It's a departure, an update of the past, a statement of artistic intent from one of the true polymaths of the millennial era, but above all, "Awaken, My Love" is a stone-cold blast from beginning to end.
It's true that the album owes a deep debt to the sounds that inspired it, but there are times when the music, voices, and words come together to make something that sounds owned by Childish Gambino alone. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Lp, Exactly what i expected it to be. The songs are all as memorable as Bootsy Collins' star-shaped sunglasses, and Glover's vocal gymnastics and impassioned delivery vault things past into more rarified air. Awaken, My Love (2LP Vinyl Box Set): Childish Gambino, Childish Gambino, Childish Gambino: Amazon.ca: Music Music Rap & Hip-Hop Pop Rap Currently unavailable. Awaken, My Love (2LP Vinyl Box Set) Childish Gambino (Artist, Contributor) Format: LP Record. A sonic evolution described as R+B meets Pink Floyd, an amalgamation of rock, funk and soul influences blending genres for further progression of the rapper’s sound. Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love - 2x LP Vinyl Box Set 67. It's not an academic exercise by any means, though. The third studio album from actor-writer-rapper multihyphenate Childish Gambino, Awaken, My Love is available here on vinyl. Göransson and the tight crew of musicians must all be dedicated students of the era's sounds, and they play with controlled passion and fire. Empowering pop-soul songs ("Have Some Love"), gloomy tales of the entertainment biz ("Zombies"), late-night detours into true love ("Redbone") - everything Glover tries comes off just right and every note on every song is perfectly placed. Tripped-out ballads like "Me and Your Mama" and "Terrified" bump up against massive jams like "Riot" and "Boogieman," and totally oddball moments like "California" match up well with heartfelt songs about fatherhood ("The Night Me and Your Mama Met," "Stand Tall"), which give the album its heart. Childish Gambino Awaken, My Love Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress. Glover and Göransson construct the album like a soundtrack to a nostalgic trip, hitting all the sweet spots of that magic moment when funk and soul got truly odd and inspiring. Childish Gambino Awaken, My Love - LP Vinyl Record 12&034 - NEW Sealed 810599021900 eBay Childish Gambino Awaken, My Love Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress. Awaken, My Love is a bold departure from the hip-hop sound of his previous work, and finds the Atlanta star evolving into full-on funk and R&B mode. He doesn't have a classic soul singer's voice, but what he does have is personality and it comes through loud and clear, even through the murkiest moments of nasty funk. He does use his voice like an acrobat, though, sometimes crooning sweetly, other times screaming like a demon. "Awaken, My Love!" has fuzz guitars, vintage synths of all kinds, burbling organs, grimy basslines, and masses of backing vocals adorning the songs the influence of Sly Stone and George Clinton's various groups is strong, and Glover doesn't rap at all.
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While working on his new TV series, Atlanta, Glover and his longtime sidekick Ludwig Göransson seem to have had some kind of musical awakening brought on by late-'60s dipped-in-psychedelia soul and early-'70s earthy funk. A sonic evolution described as R+B meets Pink Floyd, an amalgamation of rock, funk and soul influences blending genres for further progression of the rapper’s sound. His 2015 EP Kauai widened his approach a bit, with Glover doing more singing than rapping in a hazy modern R&B style, showing off a voice so smooth that it's almost unfair that one guy can have so much going for him. The third studio album from actor-writer-rapper multihyphenate Childish Gambino, Awaken, My Love is available here on vinyl. The album is the follow-up to 2014's EP 'Kauai,' and 2013's 'Because The Internet,' which was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards, and his debut breakthrough album 'Camp.Single LP version - Over the course of a backpack's worth of mixtapes and a couple of albums that won him commercial success, if not critical acclaim, Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover) staked a claim as one of the brainiest, weirdest, and most inventive rappers around. "Awaken, My Love!" was launched in September at 'Pharos' shows which delivered fans music in a high-sensory audio and visual presentation in the middle of the desert in Joshua Tree. It was released by Glassnote Records on December 2, 2016. We originally came to check out the shop but stayed for lunch.
"Awaken, My Love!" is the third studio album by American rapper Donald Glover, under his stage name Childish Gambino.
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