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Childish Gambino – Camp

By staff Monday November 7, 2011

Actor-Rapper-Comedian? Rapper-Actor-Comedian? Whatever order you place them in, rapping is no stint on the side for Community’s Troy Barnes. With three albums under his belt all released all for free, the upcoming album Camp (due for release 15th November) marks his first commercial full-length release. Earlier in 2011 came the simply titled EP which alone probably justified a blind purchase of Camp. But for the content hungry comes some delicious early previews of the upcoming Camp.

Heartbeat (radio rip) by Childish Gambino
Bonfire by Childish Gambino

The album can be streamed in full over at NPR for free.

27 Comments

Liberi Fatali
11.07.11

The vocals on 'Outside' (which can be checked out at NPR) are particularly nice.

theacademy
11.07.11

he's not THAT bad but he's pretty bad

WeepingBanana
11.07.11

funny, i just finished season 1 of community

Deviant.
11.07.11

Yeah, I've never really gotten into this guy

Deviant.
11.07.11

And it turns out Camp just leaked

Rev
11.07.11

I love him as an actor, but I've never checked his music material. I think I'll start with Camp

Masochist
11.07.11

Saw him at SXSW in between sets at the Yelawolf/Wu-Tang show. Funny guy; the rapping wasn't too memorable, though.

Liberi Fatali
11.07.11

@thereverend I'd check out his 2011 EP first, nice short encapsulation of his style.

EaglesBecomeVultures
11.07.11

Great producer, sub par rapper. Very one dimensional and owes nearly all of his flow to Lil Wayne. Nonetheless he can still be very entertaining.

ThyCrossAwaits
11.07.11

So is the album called Camp?

Waior
11.08.11

i wish his music was as good as community is

i mean not bad, but i mean... COMMUNITY.

Fouadtoth
11.08.11

He is genius in all three fields. The Heartbeat is one of the my favorite tune. The 15 Nov is big day for him as well as for his fans. Affordable Kitchen Cabinets

EaglesBecomeVultures
11.08.11

Stream:
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/06/141934309/first-listen-childish-gambino-camp

xfearbefore
11.08.11

Just saw that this leaked the other day so probably a good idea to put the stream up. This dude is amazing, honestly, he's one of my biggest inspirations currently in life. This dude manages to excel as an actor, writer, comedian, and musician. It's amazing and gives me hope as an artist. Can't wait to listen to this!

EaglesBecomeVultures
11.08.11

Yup, I posted the stream as a news item. Record's great and made me eat a few of those words I posted above.

raggedragamuffin
11.08.11

not good music, but gotta love troy! snap snap secrettttttt

KangarooSong
11.08.11

All I have to say is "Backpackers".

Liberi Fatali
11.09.11

Apparently you people are blind and cannot see the stream link in my post that has been there the whole time....

FromDaHood
11.09.11

This is a lot better than his other stuff

AtomicWaste
11.09.11

Pretty good. And I'm not a hip hop guy by any means. But I am a fan of Donald Glover in general.

Geist
11.09.11

Agreed on the improvement of this over other stuff. He's moving into the middle-ground left after Kanye and Jay-Z went supernova.

conradtao
11.14.11

Liking this a lot.

aok
11.15.11

"he's not THAT bad but he's pretty bad" -- pretty much this. he's clearly intelligent and i love him on community, but as a rapper? meh

dcha
11.16.11

I loved Mystery Team.

FromDaHood
11.16.11

I like him but everyone at school LOVES him. I don't get what makes him especially special.

dcha
11.16.11

^^ Because high school.

tkxxx7
11.19.11

reminds me of Charles Hamilton when he first showed up

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