Hamilton, Charles is the second studio album and major-label debut by American hip hop recording artist, Charles Hamilton following the shelving and later leak of his commercial debut "This Perfect Life" in 2009.

[3][4][5][6][7] On December 12, 2015 during an interview, Hamilton told Billboard that he had more than 100 songs to choose from for his upcoming major-label debut album.

On the track entitled "Stay There" off the album Hamilton would address the controversy of getting punched by his former girlfriend at the time & Mary J. Blige's former stepdaughter Briana Latrise stating "Briana had good pussy, why hit her back?, I got my hit back that night in the sack, Shut up management, I'm tryin' to rap, Y'all act like I don't know I die for this craft" Hamilton would also address the past controversy of him dissing fellow rapper J. Cole on a 2012 track entitled "It's My World" stating "I'm not apologizing to Cole, I'm sodomizing his soul, The bottom line is I was high off of coke, Ignore it, I kinda had to force it, it sucked, MTV asked and I didn't give a fuck, I put the shit out and I didn't get a buck, It wasn't for attention cause shit I get enough.

[15][16][17] On December 11, 2015 Hamilton would release an extended play entitled The Black Box as promotion for the album.

[18][19][20] On December 2, 2016, Hamilton released a 50-minute documentary, titled 'Let it Play...Faultlines': The Phoenix That Rose From The Ashes, on Red Bull TV.