Thanks to the fine folks at FreeNYC, I found out about this event on Monday - a free concert put on by Puma to celebrate their 60th birthday.
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I decided that I had to attend because the show featured Charles Hamilton, an artist featured recently on the NY Times Music Popcast. While I’ve heard of rap being described as “accessible” (a pleasant way of saying “white people won’t be scared”), Hamilton really takes accessibility to a new level - to the Asians.
In addition to the usual rap topics of women, success and confidence, Hamilton tacks on references to video games, cartoons and the Internet. In Windows Media Player he makes frequent references to his own online presences while sampling operating system tones.
Have a listen:
- C Food [samples of a Family Guy episode]
- Windows Media Player [samples Microsoft Windows system sounds]
- Stutter [samples of the Peanuts/Charlie Brown theme]
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