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user-inactivated  ·  3448 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Childish Gambino - Camp (Full Album)

What?!

Whaaaaaat? His mixtapes?! Maybe I need to give Royalty another shot but damn that thing was out of whack. What about fucking Culdesac?

I read Camp as a series of singles. Two-thirds are really solid in my opinion and Heartbeat at least is one of the songs of the decade. That Power has some really solid verses where he can flash his unique rap style. Maaaaaaaan.





user-inactivated  ·  3448 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Culdesac is meh. Do Ya Like is alright. His voice bothers me in it, though, glad he grew out of it.

In terms of technical skill Royalty is pretty good. The features at least are high quality.

Camp just really doesn't do it for me. Bonfire is strutting and cawing that falls flat. Heartbeat is legit the anthem of every middle-school girl's Myspace page. That Power bores me. The story at the end just felt supa corny (sorry Gale). Everything else...like my ratio of songs that I'd skip heavily outweigh the amount of songs that I'd stop and listen to.

You See Me is hilarious, though.