Iβm pretty sure this was the first rap album I deeply loved. Itβs wildly iconic to me, literally just thinking about it places me back at my first year halls, Benyon, I can picture it so clearly lol, wtf
Look at this frickin tracklist dude, absolutely burned into my brain, listened to this so many times!!
I bought the vinyl to read the screenplay that he wrote
Real nerd shit
Camp - 2011
I went back and listened to Camp a bunch, and whilst corny as shittttt, I really liked it. Vividly reminds me of my first ever skiing holiday with my girlfriend and her family
Absolutely before Gambino became cool. Real nerd shit
Kauai - 2014
I really loved this actually. Sober rules
Omg, Retro!!!! The nostalgia!!! Are you kidding me!!!
Shit, this is so iconic. Soooo evocative of Reading
STN MTN - 2014
Easy to forget about because itβs only on Soundcloud/Youtube, but damn, super iconic too, very very evocative, listened to it so much
Just very fun and dumb, low stakes
Also has βYou Donβt Have To Callβ on it which is gorgeous, really great singing
SHIT, this is so so so good dude. REALLY reminds me of walking to the frozen yoghurt place, my god, lol
The first time I heard the lead single, I was in the library with two friends, I put my headphones on and was fucking BLOWN AWAY
(Me and Your Mama). Insanely different sound from Because the Internet, came out of absolutely nowhere, absolutely incredible. Goosebumps
And then the whole album came out and omg, what a fucking mixed bag, holy shit. Have Some Love, Boogieman, Zombies, California, (especially California) are so fucking corny
But some incredible highlights too, ok mainly Redbone and Me and Your Mama, but still, what fucking highlights
Overall I was kinda disappointed but impressed by the mega-highlights and the major change of pace. I also tried listening to Maggot Brain to understand the references
This is America - 2018
At this point I definitely felt distanced from Gambino, it felt clear that heβs likeβ¦ not a guy, heβs a character, or something, idk.
Really cool to see this get so huge though. Music video is insane, this really was such a cultural moment
3.15.20 - 2020
Similar feeling - it came out, it seemed like he didnβt really care about it that much, it had some good songs (the 21 Savage one and the final song, which is INSANE), but I struggled to care that much
The final song, which, since he released the album and actually named the songs is now called Final Church, is just obscenely good, itβs actually fucking insane. I love his crazy preacher character, so so so charismatic and powerful
I literally canβt listen to this song without dancing, and the urge to dance rarely comes to me lol. The build up at the end is just absolutely insane
