Today’s spotlight is on Harlem based rapper Charles Hamilton.  Hamilton is currently signed to Interscope records, under which he has recently released a mixtape/album with his label, Demevolist Music Group, titled The Pink Lavalamp.  Other projects Hamilton is working on is a 2 week cycle of mixtape drops which he has dubbed the Hamiltonization process in an effort to further spread his music.  This has drawn him links by some to Soulja Boy to which he has taken much offense, leading to what seems to be another (label fabricated) beef of conscious hip hop vs. rap.  Charles recently released a track dubbed “Word? Aight” in which uses an auto-tuner to hilarious effect to take various shot at Soulja Boy.  So while another hip-hop beef plays out go peep Hamilton ,along with Wale (mentioned in a our last artist spotlight post) on the cover of XXL as one of the 10 Freshmen in the Hip Hop game.  Or visit Hamilton’s myspace page  

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=20311907 

 Download the Pink Lavalamp Album Here

http://www.zshare.net/download/52464950afef3cc1/

“Each of us are angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. The only problem is how can we fly, when the only thing we embrace are firearms.”

Now, we’re normally against promoting my own stuff, but we’ve gotten a very good set of feedback on this track of mine, and we thought we’d share. This track is produced by Allure (1/2 of The FRESHm3n) and the rapper goes by the name of Wonda. The track is off of Allure’s upcoming album “Angels & Demons” and the cover was done by C. Henry (the other 1/2 of The FRESHm3n).

Enjoy and please leave some feedback

Heartbreak Therapy (ft. Wonda)                                          http://www.zshare.net/audio/524233025abebb99/

Sidebar: Apparently up and coming Harlem rapper Charles Hamilton (download link for his dope mixtape/album “The Pink Lavalamp coming Monday btw) is beefing with Soulja Boy……yea….it’s really not that serious, but I found Hamilton’s diss track entertaining. It was entertaining to him too, because he claims to have made this song half drunk and half asleep. He hops on the autotune on it too…

Charles Hamilton (Word? Aight!)                                         http://www.zshare.net/audio/526527453580dedc/

Fashion Tip of the Week                                                                                                                                 Try Something Different
Never be afraid to experiment with a new style for if it wasn’t for people experimenting the trends and styles we see today would not exist. By trying something different in your clothing style; it shows versatility and confidence.

Fact: The Esfac’e team debuted the “King of Change” this past weekend, selling out of their show stock and getting much respect as the hottest collection of Obama’s in the game. Check out the picts and visit the online store when you get a chance..makes a perfect christmas gift!!

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Yo, we’re definitely runnin on a completely off schedule, but we’re here to deliver this week’s brand new drops.

First we got H to the IZZO himself, this time teaming up with Santogold and a beat from Mr. 808’s & Heartbreak himself. Apparently this track is supposed to be for the Notorious B.I.G biopic dropping on January 16^th. Track is hot. The beat is definitely dope and the Santogold sample is definitely poppin, even if it’s a little reminiscent of the M.I.A.’s Swagger Like Us sample. If only the drums went a lil harder….Anyway here y’all go.

Brooklyn (Go Hard) ft. Santogold

http://www.zshare.net/audio/521227037e040dac/

Also dropped recently, is the Clipse’s new mixtape Road Till the Casket Drops, which is sponsored by and coincides with the release of their new line Play Cloths. There’s some quality material here, be sure to check it out. Link is courtesy of Complex Mag.

http://www.complex.com/ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC/Clipse-Mixtape 

Here’s 2 more new Common tracks. I know we’ve been pushing the dude a lot recently, but this album is really that dopeness. Dude keeps it real, and make sure you cop the album on December 9^th. Word on the street is that he might even have the album for sale on his site for $0.99…..think about that for a bit….BTW, sidebar: the track Inhale is amazing haha.

Inhale                                                                                          http://www.zshare.net/audio/521147103ecad723/

Sex 4 Sugar                                                                         http://www.zshare.net/audio/52114629d08f2c72/

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Per Obama’s transition website, www.change.gov, the following individuals have been nominated for the various positions for his National Security squad:

President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden today announced the following nominees to their administration: Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, Eric Holder as Attorney General, Governor Janet Napolitano as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Susan Rice as Ambassador to the United Nations, and General Jim Jones, USMC (Ret) as National Security Adviser. President-elect Obama also announced that he has asked Robert Gates to stay on as Secretary of Defense.