Download/Stream: Childish Gambino – "Royalty” Mixtape

Happy July 4th!, we should be seeing a fare share of mixtapes dropping throughout the day on the internet as the holiday has become a somewhat unofficial day for artists to share  something new with their fans. And on that note Childish Gambino has dropped his latest. Royalty was released, as promised, bright and early this morning and with all the previews we shared leading up to it you should be familiar with the large list of guest stars on this one. Truth be told we didn’t even know some of them and there are some surprises. Featuring people like Beck, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Bun B, Ghostface, Danny Brown, Haim, and Tina Fay you know this is going to be a must listen for fans. Check out the tracklist below and hit the link to download.

Tracklist

1. Royalty
2. We Ain’t Them
3. One Up (feat. Steve G Lover)
4. Black Faces (feat. Nipsey Hussle)
5. Unnecessary (feat. Schoolboy Q & Ab-Soul)
6. Shoulda Known
7. R.I.P (feat. Bun B)
8. American Royalty (feat. Rza & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
9. It May Be Glaour Life (feat. Ghostface k!llah)
10. Toxic (feat. Danny Brown)
11. Silk Pillow (feat. Beck)
12. They Don’t Like Me (feat. Chance The Rapper)
13. Arrangement (feat. Conage)
14. Won’t Stop (feat. Danielle Haim of Haim)
15. Bronchitis
16. Wonderful (feat. Josh Osho)
17. Make It Go Right (feat. Kilo Kish)
18. Real Estate (feat. Alley Boy, Swank & Tina Fey)

Download: Childish Gambino – ‘Royalty” Mixtape

Video: Doug Aitken's Song 1 Project

Pitchfork recently released a behind-the-scenes video on the large art installation they helped produce with artist Doug Aitken.  The project was entitled Song1 and took place at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC last April.  With the help of 11 high-def projectors a video was broadcast on the exterior of the building featuring multiples versions of the 1934 classic "I Only Have Eyes for You" by The Flamingos reworked and re-imagined by musicians such as Beck, Lucky Dragons, Devendra Banhart, James Murphy, No Age, etc..

Aitken chose this song because he associates it w/ "sonic wallpaper", something we have heard so many times on radio, TV, etc.. that it has lost its meaning and essentially fades from our consciousness.  In this project the song is warped and poked at from every angle hoping to create something new.

On May 11th, the Hirschhorn had what they call "a happening" which was a live concert in conjunction with Song 1 in which many of the musicians in question including Animal Collective's Geologist created live soundtracks outside on the lawn of the musuem to accompany the video display.  The was also broadcast live on Youtube.



BONUS - The original Song1 promotional video

Listen: Childish Gambino Featuring Beck – “Silk Pillow”

So this is pretty random. Childish Gambino and Beck have teamed up for “Silk Pillow,” which will presumably appear on the rappers forthcoming mixtape. Beck not only raps on the tune but co-produced it with Gambino as well adding some major credibility to the project for those that need it. I know I keep on saying this but really now, how many cuts from this project are going to leak before we get the full album?

Listen: Feist - "How Come You Never Go There" Beck Remix

Feist’s  "How Come You Never Go There"  from her 2011 LP Metals was recently remixed by Beck, a partnership that fits like a glove, check the results below…