Online retailers may have beaten Childish Gambino to the punch, but now he’s getting the chance to announce things on his own terms, as the rapper premiered “Me and Your Mama,” the lead single off his new record, Awaken, My Love, on Beats 1 today.
“Me and Your Mama” is a far cry from what we’re used to hearing from Gambino – instead of hot fire verses, we’re introduced to a different, more exuberant side of him where singing takes priority. The track is frantic and can hardly be classified as hip-hop, as it keeps you guessing what will come next with its strange mix of soul, gospel and stuff straight out of another decade, but it’s also remarkable how seamlessly it all flows together.
If you’ve followed the lead up to Awaken, My Love over the past couple of months, this kind of music is to be expected,...
“Me and Your Mama” is a far cry from what we’re used to hearing from Gambino – instead of hot fire verses, we’re introduced to a different, more exuberant side of him where singing takes priority. The track is frantic and can hardly be classified as hip-hop, as it keeps you guessing what will come next with its strange mix of soul, gospel and stuff straight out of another decade, but it’s also remarkable how seamlessly it all flows together.
If you’ve followed the lead up to Awaken, My Love over the past couple of months, this kind of music is to be expected,...
- 11/10/2016
- by Joe DeAndrea
- We Got This Covered
Every week, members of the Vulture staff will highlight their favorite new songs. They might be loud, quiet, long, short, dance-y, rawkin', hip, square, rap, punk, jazz, some sort of jazz-punk-rap fusion — whatever works for the given person in that given week. Read our picks below and please tell us yours in the comments. (Also, read our music critic Lindsay Zoladz's review of Mark Ronson's Uptown Special.) Belle & Sebastian, “The Cat and the Cream” I won’t lie, I usually prefer bouncy B&S to melancholic B&S. But there is definitely a time for the latter. And that time is winter. —Jesse David Fox (@JesseDavidFox) Childish Gambino, “Sober" Looking for something to hold you over to the next Frank Ocean single? Childish Gambino does his best Frank impression (did you know this guy could sing?) with “Sober” — a track you know Frank would totally be jealous of. —Lindsey Weber (@LindseyWeber) Kelly Clarkson,...
- 1/13/2015
- by Vulture Editors
- Vulture
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