16-11-2011, 12:13
online listen
both CH and I saw this rapper on one of the late nights and wrote him off
not so fast I say now
once you get past the vulgarity, there's some meat here
although it just misses the like mark, it would surpass that with more listens
very inteligent lyrics, nice music, and cool background vocals
suggest you give it an AOL shot CH
1.6
from the album - Bonfire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1B_r9nC9k
released Nov 15th, 2011
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from all music
Bio
When he’s not busy writing for television, performing with his sketch group Derrick Comedy, or acting on the NBC
comedy Community, Donald Glover somehow finds the time to make beats and rap as his alter ego, Childish Gambino.
The project started as Glover's pragmatic solution to finding someone to rhyme over the beats he had been making in
his spare time, and then began to take on a life of its own. In 2008, Glover released his first record as Childish
Gambino, Sick Boi, and followed it up the next year with Poindexter. In 2010 he released two mixtapes, I Am Just a
Rapper and I Am Just a Rapper 2, which found him rapping over indie rock gems like Sleigh Bells' "Infinity Guitars"
and Grizzly Bear’s "Two Weeks." Later that year, he released his third full-length underground album, Culdesac. The
year 2011 found him going legit with Camp, his official debut for the Glass Note label.
Album Review
In the time before this wonderful album named Camp existed, the “actors who rap” proposition would have been all
red flags. Brian Austin Green, Mr. T, Joaquin Phoenix, and many others are on the “cons” list, while the “pros”
would have been Drake (barely counts, unless Degrassi: The Next Generation was your thing) and maybe AVN award-
winner Dirt Nasty. These were the horrible odds Community star and comedy writer Donald Glover was up against when
he took the Internet’s Wu-Tang Name Generator to heart and became rapper Childish Gambino, but anyone who right-
clicked on one of his 2010/2011 mixtapes can tell you, he beat those odds, and with Camp, indie rap fans won the
Lotto. The gloriously different and wonderfully inspired rhymes that downloaders experienced are here once more,
and Gambino’s style is still that attractive blend of heartfelt and humorous or, in a nutshell, I-just-wasn’t-made
-for-these-times-and-yet-I-love-the-Internet with “That ain’t even ironic bitch/I love Rugrats!” being a
quintessential punch line/decree. He’s got that Kanye-sized swagger on lock too, as the triumphant “All the Shine”
struts with vibrant colors, and he's just as complicated, as the track slowly descends into self-doubt and earth
tones before it fades into the soft and meek “Letter Home,” all of it adding up to some kind of bizarre and
ambitious bipolar backpacker suite. Nerdy wonders and insightful laughs are the reasons you want to visit Camp
Gambino, but you’ll stay for the lush, surprisingly large production from Glover and Ludwig Göransson, along with
the thrill of untangling it all for hours on end, separating the incredibly cool moments from the touching ones and
figuring out how this “actor who raps” packaged it all sensibly in a concept album about summer camp that doubles
as his showcase debut. Try it and be stunned or submit to it and be satiated; Camp is like the Drake, Cudi, and
Kweli camps all offered their best, but it’s really just Glover and his overwhelming bundle of talent, taking indie
hip-hop to new levels after spending the day working alongside Chevy Chase. Remarkable.
Track Listing
1. Outside
2. Fire Fly
3. Bonfire
4. All the Shine
5. Letter Home
6. Heartbeat
7. Backpackers
8. L.E.S.
9. Hold You Down
10. Kids (Keep Up)
11. You See Me
12. Sunrise
13. That Power
both CH and I saw this rapper on one of the late nights and wrote him off
not so fast I say now
once you get past the vulgarity, there's some meat here
although it just misses the like mark, it would surpass that with more listens
very inteligent lyrics, nice music, and cool background vocals
suggest you give it an AOL shot CH
1.6
from the album - Bonfire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1B_r9nC9k
released Nov 15th, 2011
from all music
Bio
When he’s not busy writing for television, performing with his sketch group Derrick Comedy, or acting on the NBC
comedy Community, Donald Glover somehow finds the time to make beats and rap as his alter ego, Childish Gambino.
The project started as Glover's pragmatic solution to finding someone to rhyme over the beats he had been making in
his spare time, and then began to take on a life of its own. In 2008, Glover released his first record as Childish
Gambino, Sick Boi, and followed it up the next year with Poindexter. In 2010 he released two mixtapes, I Am Just a
Rapper and I Am Just a Rapper 2, which found him rapping over indie rock gems like Sleigh Bells' "Infinity Guitars"
and Grizzly Bear’s "Two Weeks." Later that year, he released his third full-length underground album, Culdesac. The
year 2011 found him going legit with Camp, his official debut for the Glass Note label.
Album Review
In the time before this wonderful album named Camp existed, the “actors who rap” proposition would have been all
red flags. Brian Austin Green, Mr. T, Joaquin Phoenix, and many others are on the “cons” list, while the “pros”
would have been Drake (barely counts, unless Degrassi: The Next Generation was your thing) and maybe AVN award-
winner Dirt Nasty. These were the horrible odds Community star and comedy writer Donald Glover was up against when
he took the Internet’s Wu-Tang Name Generator to heart and became rapper Childish Gambino, but anyone who right-
clicked on one of his 2010/2011 mixtapes can tell you, he beat those odds, and with Camp, indie rap fans won the
Lotto. The gloriously different and wonderfully inspired rhymes that downloaders experienced are here once more,
and Gambino’s style is still that attractive blend of heartfelt and humorous or, in a nutshell, I-just-wasn’t-made
-for-these-times-and-yet-I-love-the-Internet with “That ain’t even ironic bitch/I love Rugrats!” being a
quintessential punch line/decree. He’s got that Kanye-sized swagger on lock too, as the triumphant “All the Shine”
struts with vibrant colors, and he's just as complicated, as the track slowly descends into self-doubt and earth
tones before it fades into the soft and meek “Letter Home,” all of it adding up to some kind of bizarre and
ambitious bipolar backpacker suite. Nerdy wonders and insightful laughs are the reasons you want to visit Camp
Gambino, but you’ll stay for the lush, surprisingly large production from Glover and Ludwig Göransson, along with
the thrill of untangling it all for hours on end, separating the incredibly cool moments from the touching ones and
figuring out how this “actor who raps” packaged it all sensibly in a concept album about summer camp that doubles
as his showcase debut. Try it and be stunned or submit to it and be satiated; Camp is like the Drake, Cudi, and
Kweli camps all offered their best, but it’s really just Glover and his overwhelming bundle of talent, taking indie
hip-hop to new levels after spending the day working alongside Chevy Chase. Remarkable.
Track Listing
1. Outside
2. Fire Fly
3. Bonfire
4. All the Shine
5. Letter Home
6. Heartbeat
7. Backpackers
8. L.E.S.
9. Hold You Down
10. Kids (Keep Up)
11. You See Me
12. Sunrise
13. That Power
