Some catalogues are emblems of polished order and cohesion, but his is a rabbit hole of tangled genius and surprises well worth falling into. Telegraph Ave ('Oakland' by Lloyd)' off his 2013 album Because The Internet. This has me digging through the discography of Glover's musical persona, Childish Gambino, and brings us to this week's track: 'III.
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Some of Gambino's biggest hits, from the nimble display of "3005" and psychedelic soul of "Redbone" to the blistering raps of "This Is America”, share little in common aesthetically, yet he executes each with aplomb. TV show 'Atlanta' is back one air for its second season, and with it, Donald Glover is on the front page of every culture and entertainment publication (at least in North America). Ever since, genre descriptors have grown increasingly useless-he shrewdly treats genre like more of a suggestion than a limitation-but terms like hip-hop, R&B, funk and indie electro-pop, all pushed to their experimental bounds, are good jumping-off points.
But Childish Gambino's earliest mixtapes, from the late 2000s, are the reflections of a cultural sponge who simply desired to create on his own terms. Glover's first recordings-which he once said sounded like a “decrepit” version of Drake-predate the name change and never formally saw the light of day. Aprenda a tocar a cifra de Telegraph Ave (Childish Gambino) no Cifra Club. While not exactly the kind of backstory many rappers and singers would readily admit to, it's a fitting place to start in order to understand his idiosyncratic approach to music, which manages to strike a delicate balance between artful and whimsical. Glover was born in 1983, at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California, but Childish Gambino came into existence, famously, with the aid of an online Wu-Tang Clan name generator, sometime around 2008, when he decided to use the moniker so that fans of his comedy wouldn’t think his music was just a bit. Gambino’s monster attack in Telegraph Ave appears to be the culmination of the alien subplot within the music videos, which began in The Worst Guys when we see a parasite attached to Glover’s leg. Shirking definition is key to his allure, a superpower of sorts that keeps onlookers entertained, intrigued and altogether baffled in turns. Then there's Childish Gambino, the Grammy-winning multi-hyphenate musician and producer who's not as easy to describe-but that's also kind of the point.
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All of a sudden, the music stops and the man gives a suspicious look and continues to walk away.Īt the end of the video, the man returns, and without spoiling the video, stuff goes from 0 to 100 (more like 20 to 100 to be honest) real quick in terms of weirdness.On the one hand, there's Donald Glover: the writer, actor, comedian and director extraordinaire best known for his work on the sitcom Community and his original series (and homage to his hometown) Atlanta. ('Oakland' By Lloyd) by Childish Gambino, 174,995 Shazams, featuring on Childish Gambino Essentials, and Hip-Hop/R&B Hits: 2014 Apple Music playlists. Jhené and Gambino’s characters are posing for a picture at the beach, and the camera assumes the perspective of the photographer. This theory could probably pass as accurate, until the latter half of the video, where it gets weird… like really weird.
It should be worth noting however that the screenplay that narrates the album may be the inspiration for the video, which is why Gambino and Aiko are a couple in the video. You know how I get when I’m lonely I think about you in the mornings. If you tell me turn around then I’m on it, for the moment. Verse 1 Everything that I wanted, only gotta drive for the moment. Rumors have been spreading for about a year now as to if the two are an item, and while they both deny the claim, their chemistry in the video may have people thinking otherwise. Now I’m drivin’ up the 5 and she waits ’til I arrive.
Of course, Gambino’s love interest in the video is none other than Jhené Aiko. In terms of cinematography, it’s probably one of the most well produced music videos of the year.
The video has some absolutely gorgeous shots. Gambino’s choice for the female lead is an interesting one.Īs a matter of fact, the whole video, for lack of a better word, is interesting. The song “Telegraph Ave” from Gambino’s latest studio album, Because the Internet has just released.
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