Did not listen to Childish's last 6 years of output, however have just had a listen to these fantastic two new tracks Redbone and Me and Your Mama.
Loving the Pink Floyd and Funkadelic vibes
― mingalaba, Friday, 18 November 2016 04:44 (seven years ago) link
Redbone is definitely 2016's best Prince track.
― mingalaba, Friday, 18 November 2016 04:48 (seven years ago) link
new album through the first four tracks a psych-funk groove for sure
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 2 December 2016 12:59 (seven years ago) link
I think it's great - ignore the haters who wanted a trap album. I think it's a bold move and am happy to see him stretch himself as an artist, too.
Haven't looked at the credits or anything, but curious to see who may have played on it/produced some of it.
Love Questlove's instagram post about it, too https://www.instagram.com/p/BNgjtqdBrnE/?taken-by=questlove
― Federico Boswarlos, Friday, 2 December 2016 17:09 (seven years ago) link
I'm happy that this isn't a trap album, just a little befuddled at the panegyrics this has been met with on some «whoah! live instrumentation! how rare!» ish. It's pleasant enough to listen to, but nothing I feel a particular urge to put on.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 5 December 2016 12:37 (seven years ago) link
I don't like it very much AND I'm glad it wasn't trap. Redbone is fucking amazing, though.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 5 December 2016 12:45 (seven years ago) link
It's pleasant enough to listen to
I... don't know if I'd go that far. That voice could peel wallpaper.
― Evan R, Monday, 5 December 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
In what world did this guy think he had the voice or musical skillset to pull off a Bilal album?
i keep hearing good things abt this but super skeptical i hate this guy's music
it's kept me from watching Atlanta which is probably to my detriment
tbh half of it is all the non-rap fans i know who keep bigging up him like "i don't usually listen to rap but childish gambino is great" barf
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 5 December 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
I'm enjoying it but agree that it may not be panegyric worthy. Redbone is a jam.
Ha, ironically, I'll guess your non-rap fan circle will probably be disappointed he doesn't rap on this.
Atlanta is a terrific show, you should totally watch - nothing to do with Childish Gambino, either. Glover doesn't even play the rapper in the show. He is a better actor than he is anything else, to be fair.
― Federico Boswarlos, Monday, 5 December 2016 18:26 (seven years ago) link
I tolerated then grew to hate Camp and avoided everything else he did. The first track on "Awaken, My Love!" is really, REALLY good.
― ¶ (DJP), Monday, 5 December 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
to me it feels as if he's always an actor. Here he's trying to portray a funk gawd.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 5 December 2016 20:09 (seven years ago) link
LOL - https://medium.com/@marcuskdowling/childish-gambinos-new-album-is-a-deplorable-act-of-treason-c80e3f7cc062#.cfp24cqwt
Now I really will listen to it.
― Jeff W, Monday, 5 December 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
what the hell is that reviewer on
― ¶ (DJP), Monday, 5 December 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
I mean, I turned the album off by about track 7 because I'd gotten the point and it was boring me but that reaction seems like it's fueled by something more pharmaceutical than righteous indignation.
― ¶ (DJP), Monday, 5 December 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
Donald Glover is releasing Awaken, My Love in the midst of his most critically-acclaimed and commercially successful period as a creative
i swear to everyone i will never use "creative" as a noun
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 5 December 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
Hottakeaminiphen
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 5 December 2016 21:11 (seven years ago) link
^^^ I am not getting over this any time soon
― ¶ (DJP), Monday, 5 December 2016 21:19 (seven years ago) link
Atlanta's incredible and this album's better than it has any right to be. Year Of The Glover.
― alpine static, Sunday, 8 January 2017 11:28 (seven years ago) link
just hearing this, and so far, it's basically straight up P-Funk ripping, with some slight Prince in there. Done really well/accurately mind you, but also reminds me of that other great P-Funk ripper, Lenny Kravitz, and as such, is hard to get really into
― Dominique, Thursday, 2 February 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
"redbone," does it sample connan mockasin? feels like it but i can't identify
― marcos, Friday, 21 July 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
ok it's not quite the same just similar. this is the tune i was thinking of, "caramel"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdCz7zqfvP4
― marcos, Friday, 21 July 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
pretty close
― down that brown path (Spottie), Saturday, 22 July 2017 05:57 (seven years ago) link
tour w/ Rae Sremmurd.
i know Glover is getting pretty famous but i guess i'm surprised Childish Gambino can play arenas, even with Rae Sremmurd opening. or am i underestimating him? or do these venues include a post-Solo bump?
09-06 Atlanta, GA - Infinite Energy Arena 09-08 Chicago, IL - United Center 09-10 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre09-12 Boston, MA - TD Garden 09-14 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 09-18 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center 09-19 Washington, DC - Capital One Arena 09-22 Houston, TX - Toyota Center 09-23 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center 09-26 Inglewood, CA - The Forum 09-27 Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena 09-29 Seattle, WA - KeyArena09-30 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rogers Arena
― alpine static, Monday, 5 March 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
That new video
― just sayin, Sunday, 6 May 2018 09:20 (six years ago) link
...is really good. The SNL episode was better than average too.
― Yerac, Sunday, 6 May 2018 16:01 (six years ago) link
i thought it was a really bad SNL episode actually, but his performances were good
― akm, Sunday, 6 May 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
childish gambino is karmin without the blackface
― carles danger mous (s.clover), Monday, 7 May 2018 00:46 (six years ago) link
I still can't believe Redbone made it into the top 77 of our 2017 songs poll
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 7 May 2018 05:39 (six years ago) link
I can, because it's fuckin good
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 7 May 2018 11:59 (six years ago) link
Here's what showed up on my screen as soon as the last moments of the video ended:
https://i.imgur.com/USzSBZJ.png
― pplains, Monday, 7 May 2018 13:31 (six years ago) link
The new song/video are 100% fire
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Monday, 7 May 2018 13:47 (six years ago) link
^^^
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 13:49 (six years ago) link
― carles danger mous (s.clover), Sunday, May 6, 2018 8:46 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
uh care to expand on that
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Monday, 7 May 2018 14:27 (six years ago) link
yeah that's a pretty weird comment to lay out there. Is Glover/Gambino theatrical? Yes. otherwise I don't get what you're saying at all.
― akm, Monday, 7 May 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
god there are so many bad takes on the video already and it's only monday morning
― Simon H., Monday, 7 May 2018 14:33 (six years ago) link
(not itt so much)
I took the Karmin comparison to mean "a showier, wild-appeal repackaging of popular contemporary sounds and ideas from an entertainer almost so good at it that it seems cynical."
― Evan R, Monday, 7 May 2018 14:52 (six years ago) link
except karmin are terrible and he isn't?
― akm, Monday, 7 May 2018 15:02 (six years ago) link
I was cringing at that Karmin comparison but didn't want to dissect what it means that a black person is not doing blackface.
― Yerac, Monday, 7 May 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
I get that comment a little bit; I found the initial incarnation of Childish Gambino deeply, deeply unconvincing in sincerity of presentation; it always struck me as more of a “this is how a rapper would present this” pose rather than “I’m going to tell this story via rap” if that makes any sense. Karmin has a similar pose going on whenever Noonan raps and I find it super off putting and unenjoayble. CG on this track, both with the musical template, the story he’s telling, and the video he put with it, cleared a sincerity hurdle for me that lets me vibe without reservation with what he’s doing.
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:42 (six years ago) link
I feel similarly, early days CG felt a little theatrical, but now feels lived-in
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
The critical about-face on Gambino as the world’s most unnecessary punchline rapper to the world’s most important political auteur is staggering.
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
no question that the current incarnation of gambino is better than that initial incarnation. but donald glover is an extremely talented writer, and possibly the most gifted comic actor of his generation, and he should do that more and do music less.
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 May 2018 16:53 (six years ago) link
Ok, I now understand that comment by reading it "prior to this weekend, childish gambino was karmin without the blackface."
― Yerac, Monday, 7 May 2018 16:59 (six years ago) link
"god there are so many bad takes on the video already and it's only monday morning"
are there?
remember when we didn't need an exegesis to enjoy a music video? those were the days
video and commentary aside, musically this is definitely one of the best songs he's ever done; catchy, memorable, excellent.
― akm, Monday, 7 May 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
I mean on twitter the two duelling takes I keep seeing seem to be "zomg this is An Incisive Commentary and Everything We Need Right Now" vs "this is an Irresponsible and Problematic statement that emphasizes black-on-black violence and fails to address...[etc.]" and like honestly can we just not do this
― Simon H., Monday, 7 May 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
anyway I want to echo everyone who said this song seems to represent a step up even if I'm not 100% convinced yet (by his music that is - Atlanta is amazing)
― Simon H., Monday, 7 May 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
Teddy Perkins >>>>> this video, certainly
― akm, Monday, 7 May 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
― Simon H., Monday, May 7, 2018 7:37 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Was it ever not thus?
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
finally hearing this and it is great. my fav stuff from this guy yet for sure.
― davey, Saturday, 25 April 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
I keep hearing Redbone in public and it's always a pleasure. Feels like it has really lasted beyond its time and become a classic
― imago, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 20:24 (one year ago) link
Me too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj0drevGOgA
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 20:36 (one year ago) link
nothing exemplifies the vapid posturing of a lot of “creative” types during the trump era better than childish gambino dropping this and then joining the andrew yang campaign the following year https://t.co/06pLCPZWwm— Fred Barrett (@fred_beretta) April 30, 2023
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 20:41 (one year ago) link
Updated/finished version of 3.15.20 came out a few weeks ago as Atavista. Great vid for (still) one of the best tracks on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLX1HxJm5wM
― nashwan, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 16:02 (three months ago) link
I saw that a rapper named C.Gambino was killed yesterday, but he was from Sweden.
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 16:06 (three months ago) link
Claes Gambino
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 18:24 (three months ago) link