Who: Charles Hamilton
Where: New York
Genre: Hip-hop/ Rap/Experimental/ Trip-HopListeners also bought: Kanye West, N.E.R.D., Jay-Z, Lil Wayne
His Favorite Artists: He's a HUGE Incubus fan...Also loves: Eminem, N*E*R*D, Jay-Z, Modest Mouse, Korn, Dr. Dre, Thelonius Monk, Aerosmith, 50 Cent, Mariyln Manson, Alchemist, The Isley Brothers, Kanye West, & Nine Inch Nails
Website: http://www.iamnotcharleshamilton.com/His Blog: http://charleshamilton.blogspot.com/Already started beef with: Soulja Boy, Rhymesfest
He's obsessed with: Sonic the Hedgehog
The future of Music according to Hamilton: "Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament-Funkadelic, Incubus, Blues Traveler, Nine Inch Nails, Quincy Jones and John Tesh"
Charles Hamilton does not think he's the next best thing. He KNOWS it. That makes 2 of us. "The Hamiltonization Process," as he calls it, has already begun. This workaholic rapper is releasing 8 original mixtapes in rapid succession.. all for free.
On the track "Windows Media Player" he literally samples the Microsoft Windows chimes, and the chorus he sings his URLs "i am not charles hamilton dot com. charles hamilton dot blogspot dot com."
Genius.
He holds his own in a freestyle battle with Kanye and The Game. He is not afraid to wear pink, and plays on a Hello-Kitty guitar.
I dont just want to book this kid, I want to hang out with him.
Check him out.. and welcome to the Cult.
"If my life were to be a movie, it would be the Antoine Fisher story all over again, but with a killer soundtrack and without a military background."
-Charles Hamilton