All musicians one day must branch out and change up their typical music style, and actor/musician Donald Glover has done just that, all while having no fear of the probable backlash he may receive and has received. Donald Glover, commonly known by his stage name “Childish Gambino”, is framed by many as just a rapper who can sing. However, the release of his 2016 album, “Awaken, My Love!” has reframed him as a singer who can rap. By waiting almost three entire years, he is able to strike his fans with something they did not expect and successfully did so by dropping a rap-free soul album. Many fans across the world are not happy with Glover’s transition from the rap and hip-hop world into the soul and R&B world in which this album embodies.
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Glover’s 2011 album Camp was riddled with vulgar imageries and language. In addition, many of the tracks’ instrumentals sound very generic and underproduced. Five years later, “Awaken, My Love!” is released and it is almost hard to believe that this is the same artist that appeared on Camp. The antithetical 2016 album is much more thoughtful in the fact that the vulgarity of his lyrics has diminished immensely. Furthermore, the production quality has substantially improved. The drastic shift between the two albums marked Glover’s transition from a typical “hood” rapper that relied on vulgarity to convey his messages to a more mature rapper that relies on using the instrumentals in conjunction with his lyrics to get messages across. He went from rapping “eatin' Oreos like these white girls that blow me” (“Bonfire”, Glover) in Camp to a more thoughtful “have a word for your brother, have some time for one another, really love one another” (“Have Some Love”, Glover) in “Awaken, My Love”. This mere comparison allows one of Glover’s intention with the album to be clearly seen. He is trying to reestablish his image in the music world, one that is more respectable, and does so by radically changing his lyrical
Glover’s 2011 album Camp was riddled with vulgar imageries and language. In addition, many of the tracks’ instrumentals sound very generic and underproduced. Five years later, “Awaken, My Love!” is released and it is almost hard to believe that this is the same artist that appeared on Camp. The antithetical 2016 album is much more thoughtful in the fact that the vulgarity of his lyrics has diminished immensely. Furthermore, the production quality has substantially improved. The drastic shift between the two albums marked Glover’s transition from a typical “hood” rapper that relied on vulgarity to convey his messages to a more mature rapper that relies on using the instrumentals in conjunction with his lyrics to get messages across. He went from rapping “eatin' Oreos like these white girls that blow me” (“Bonfire”, Glover) in Camp to a more thoughtful “have a word for your brother, have some time for one another, really love one another” (“Have Some Love”, Glover) in “Awaken, My Love”. This mere comparison allows one of Glover’s intention with the album to be clearly seen. He is trying to reestablish his image in the music world, one that is more respectable, and does so by radically changing his lyrical