You could argue that Childish Gambino became a great hip-hop artist when he stopped rapping, but that would be unfair. Over the course of two albums and a handful of mixtapes, the artist also known as actor and screenwriter Donald Glover has proven himself a decent lyricist. However, his best moments on his 2011 debut Camp arrived when he threw out the humblebrag playbook and exploded our stereotypes of black youth by addressing bullying and growing up in a two-parent household. His 2013 follow-up, Because the Internet, is remembered for when he harmonized wistfully on tracks like the hit single “3005.” With his 2014 EP Kauai, he barely rapped at all, instead offering a short suite of winningly pop meditations on summer romance. Much like André 3000 and Kanye West, Childish Gambino seems to have realized that his music can be just as resonant, if not more so, when he brings a hip-hop sensibility to vocals and melodies, and leaves the bars behind. Related ReviewsHear Childish Gambino's Sprawling, Grooving New Song 'Me and Your Mama'For his third album, “Awaken, My Love!”, Gambino delves into the kind of grungy stanklove that OutKast once indulged in on their magnum opuses. When its first track, “Me and Your Mama,” was sent to websites last month, listeners were stunned at the epic six-minute track, its soaring gospel chorus and the raggedly intense feeling he summoned with ease. (Some already anticipated his evolution – he debuted the project during his Pharos Festival at Joshua Tree, California last September.) While the rest of the album, produced by longtime collaborator Ludwig Göransson, doesn’t quite equal that sensational single, it’s still an inspired detour from a multi-talented hyphenate who has already dazzled us this fall with his critically acclaimed comedy-drama, Atlanta. Whether it’s rocking his best George Clinton impression over the platform boot stomp of “Boogieman,” or delivering a deep-hued spoken word manifesto on “Baby Boy,” Childish Gambino fully inhabits his funkadelic guise. On “Have Some Love,” he swings with a leisurely gait akin to Funkadelic’s “Can You Get To That” as he implores us, “Have some time for one another/Really love one another.” He subtly underlines his excursions with a message: “Stay woke … now don’t you close your eyes,” he cries in a high, Prince-like falsetto on “Redbone,” a spacy boogie exploration that thumps with thick lowrider bass. The wah-wah guitars and rolling percussion of “Riot” crackle with psychedelic energy. When he serenades a girl moving to the Golden State over the kitschy calypso beat of “California,” it adds well-timed comic levity to his heavy soul odyssey. Is “Awaken, My Love!” just a fantastic conceit? There’s some evidence of that: The themes of “Baby Boy,” which slinks along like an outtake from Sly and the Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Going On, and the Eddie Hazel-like scratch-guitar instrumental “The Night Me and Your Mama Met,” sound as if they could be coming from the mind of Earn Marks, the Princeton dropout, babydaddy and would-be rap manager at the center of Atlanta. Only time will tell if Childish Gambino has remade himself into the post-millennial D’Angelo. But for now, “Awaken, My Love!” is an enthralling trip into the land of funk. The follow-up to 'Awaken, My Love!' could be coming soon Donald Glover has been busy lately, reinventing television with Atlanta, stealing the show in Star Wars movies and still finding time to work on a new Childish Gambino album, which is thought to be his last under the moniker. Wavepad free code. Glover last released a Gambino album with the Grammy-nominated ‘Awaken, My Love!’ in December 2016. Here’s everything we know so far about its follow-up.
Why is Glover retiring Childish Gambino?Discussing his reasons for retiring his rap project, Glover toldThe Huffington Post in June 2017: “There’s nothing worse than like a third sequel, like a third movie and we’re like, ‘again?’ You know, I like it when something’s good and when it comes back there’s a reason to come back, there’s a reason to do that.” Glover has spoken about Childish Gambino being a temporary project in the past. “I want to have periods in my life. I feel like Childish Gambino is a period that should come to a close. I like endings,” he said back in 2015. Could it be his last album altogether?Perhaps – Glover’s creative director Ibra Ake hinted in an interview with radio station WNYC that the forthcoming LP is Glover’s “last” record completely. “I think we like to keep stuff under wraps, but there’s more coming, and we like to think of ourselves as like the Avengers every time we can assemble and all our schedules are in line,” Ake said of future plans in the pipeline. Sharethrough (Mobile)Ake added: “So that’s happening right now and we’re working rapidly to just get as much out as we can. Basic programming language free download. Especially this last run, to really make a big bang, because this is Donald’s last album.” Glover recently opened up about his thoughts on the music industry, saying that “no one has good intentions”. Explaining his disenchantment with the entertainment industries, Glover said: “Before my first album came out, I wanted people to like me, and to realise that I had good intentions. Then I realised that no one has good intentions—we all just have incentives.” When will it be released?The album’s expected to be released at some point in 2018, coming via Wolf + Rothstein and RCA Records. Donald Glover performing as Childish Gambino What songs could feature on the album?Childish Gambino New OrleansProbably recent single ‘This Is America’, which came with a powerful and political video that went viral online. NME‘s Sam Moore previously wrote of the clip: “It’s the sort of agenda-setting, sit-up-and-take-notice work which only comes around every so often: it’s not even a stretch to describe it as a seismic moment in popular culture. You can watch it over and over again and still pick up on something new.” As well as ‘This Is America’, Glover also performed another new song called ‘Saturday’ on SNL in May. That may also feature on the next LP. What could the album sound like?‘Awaken, My Love!’ saw Glover move away from the rap-leaning sound of the earlier Gambino albums and this next record could continue this path. Glover has previously said: “I feel like there’s gotta be a reason to do things and I always had a reason to be punk. Being punk just always felt really good to me and we always looked at Atlanta as a punk show and I feel like the direction I would go with Childish Gambino wouldn’t be punk anymore. As much as ‘Redbone’ is a punk song because it’s a gospel song that’s on the radio, I’m like there’s only so far you can go before you just are the radio.” What happened to that Chance The Rapper collaboration?In February 2017, Glover said that the two artists were planning on collaborating. “We actually, like, sat down in the studio and were talking for a little bit. When he has a moment, we’ve been sitting down and working together,” he said at the time. Glover later said: “I feel like if I don’t make a Chance the Rapper mixtape, like a double mixtape, a bunch of 14-year-olds will kick my ass.“ Then in March of this year, Chance confirmed that the pair had collaborated, saying: “We perpetuated that rumour for a long time without recording anything… We did link up in Atlanta and record some tracks and… they’re amazing.” Chance previously featured on the Gambino tracks ‘They Don’t Like Me’ and ‘The Worst Guys’ while Glover featured on the ‘Acid Rap’ track ‘Favourite Song’. Has a tour been announced?Pocket tanks full version free. Glover recently announced a Childish Gambino tour with Rae Sremmurd. Glover will hit the road during September, playing shows in Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Houston, Dallas, Inglewood, Oakland, Seattle and Vancouver. He is also set to visit the UK for what’s set to be a very special headline slot at Lovebox Festival in London in July. Donald Glover has signed a deal with RCA Records.
Donald Glover performs as Childish Gambino during the 2017 Governors Ball Music Festival. June 3, 2017. Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images
Donald Glover will release new Childish Gambino music in 2018 under a new record deal between RCA and his management company Wolf + Rothstein, according to a report in Variety. Glover's previous Childish Gambino albums, Camp, Because the Internet, and 'Awaken, My Love!', were released on Glassnote Records. 'Awaken, My Love!'is nominated for five awards at the 2018 Grammys, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for the single 'Redbone.' Childish Gambino will perform at the awards ceremony on January 28. Read Next: Childish Gambino’s unreleased song “Algorhythm” is now available in his AR appChildish Gambino New Album Download ZipIn 2017, Glover confirmed that the next Childish Gambino album will be his last. Read an interview with Glover's go-to producer Ludwig Göransson here. Glover's acclaimed FX show Atlantareturns to TV on March 1. next article in collection) -->Comments are closed.
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