[...] Childish Gambino (Don Glover) GOES IN over your favorite indie bands (Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Discovery, Sleigh Bells) on his new mixtape I Am Just A Rapper. These seven tracks are laced with the message that Gambino “does not talk, he is just a rapper.” Gambino’s comedic background comes across with a slew of quick-witted pop culture one-liners. He is careful not to over-saturate the humor by showing off his actual MC skills on this lead-up to his debut album The Culdesac. [...]
as a fellow young black man you make a nigga like me feel good about liking indie rock and rap; and literature and woody allen films also. i just have to say that it’s a great day to be BLACK! now back to finishing my “novel”.
Comment by brandon t. — January 13, 2010 @ 11:29 am
This is a great album. Congratulations and please keep making music!
It is awesome how you rap over the instumentals of indie songs, you should look at rapping over Nothing To Worry About by Peter Bjorn and John. It has the potential to be really sick
so awesome, excited to listen to it Donald!
Comment by Jed — January 5, 2010 @ 4:58 pm
downloadin it now. i bet its fuckin great.
Comment by Casey Fury — January 5, 2010 @ 5:01 pm
Awesome stuff! Just posted about it on the CG last.fm page, hopefully even more people will check it out that way
Comment by Kevin — January 5, 2010 @ 5:30 pm
Donald-soooo great
Am sending it around the office now!
Comment by Cate — January 5, 2010 @ 10:16 pm
siiiiiick.
Comment by Caitlyn — January 5, 2010 @ 11:19 pm
[...] Childish Gambino (Don Glover) GOES IN over your favorite indie bands (Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Discovery, Sleigh Bells) on his new mixtape I Am Just A Rapper. These seven tracks are laced with the message that Gambino “does not talk, he is just a rapper.” Gambino’s comedic background comes across with a slew of quick-witted pop culture one-liners. He is careful not to over-saturate the humor by showing off his actual MC skills on this lead-up to his debut album The Culdesac. [...]
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instant classic
Comment by Anonymous — January 5, 2010 @ 11:30 pm
zomg childish neon!!!!!!! ahhhh ahhhh
Comment by eyepatch — January 5, 2010 @ 11:35 pm
Quite spicy…as in really nice…as in I loved it
Comment by somerandomchix — January 6, 2010 @ 1:55 am
LOVE the two songs I heard on another site but I think everyone is downloading this right now from filedropper, i can’t get the download to get going!
Comment by kevin — January 6, 2010 @ 7:43 am
this shit is hot
made me go back and download the fuck yaselves and new years mixtapes
Comment by justinallen — January 7, 2010 @ 4:05 am
This is the sickest shit ever. eargasm. so hot.
Comment by Anonymous — January 8, 2010 @ 1:33 am
[...] Donald Glover’s new mixtape Donald Glover posted his latest musical project as Childish Gambino, the I Am Just A Rapper mixtape. [...]
Pingback by Donald Glover’s new mixtape « The Daily Info — January 9, 2010 @ 1:31 am
I do not talk..I am just a rapper
Comment by falzone — January 9, 2010 @ 5:33 pm
i can fucks with this
Comment by choda brown — January 10, 2010 @ 1:39 pm
[...] almost. Childish Gambino’s new mixtape, I Am Just A Rapper, has so much potential. Yet, the results are a little [...]
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as a fellow young black man you make a nigga like me feel good about liking indie rock and rap; and literature and woody allen films also. i just have to say that it’s a great day to be BLACK! now back to finishing my “novel”.
Comment by brandon t. — January 13, 2010 @ 11:29 am
This is a great album. Congratulations and please keep making music!
Comment by Matches — January 14, 2010 @ 2:27 pm
It is awesome how you rap over the instumentals of indie songs, you should look at rapping over Nothing To Worry About by Peter Bjorn and John. It has the potential to be really sick
Comment by Kyle D. — January 21, 2010 @ 4:46 pm
do you have a version of New Prince that isn’t distorted during the louder parts? great cd.
Comment by teecee — January 22, 2010 @ 12:23 am