While Because the Internet bore a lot of shame towards modern society, the genre-versatility in “Awaken, My Love!” is a plea to hold on to what’s good, and what’s always been good about black culture.Īcross 11 tracks, Gambino adopts a soulful shriek (“Me and Your Mama”, “Riot”), a quivering falsetto (“Redbone”, “Baby Boy”), and a spiking croon (“Boogieman”, “Zombies”), all with an ease and confidence unseen in much of his previous discography. The psychedelic-soul “Riot” states things explicitly: “They tried to kill us / Love to say they feel us / But they won’t take my pride.” There’s a lot of talk of pride, used interchangeably with Gambino’s son (and future generations of black Americans), such as in the hook of “Baby Boy”: “Don’t take my baby boy / Don’t take my pride and joy”. But while much of the album is meant to be a reminder to his son to “stand tall”, Glover is in turn speaking to the black community. This is made obvious by tracks like “Me and Your Mama”, “Baby Boy”, and the sweet-sounding instrumental “The Night Me and Your Mama Met”. While the lack of rapping is sure to alienate some of Gambino’s fanbase, “Awaken, My Love!” is addressed to Glover’s son, both lyrically and stylistically. Perhaps crucial to understanding this album is another fact that Glover’s kept under wraps-earlier this year he became a father. Childish Gambino’s latest is a fearless exploration of ‘black music’ of the 70s that feels more relevant to 2016 than any album before it.
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Three years after the release of his last LP, the enigmatic and heavily jaded Because the Internet, Glover trades smartass rap lyrics and hazy introspection for…funkadelic soul? Coming at the end of a year full of huge and egocentric hip-hop projects, “Awaken, My Love!” isn’t just a huge left hook to the industry-it sidesteps the ‘rap game’ entirely. But as his third studio album as Childish Gambino, “Awaken, My Love!” shows, Glover keeps his ear to the ground.
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When he’s not starring in Hollywood films (The Martian) or hit television series (Community), or even showrunning his own series (Atlanta), the man maintains social media silence. Childish Gambino, keeps a pretty private life. Despite his flourishing careers in television and music, Donald Glover, a.k.a.
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