Showing posts with label Donald Glover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donald Glover. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Childish Gambino - Royalty Mixtape
Mr. Gambino has quite the guest list on his newest release. I can't think of too many people who can bring together Ghostface & Tina Fey on one project.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Guest Blog - @BedstuyBetty Reviews Childish Gambino's "EP"
Review by Bedstuy Betty
Just in time for Spring, Donald Glover has released a new mixtape simply titled EP. Five tracks filled not only with superior lyrics, but also diverse production as well as something even more intangible, desire. Thus far, Mr. Glover has been somewhat of a golden boy with notable successes in both acting and writing; however it appears that this year will definitely be his to shine musically. Where his prior efforts left the aftertaste of this pursuit being merely a pastime, EP leaves all doubts cleared by this point.
Beginning with the track “Be Alone”, Glover croons in his sweet falsetto over indie rock tones, violins, and soft drum kicks. Though fairly somber and low-key, the lyrics shine through and give the fans a personal look at the effects of Glover’s growing fame while still maintaining a level of accessibility. “Be Alone” is truly candid and can leave the listener a bit raw but still hopeful that Glover won’t find himself alone forever.
Beginning with the track “Be Alone”, Glover croons in his sweet falsetto over indie rock tones, violins, and soft drum kicks. Though fairly somber and low-key, the lyrics shine through and give the fans a personal look at the effects of Glover’s growing fame while still maintaining a level of accessibility. “Be Alone” is truly candid and can leave the listener a bit raw but still hopeful that Glover won’t find himself alone forever.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Guest Blog - @BedstuyBetty Reviews Childish Gambino's Culdesac
Review by Bedstuy Betty
You may recognize Childish Gambino better at his regular 9 to 5, as Troy Barnes on the NBC
show “Community” or as his real life persona Donald Glover of Derrick Comedy fame, but this certainly isn’t his debut musically. Previous endeavors include Sick Boi, Pointdexter, as well as I Am Just A Rapper & II and Gambino has once again delved into his valise of talent and created Culdesac, an assortment of tracks cleanly captured and primed for general audiences.
It appears that this time around, Gambino is polishing his approach and improving his accessibility with tracks such as “Got This Money”, “I'm On It”, and “Do Ya Like” which also samples Brit songstress Adele’s hit, “Melt My Heart To Stone”. All three tracks contain a pop quality coupled with laidback production and smooth rhymes a la Kanye.
show “Community” or as his real life persona Donald Glover of Derrick Comedy fame, but this certainly isn’t his debut musically. Previous endeavors include Sick Boi, Pointdexter, as well as I Am Just A Rapper & II and Gambino has once again delved into his valise of talent and created Culdesac, an assortment of tracks cleanly captured and primed for general audiences.
It appears that this time around, Gambino is polishing his approach and improving his accessibility with tracks such as “Got This Money”, “I'm On It”, and “Do Ya Like” which also samples Brit songstress Adele’s hit, “Melt My Heart To Stone”. All three tracks contain a pop quality coupled with laidback production and smooth rhymes a la Kanye.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Childish Gambino (bka Donald Glover) - Culdesac
You may know Childish Gambino a little better through his day job on NBC's Community or his campaign to be the next Spider-Man, but this isn't his first foray into music. He's put out two mixtapes under this pseudonym I Am Just A Rapper & I Am Just A Rapper 2. The reason why you don't see either of them on this blog before this post is because, I hated the first one so much that I deleted both from my hard drive before listening to the second. They may have been your taste, but they were far from mine.
I say that to say this: where the past releases may have failed, this one succeeds. To be clear, the problem I had with the other mixtape was not his actually rhyming, but his musical selections. Culdesac is a huge step up.
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I say that to say this: where the past releases may have failed, this one succeeds. To be clear, the problem I had with the other mixtape was not his actually rhyming, but his musical selections. Culdesac is a huge step up.
Thanks for stopping by,
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