Because the Internet

AlbumDec 10 / 201319 songs, 58m 2s
Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
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5.8 / 10

The onetime 30 Rock writer and Community star Donald Glover’s newest Childish Gambino album is a multi-platform project that includes guest spots from Chance the Rapper, Azealia Banks, Problem, Mystikal, Miguel, and Jhené Aiko, among others.

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Donald Glover returns with a misguided concept record that baffles more than it bangs.

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Gambino (née Donald Glover) hasn't completely grasped who he is as a recording artist, but he's almost there.

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Some of the most embarrassingly personal displays of emotional trauma this side of Weezer’s ‘Pinkerton’.

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I confess, earlier this year I was a little worried about Donald Glover, the uber-talent behind Childish Gambino.

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Album review: Childish Gambino, 'Because The Internet'. LA rapper delivers a quietly impressive second studio album, featuring the single '3005'.

Childish Gambino's second album mixes hip-hop with oddball humour, with intriguing results, writes <strong>Killian Fox</strong>

Bloated with all manner of interstitial suites and assorted skit-like stopgaps, the 19-track Because the Internet could serviceably represent the titular web Gambino finds so perplexing.

Childish Gambino may have been created as a comedy character, but there's some genuinely good music and ideas on this new album, writes <strong>Caroline Sullivan</strong>

Album Reviews: Childish Gambino - Because The Internet