Unforgotten: Childish Gambino - Camp [Album Review]

'After the release of Childish Gambino’s most recent musical effort in late 2016; the acclaimed ‘Awaken, My Love!’ which was a huge departure from his usual hip-hop styled music to a more soulful and funk infused sound, Glover announced that he may soon be retiring from music, or at the very least retiring his Childish Gambino moniker (a name Glover started using after entering his name on to an online Wu-tang Clan name generator). Time will tell. Preceding his first studio album ‘Camp‘, Childish Gambino released 2008’s ‘Sick Boi EP’ – although it wasn’t until 2010 efforts; ‘I AM JUST A RAPPER’, ‘I AM JUST A RAPPER 2’ and ‘Cul De Sac’, that he really began to reach a wider audience as a musician as they proved popular on music blogs and Tumblr. By the time the loosely summer camp themed album ‘Camp’ was released in 2011; a debut Donald Glover co-produced entirely with his longtime collaborator Ludwig Göransson, Childish Gambino finally had mainstream appeal and along with that, the attention of critics across the hip-hop genre. “The shit I’m doin’ this year? Insanity. Made the beat then murdered it: Casey Anthony.” – Childish Gambino – Bonfire (2011) [...]' https://www.gigsoupmusic.com/features/unforgotten/unforgotten-childish-gambino-camp-2011/