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I first heard Donald Glover threaten to off Childish Gambino at Governors Ball in 2017.
Thirteen years and several revolutions in Black youth culture later, Glover is no longer the outlier or underdog.
It doesnt really serve you as well as you want.
He sought to wedge in between the old role models, to mint new molds.
As he toldHot Ones Sean Evans, There needs to be an alternative to aggressive posturing in rap.
It tracks that Glover would tire of the platform he used to tell everyone he was just different.
The former lingers as a document of a time when the phrase Stay woke!
& Mrs. Smith) meeting a lore-hungry public.
Glovers gambit paid off.
Together they outline the boundaries of the project through restless twists.
It peruses familiar avenues, enjoying a last night out in a scene Glover feels hes outgrown.
The wealth of talent in the periphery says, You dont need me to do this anymore.
This project has had worse problems; this is maturation in context.
