Gambino is palpable as the arrogant asshole rapper, but is in true form in a contemplative mood. “WORLDSTAR,” splits itself into two parts, the latter a jazzy lucid dreamscape. The bouncy trap-tinged “Sweatpants” and bombastic “WORLDSTAR,” are in a similar vein. “Crawl” is one of many tracks in which Gambino is arrogant and lively. Gambino is comfortable here, spewing referential punchlines inspired by internet memes: “ain’t nobody got time for that, ain’t nobody gotta rhyme with that,” and at one point he goofily raps “hashtag, niggas be like.” Sonically, it’s a grandiose tableau of decadence crumbling with force. “Crawl,” the album’s opening track, borrows production cues from the Kanye and Friends eras of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Cruel Summer.
Gambino (née Donald Glover) hasn’t completely grasped who he is as a recording artist, but he’s almost there. So, here we are with his latest release, Because The Internet, a meandering exploration of self. Gambino has frequently struggled to find a sound that isn’t overtly somebody else (mostly Kanye West and Drake). Camp isn’t the only instance of this-it’s the trend that became the rule after repeated offenses on mixtapes. Camp found itself oversaturated with poppy production better suited for Kidz Bop reiterations and childish (pun!) punchlines derivative of the likes of Lil Wayne and a 2000s-era Ludacris.
It wasn’t the 1.6 shot heard ‘round the internet bad, but the album was brimful of lackluster. Childish Gambino’s debut album, Camp, was bad.
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