History AwesomeMusic / ChildishGambino

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp7eSUU9oy8 Redbone]] makes you believe Gambino was possessed by Bootsy Collins and Prince for 5 minutes (in a good way). Also, that's him on the vocals. He's not putting his voice through a machine there.

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* "This is America"

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alg4Ub76FnM I know whatcha boy like...skinny tie and a cuff type...]]

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXahuQhadV4 There's a world you can visit when you go outside...outside...outside...we can follow the road.]] There's a world you can visit when you go outside...outside...outside...[[TearJerker No one knows oh oh oh...]]"

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwUug-ucBLc All she needed was some-]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsemxzLxF5Y Hey, centipede...]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPrWAbWniI4 "The Longest Text Message Ever"]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymWlh-4KcW8 What kind of love just stays the same...]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymWlh-4KcW8 What kind of love just stays the same...]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp7eSUU9oy8 Redbone]] makes you believe Gambino was possessed by Bootsy Collins and Prince for 5 minutes (in a good way).

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXahuQhadV4 There's a world you can visit when you go outside...outside...outside...we can follow the road.]] ''There's a world you can visit when you go outside...outside...outside...[[TearJerker No one knows oh oh oh...]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8V8DNYE2n0 "Be]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Alone"]], the opening track and the first glimpse of Bino's [[CelebrityIsOverrated twisted]][[TearJerker -by-fame]] [[CrapsackWorld world]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcARQ0KrMME "Lights Turned On"]], which is essentially the clubbiest and most upbeat song on the list, and rightfully so.
* Bino's first big break, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27d138zhyZQ "Freaks and Geeks"]]. A hyped-up beat supplemented with [[BigYes "OHHH YEEEAAAAHHH"]]'s sounding in the background and some of Bino's most clever bars. "Took the G out your waffle / all you got left is yo ego", anyone?

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWw7ii0wYE "Fire Fly"]], a 3.5 minute-long explanation of how awesome fame is...
* ...coupled up with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCPThoaNDoo "All]] [[TearJerker the Shine"]], a 6 minute-long explanation of how fame has its catches and curveballs. The song's outro, which merely has the song's instrumental stripped down of everything but the violins, is especially beautiful.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqcrtgOPbEA "Letter Home"]], a little "interlude" with Bino singing over the violins, is even more beautiful.
-->''You're all I ever wanted..''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1B_r9nC9k "Bonfire"]], the BoastfulRap's BoastfulRap.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alg4Ub76FnM I know whatcha boy like...skinny tie and a cuff type...]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7plhrsQSEE "Backpackers"]], a song that has Bino poking fun at hipsters against one of the most abrasive beats in his discography.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkWpURhvN3E "LES"]], another hipster-oriented song with a works-better-than-it-should EpicRiff consisting of, once more, ''violin''.
* Try listening to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68oooLfnoIw "Kids"]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments without smiling.]] It's one of the lighter songs on the album, with everything from the xylophone riff to Bino's gentle, soothing voice in the chorus.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgVH9vd06Xo "That Power"]], which is emotionally one of the most grandiose yet minimalistic finales to a rap album, with Bino giving a speech that puts him into the shoes of his teenage self, talking to a girl that he fell in love with at summer camp.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFbhSijV41o "I. crawl"]], which serves as an indicator that Bino hasn't gone anywhere and in fact [[HesBack has come back stronger than ever]] for his sophomore effort.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwUug-ucBLc All she needed was some-]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR5w3EufWOo "II. shadows"]], which has been recognized as one of the more [[EnsembleDarkhorse underrated]] songs on the album.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPQCra8FEew "III. telegraph ave."]], a pristine mix between R&B serenading and straightforward rapping. Special mention should go to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3f-eDzkxcw its music video]]...[[GainaxEnding you'll see why.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fanJQv7a248 "IV. sweat]][[VillainSong pants"]], which almost reaches Music/{{Eminem}} levels of not giving a fuck. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExVtrghW5Y4 Again, it wouldn't hurt to mention]] [[MesACrowd the]] [[MindScrew music video]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55nQUT7hlmU "V. 3005"]], one of the biggest radio singles of 2013, and for good reason.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccoDdoD86Hc "playing around before the party starts"]], an innocent little piano interlude.
* Wanna try and do something impossible? Step 1: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qgVLt_wWcY Listen to "II. no exit".]] Step 2: [[NightmareFuel Sleep.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zto4-lfdhMM "I. flight of the navigator"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rdQSP7Dhck "II. zealots of stockholm"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCJp--nDcNI "III. urn"]]. These may be in the running for the [[TearJerker most emotionally packed]] threesome of songs to ever be put back-to-back-to-back on an album.
* And what better way to follow that emotional powerhouse than with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOrwjGtC6IA "I. pink toes"]], the ''Camp''-iest song on the album?
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1GFGI0vHvk "II. earth: the oldest computer"]], which easily outdoes "Lights Turned On" in clubbiness by ''astronomical'' levels.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlqiYBitblQ "III. life: the biggest troll"]], in which Bino makes amends with everything and with himself, bringing the album to a sensual, proper close.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXiXzpbb3WM "Pop Thieves"]], one of the most sensual R&B songs of the [=2010s=], even with an outro consisting of Bino and Jaden Smith talking while beach ambience and tribal drum patterns reverberate in the background.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayLiAVJ6vTM "Sober"]], in all of its EpicRiff-y glory.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsemxzLxF5Y Hey, centipede...]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJiazQGSFPg "Yaphet Kotto"]], a promo single for ''BTI'' in which Bino shoots down his haters, the media, and himself.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPrWAbWniI4 "The Longest Text Message Ever"]].

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