RAPPERS WHO DON'T SUCK: NYLE

This is Nyle. He may look like "a light-skinned Weezy", as he acknowledges in the rap below. And he could easily become as big as Lil' Wayne, considering he's ill and innovative, and has already made a name for himself throughout the NYC underground. Check out his MySpace to hear the NYU student's Frosh album and the new Capstone EP.

This video for "Let The Beat Build" was shot in one take.


For more Nyle, get up on his website.

I actually found Nyle through the best comedy group on the planet, DERRICK Comedy. If you don't know them, stop whatever you're doing and go laugh.

RAPPERS WHO DON'T SUCK: CHARLES HAMILTON

"Hip-hop aint dead; it just turned 20." - CH



Do you like Incubus? Modest Mouse? TV on the Radio? Then you have something in common with Charles Hamilton, an emerging rapper from Brooklyn. The artists mentioned are a few of the many who the rock fan has sampled in his tracks, featured all over the internet and on dozens of mixtapes.
What else defines CH? Video games. He's taken Sonic the Hedgehog as a logo and works sound effects from the game into his beats. He's got a sense of humor, sampling from TV shows like Family Guy in C Food and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood in The N Word. One last thing: this dude adores the color pink. And will kick your a** if you have a problem with that.
Look out for an official album this summer. For now, there's the digitally-released Pink Lavalamp.

"Brooklyn Girls" - The Single

"Starchasers" - My personal favorite, samples Lykke Li

Get to know Charles: CharlesHamilton.blogspot.com

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