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Donald Glover’s heat rock of 2016 continues
His new track, ‘Me and Your Mama’ is incredible
Donald Glover continues to have an incredible fall. After the success of his television series Atlanta on FX, which has been renewed for another season, some eagle-eyed fans of Childish Gambino noticed that he has a new album, Awaken, My Love dropping on Dec. 2.
That info surfaced because a crafty Reddit user saw a sign with the title at his local FYE. Everything about that sentence feels bizarre, but, hey, long live record stores! Let us also not forget that he’ll be playing Lando Calrissian in the new Han Solo Star Wars film, due for a 2018 release.
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Anyway, this new song is fire. It starts off with a bit of an Organized Noize type fantasy world of sonic bliss that conjures up a feeling not dissimilar to OutKast’s ATLiens vibe, specifically the “You May Die” intro. (Probably why it opens the album’s tracklist, at that.) Then, two minutes in, we switch to a remarkably more fuzz rock tone, with Gambino channeling his inner Gary Clark Jr., or Benjamin Booker. Clearly, a good way to go.
childish Gambino is a genius plain and simple
— ivan (@BLMNT47) November 10, 2016
the artwork for Childish Gambino's new album "…Awaken, My Love!" was an easter egg in episode 9 of Atlanta pic.twitter.com/I857mR4n5F
— Trashvis (@Trashvis) November 10, 2016
Great new show, well anticipated new album and iconic role to come under his belt? It’s been a good 2016 for Donald Glover.