Download: Childish Gambino – “STN MTN” Mixtape

Childish Gambino released the first part of his  two-part project STN MTN / KAUAI (STN MTN stands for Stone Mountain, Georgia, where Donald grew up. Kauai is a Hawaiian island,) an 11-track mixtape hosted by DJ Drama as part of the Gangsta Grillz series. STN MTN features production from Nick Banga, Black Party, Kari Faux, Zaytoven, Big Soj, and his partner in crime Ludwig. Guest emcee’s are sparse with an appearance by Young Scooter. Grab the tape HERE.

Video: Childish Gambino – “Clapping For the Wrong Reasons” Feat. Flying lotus, Chance The Rapper, Trinidad Jame$ & more.

After teasing at such a project several weeks back  we now have the director’s cut of Childish Gambino’s 24-minute short film titled “Clapping For The Wrong Reasons” The short features  Donald himself, Chance The Rapper, Flying Lotus, Trinidad Jame$, and several other Gambino collaborators and friends . The film falls someplace in-between truth and fiction it would seem with parts functioning as a preview of sorts to new Gambino music while other moments seem to focus on scripted narrative about life, relationships, dreams and more. Things get pretty strange during the last third when Gambino pulls a tooth out of his nostril in a scene that wouldn't be out of place in a horror film. Weird stuff but well worth the watch if you are a fan and another interesting chapter from Glover’s creative repertoire.

Directed by Hiro Murai.

Listen/Download: ”Childish Gambino – “Centipede”

It’s been a minute since we heard anything new from Childish Gambino and having recently announced that he would be cutting back on acting to focus on music we get a taste of what’s to come with “Centipede.” It’s a pretty long track clocking in at six minutes but Gambino most certainly makes good use of the time production wise as the track changes in tone several times in its course. Listen to/download below…

Download: Chance The Rapper – “Acid Rap” Mixtape

Chicago emcee Chance the Rapper released one of my favorite mixtapes last year with Ten Day, he has been gaining much steam and deserved acclaim since with talk from behind the scenes reaching a fever pitch with today's release of Acid Rap. Appearances come cutesy of Childish Gambino, Ab Soul, Lili K, Action Bronson, Gypsy  and more with production from J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Ceej for Two9, Nate Fox, Ludwig Gorransen, and Jake One to name but a few. 

Download the 13 track tape HERE or HERE and start trippin'.

BONUS:
Chance The Rapper – “Smoke Again Ft. Ab-Soul” Video

Behind The Scenes of Acid Rap

Video: Chance The Rapper – “NaNa”

It’s been a minute since we last checked in with Chicago emcee Chance the Rapper. He has been gaining much steam since his exceptional mix tape dropped last year, which coincidentally made my year end list, and come April 30th he will be dropping his latest entitled  Acid Rap. For “NaNa” Gallery 1988’s head honcho Jensen Karp hands over a check for $5000, the mission? Film a video.  Comedian Hannibal Buress (who directed the clip) and Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) also make appearances.

Video: Childish Gambino - "L.E.S."

Childish Gambino released the video for Camp track “L.E.S.” The clip only see’s Gambino in a cameo like appearance and instead features images of people enjoying a night out in as the title states, New York City’s Lower East Side.

Download/Listen: Heems – “Wild Water Kingdom” Mixtape

Well after several delays Das Racist’s Heems returns with a brand new solo mixtape, Wild Water Kingdom. This one has guest  appearances  from Safe, Childish Gambino and Lakutis and production from the likes of Mike Finito, Steel Tipped Dove, Beautiful Lou, Shaleik, BLKHRTS and more. Grab it below...

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Listen: Flying Lotus - "Flotus"

Flying Lotus is out doing the rounds promoting his latest LP , Until The Quiet Comes and on Saturday the producer stopped by BBC Radio 1 to throw down a mix for Diplo & Friends and dropped an unreleased gem in the form of “Flotus”. Apparently, the Los Angeles producer planned on having Childish Gambino rap on the track, or even Kendrick Lamar. He added, “whoever gets to it first. I didn’t think people would care about that beat.”

Throwback Thursday’s: McDJ Mixtapes (Childish Gambino)

Another Throwback Thursday is here and with it some more goodies to share. This week we got nine mixtapes for you to download for absolutely free, that’s right count em’  that’s  one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine!  While we have shared plenty of music from Donald Glover under his hip hop moniker, Childish Gambino, we haven’t really discussed his DJ alter ego, mcDJ. Keep in mind that this isn’t unreleased or remixed Childish Gambino material, these are DJ mix’s that Donald has put together over the years that jump between a variety of music from rap to rock to electronic to indie and more, showcasing a different side of the talented Renaissance man.  If you don’t have some of these or even any of them well you are all caught up now because to my knowledge these are all of them. 

DOWNLOAD:

Illin-Noise

Fuck-Yaselves!

Utterances of theHeart

Love Letter in an Unbreakable Bottle

The Works –Remixes Vol. 1

New Year’s Eve Mix

A Charlie Brown X-Mas EP

Apple Sauce Fiona Apple Remix Album

mcDJ is a Very Funny DJ (rough draft)

Video: Childish Gambino – “Firefly”

Childish Gambino returns to his commercial release Camp for his latest video “Fire Fly.” Donald himself only makes an indirect appearance in the video instead enlisting actors to portray the narrative which has got a 90’s action vibe to it ala Hackers.

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

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: Childish Gambino Ft. Nipsey Hussle – “Black Faces”

Last week we got to hear the Heems-featuring cut, “Tell Me,” this week Childish Gambino lets loose another new tune called “Black Faces.” This one features Nipsey Hussle and production by Boi-1da. Look out for a new mixtape to drop soon before Gambino has run out of tracks to leak.

Listen: Childish Gambino Ft. Heems – “Tell Me” (Radio Rip)

It’s been about a week, which means yet another ChildishGambino tune has leaked. This one features Heems from Das Racist and is titled “Tell Me”.  Like many of the recent drops “Tell Me” signifies a change in sound for the rapper. What ever the case two of my favorite MC’s collaborating is always a good thing. Check the radio rip out below…

Listen: Childish Gambino – “We Ain’t Them”

Yet another new Childish Gambino song to share this evening in the form of “We Ain’t Them.” Gambino pulling the double duty with this one acting as vocalist and co-producer. There is a definite change in direction in these last couple of songs, things seem to have gotten more serious. What say's you?

Listen: Childish Gambino ft. Schoolboy Q – “Unnecessary”

Childish Gambino has been steadily dropping news tunes as of late, some rumored to be from his forthcoming mix tape while others have been confirmed by the rapper to not be appearing on the tentatively titled Royalty. With “Unnecessary” Gambino goes for something a little darker than we are used to from the often light hearted rapper.  Donald also produced this one and gets some help on the mic from Schoolboy Q, enjoy below…

Video: Childish Gambino débuts Four New Songs At The Switch

Last night, rapper/funny man Childish Gambino performed a secret show in LA as a part of “The Switch,” the latest live component of La Blogotheque. Included in his set were four new, untitled, songs that will presumably appear on his upcoming mixtape tentatively entitled Royalty. You can check out videos of each of the cuts below, note that the names of these songs are unconfirmed and any labels are purely speculative.

Video: Childish Gambino – “"You Know Me" (Live remix) Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Danny Brown, Coachella 2012

ChildishGambino destroys on this one inviting Kendrick Lamar and Danny Brown to help out with a live remix of “You Know Me” at this years Coachella. These three cats occupy unique corners of the rap universe that don’t necessarily often meet but it all works well on this one. 

Listen: Childish Gambino – “Eat Your Vegetables”

Despite rescheduled tour dates due to a foot injury and the return of Community, Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, has found time to return with a new cut. Titled “Eat Your Vegetables”the track will presumably appear on his forthcoming Mixtape. 

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Video: Childish Gambino – “Heartbeat”

Childish Gambino dropped the Kyle Newachec directed video for “Hearbeat” from the his 2011 LP Camp this morning; Gambino had this to say of the clip.

"I do not really have a set of things in mind. I thought the best way to convey the feeling that's in the song was to be confused ourselves," Gambino told MTV News last week. "I guess when it's all said and done, fans should be able to check this out and just see my visualization of the song."