Why I Hate Charles Hamilton’s “Gauchos” (Listen & Download)

Like most people, I've got a love/hate relationship with Charles Hamilton, and right now I'm more on the hate side of the fence. It seemed so easy to hate on the man, so for a while I was damnedest to appreciate his talent, and he is talented, but for some reason he insists on making it so hard. Despite the fact that he announced he his "Binge 3" mixtape would be the last work we heard from him before the release of his official album single, he released approximately 79 new tracks before then (some of which are here), and now that the aforementioned single has arrived, I find my patience worn thin. On the production side of "Gauchos" Jim Jonsin seems to be desperately attempting to sound like The Neptunes, while lyrically Charles is beginning to sound more and more like Nicki Minaj everyday (as in his flows are crazy, but they're crazy in this very predictable, monotonous way).

And because I'm sure most blogs won't bother to explain what a "gaucho" is, "guacho" is a Spanish term used to describe the equivalent of a cowboy, hence the "shoot it out like gauchos." Although he really meant to say "vaquero". A "guacho" refers specifically to cowboys countries like Argentina or Uruguay, though they're more likely to herd sheep and llamas than cattle. (Step your Spanish game up son!) So why the picture of a golfer? Fucking beats me.

Was just informed that the Gauchos are a ball team in Harlem, which also makes sense in the "shoot" context. Never let it be said I won't admit when I'm wrong - although the pic of the golfer still doesn't make any fucking sense.

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