Overall, Childish Gambino’s first commercial offering proves that he isn’t just an actor rapping for fun. He’s been taking music seriously for years, and Camp goes far in displaying Glover’s talent as a rapper. By embracing his differences, he is able to craft lyrically unique tracks, and through his effort on Camp, he has managed to establish himself as a distinctive and rising artist in the Hip-Hop/rap genre.
It’s one of the few hip-hop albums that is worth listening full through every time to capture the story that is being told, which is capped off with an actual story on the closing “That Power.” After finishing his rap, the beat lowers and Gambino tells a nearly five-minute story that provides what is likely the event that was a catalyst for everything you just listened to, which gives the next time listening to it a whole different meaning.
Even though the album is nearly an hour long, it doesn’t feel that long. No song seems out of place and every single one will be your favorite the moment you listen to it because of extremely quotable songs. Childish Gambino provided an album that is so raw and still so peaceful that even after a dozen times listening to it, Camp still doesn’t get old.
On “Hold You Down” Childish Gambino raps, “I won’t stop until they say James Franco is the white Donald Glover” and for all of our sakes, let’s hope that he doesn’t.
Is the album similar to Goblin, because then I'll buy it
I'm not going to lie, I was reminded of Tyler a few times while listening to the album. I think he's a much better lyricist (it takes several listens to catch all his references) though. Check out some of the songs posted throughout the thread! If you like them you'll like the album.
I'm not going to lie, I was reminded of Tyler a few times while listening to the album. I think he's a much better lyricist (it takes several listens to catch all his references) though. Check out some of the songs posted throughout the thread! If you like them you'll like the album.