Our first Hip-Hop entry!
I am a complete sucker for amazing samples and incredible lyrics in my Hip Hop. Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover, has them in spades. I am pretty sure every Hip Hop song we’ll see on this last shares those two traits.
The alarm siren at the beginning of this song is some of the best foreshadowing I’ve heard in a Hip Hop song in a long long time. We are warned from the beginning that this song is gonna go HARD. It’s a personal hype song. Y’all better evacuate because a storm is coming. Need a boost, put it on and perform it. Come back and let me know how badass you feel. It’s three minutes of FULL SEND.
Since this is somewhat a family blog, I’ll forgo sharing full lyrics, but, I’ll share parts so you’ll know what some of my favorite wordy double meanings in Gambino’s lyrics.
“…I should be runnin’ PETA”
“Hot like a parked car…”
“…brand new whip…”
“You know these rapper dudes…”
“Rap’s stepfather…”
“PUT MY SOUL ON THE TRACK LIKE SHOES DID”
“…Casey Anthony”
This song is a roller-coaster ride. The sample used here with the guitar wails throughout just sound like a continuation of that beginning alarm sound. Perfect work-out/pregame music. Wanna feel dangerous, this song is Step 1.
I’m definitely excited to unwrap more Gambino along with more Hip-Hop entries incoming. There really are some incredibly creative and innovative artists out there mixing genres too! So much good music to share coming this year!
I actually laughed out loud when I saw what the next song was because it’s…a complete 180 from this. HAHA.
Enjoy! As always, thank you for reading. Let me know what you think!
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