ (and fellow Massachusetts native) Statik Selektah, Term began earning the respect of Boston's hip-hop scene with several highly acclaimed 12" singles. At the onset of 2006, Term caught his big break when legendary producer DJ Premier, whom he met three years earlier, finally blessed him with one of his signature, scratch-laden beats. "Watch How It Go Down" instantly became an underground classic and Termanology appeared on hip-hop's international radar. The conscious hood anthem garnered the earnest MC tons of praise, landing him in The Source's "Unsigned Hype" and XXL's "Show and Prove" columns. Since then, Termanology has quickly climbed the industry ranks with his Hood Politics mixtape series and continued collaborations with DJ Premier and other big name producers. Term's hard work resulted in a joint venture deal with EMI-distributed label Nature Sounds, which he signed in late 2007. "I decided to go the indy route to have total control of everything related to my project," Term explains. "Term has a unique desire for the culture because he touches the issues that i can relate to as a TRUE HIP-HOP HEAD..his flows are nice, and he stays creative with his subject matter...he even speaks for me and not every new MC comin' up can do that." - DJ Premier

Peep Game : Charles Hamilton - Death Of The Mixtape Rapper + DL

stop sleepin on the future ..

DOWNLOAD <--

1. (00:04:45) Charles Hamilton - Stay On Your Level

2. (00:03:56) Charles Hamilton - Harlem

3. (00:04:11) Charles Hamilton - Just A Musician

4. (00:03:48) Charles Hamilton - How

5. (00:04:03) Charles Hamilton - Presidential Pondering (Ft. Fedel)

6. (00:02:44) Charles Hamilton - Twitter 16

7. (00:03:51) Charles Hamilton - Windows Media Player

8. (00:03:42) Charles Hamilton - Down

9. (00:05:09) Charles Hamilton - Mixtape Vents

10. (00:04:36) Charles Hamilton - Butcherman (Ft. Yung Nate)

11. (00:04:00) Charles Hamilton - Musicsuicide

12. (00:03:31) Charles Hamilton - Saving Grace

13. (00:05:22) Charles Hamilton - Supersonic's First Freestyle

14. (00:03:59) Charles Hamilton - Forever Again

15. (00:06:12) Charles Hamilton - Do What You Love

A bit of context: Charles Hamilton is an asshole. Endorsed in some way or another by Okayplayer, Hamilton’s threatened to release some nine gazillion (okay, eight) mixtapes over the next quarter or so, which seems to be a cataclysmically stupid strategy that oversaturates the market as quickly as it alerts it to Hamilton’s presence. Hamilton may be aware of this; he has, after all, titled the first of his eight mixtapes to predict his own demise. I don’t know if this is witty or meta or just entirely daft. Let’s move on. Evaluating Hamilton’s unofficial debut outside the context of all this dizzying prolificacy, it’s a satisfying rap record. And perhaps all this dust Hamilton is kicking up obscures the fact that he is, despite being a work in progress, a good rapper, sporting suitable swagger tempered with enough neuroticism to save him from categorization as a cartoonish caricature. Not that he doesn’t go to Herculean lengths to transform himself into some enigma more persona than person: he self-promotes within tracks, shouting out his website on several hooks, generally creating the aural equivalent of watching the World Series—brought to you by Pfizer. This is annoying. But for all the assholery, Charles Hamilton is worth paying attention to due to, erm, that very assholishness. See “Harlem,” where he blacks out over a merely good assemblage of propulsive blips, sounding less self-consciously idiosyncratic than anywhere else here. He sneers, “Came in the game with bite marks on my flow / ‘I bet I can sound like Charles’—nigga, no!” This is satisfying in that Hamilton seems to travel wherever his refreshingly inventive impulses take him as opposed to adhering to some pre-constructed persona to which he seems so vehemently committed to becoming; because Hamilton can muster some staggering bars when he cuts the bullshit. Further proof is provided by “Do What You Love,” an exercise in playing with syllables masquerading as introspection. It’s pointless and rather unimpressive to put in text, but Hamilton manages to create multi-syllabic rhyme schemes out of what seems like simple anecdotal chit chat. So why, then, does Hamilton waste so much effort constructing the facade of some arrogant nerd instead of just leaning on his considerable skills? It’s a warped strategy, perhaps one that Hamilton feels forced into since his signing to Interscope, feeling the need to stir up his own buzz, being certain that he’ll get little to no push from the major he signed to (he implies as much on “Musicsuicide”). If so, it’s hard to fault him, but it doesn’t change the nature of a rather ill-conceived concept. All the self-referentiality, commenting on mixtape rappers while being one himself; discussing aspects of mixtapes on a mixtape; rapping over “A Milli.” Actually, hold on to that for a second because I think it’s a (meta-)concept I can discuss without feeling like a wormhole might open up. Hamilton builds the anticipation for his rapping over the overused beat via a few unentertaining skits involving an A&R prodding him with “Lil’ Wayne is so fucking hot right now!” And then he briefly admits to feeling a bit foolish for being the nine trillionth rapper to sleep with 2008’s slutty colossus. When Hamilton proceeds to finally shut up he serves as one of the track’s more worthy partners (he’s no Weezy, though), capably spouting gleeful boasts (“I enjoy the rap scene / You exploited black teens”) and saturating the track with his own odd charm. This is a microcosm of Hamilton’s whole conundrum: He’s blatantly annoying until he actually, y’know, raps. And that’s infinitely better than the inverse, which perhaps bodes well as Hamilton grows into the massive britches he so fervently aspires to rock.

SOURCE -cokemachineglow.com/