Young Thug's "Barter 6" album has received both praise and criticism from bloggers, musicians and industry insiders alike- even our own Vlad has taken a liking to the "Lifestyle" rapper after his latest release. Charlamagne Tha God, however, isn't stepping on the Thugger bandwagon just yet. "I have no desire to hear it," he says on the "Barter 6." "I have nothing against Young Thug, [I] don't know the young man- [I'm] just not interested in his music.
"I like rappers that I can actually understand," Charlamagne continues. "The s*** he's on, I ain't on it." The radio and television personality feels like Young Thug is setting himself up for failure as he tries to emulate Lil Wayne, especially after he tried to take Wayne's name for his own project. "Carter is Lil Wayne's last name- it's an iconic series and you just jump out there and say 'Hey, I'm gonna call my album the Carter 6'? That s***'s kinda corny to me," Charlamagne states. And it's not like he's exactly siding with Wayne, who did the exact same thing with Juvenile's "400 Degreez" - Charlamagne says he didn't like Lil Wayne's album '500 Degreez' either. "'500 Degreez' sucked to me compared to '400 Degreez."
At the end of the clip, Charlamagne offers Young Thug some honest advice: "Be the best Young Thug you can be, because people f*** with Young Thug. Whatever fanbase you do have, keep capitalizing off of that. You can't be that young man Lil Wayne." Charlamagne even thinks his Rich Gang affiliate Rich Homie Quan has more staying power than him. "I like Rich Homie Quan better than Young Thug," he says.
Do you believe Young Thug's "Barter 6" has officially paved a way for him in the game, or do you feel his beef with Lil Wayne has put him in a 50 Cent/Ja Rule-like situation? Let us know if you side with Vlad or Charlamagne below.
