Childish Gambino – I Do Not Talk (Mixtape)

posted by: Lydia New Music Daily

Childish Gambino has dropped another mixtape. You might ask, ‘didn’t he just release an EP a week or two ago?’ And I will respond, ‘Why yes, but this is different; this is a journey through Gambino’s evolving career as a rapper.’

So anyway…there are Gambino-lovers and Gambino-haters. Many of the haters base their argument on his tendency to rap about misogynistic matters and the size of his anatomical parts, which he does like to do. But listen to everything else he says, and tell me it’s not comical. Am I a girl? Yes. Was I a Human Rights major? Yes. Can I still take a step back and realize that this is a comedian we’re listening to, whose humor may at times be inappropriate, but it’s still sprinkled with SAT-vocabulary words, multisyllabic rhymes, and concepts that carry through the entire song? Yes. My advice to you haters? Take his foul words lightly, listen to everything else in the song, and realize that this kid can actually rap and flow. Enjoy his music for what it is.

Gambino’s take on the project:

My friend Errol and I have been working on “I Do Not Talk” for a very long time. He’s been perfecting the tracklist and has done a truly amazing job. The mixtape starts off with a Donald that is rough around the edges and takes you from there through his artistic development one song at a time. You see him rectify aspects of himself, such as changing his voice to sound nasally, and grow into the artist that we know today.

Donald might dislike his older material and without question has gotten better, but there is some serious integrity in the writing from the beginning that is made clear on this mixtape. The music selection of I Do Not Talk perfectly leads listeners into Culdesac. And in my opinion, is a must have for all fans and Hip Hop aficionados.