"Awaken, My Love!"

Nice pick! I really enjoyed the music - very funky! I can list a lot of albums on the official list that this should replace. I hadn’t listened to Childish Gambino before. I think I had some reluctance because this is the alter-ego of an actor and even though I have nothing against Danny Glover something about that made me suspicious. Glad someone has finally forced me past that preconceived notion because I’ve been a bit funk-deficient lately.

Excellent. Funky, spacey, creative and deeply nuanced. A little soft on the back half, but I really enjoyed it. Fave Songs: Baby Boy, Me and Your Mama, Have Some Love, Stand Tall, Redbone, The Night Me and Your Mama Met

Expected hip-hop and got Funkadelic "space funk-rock". Very cool.

Very good!

My submission Rating: 10/10

Well produced and styled, however it lacks coherence

Per usual for a Gambino album, this is a lush journey with some excellent production, arrangements, and thematics. Personally prefer Internet/Camp for their harder-hitting synth stylings and tongue-in-cheek vibe, but I can't fault Glover for exploring other genres and executing them with perfection.

Not as good as his best album imo "camp" but still an incredibly mature sophisticated album which takes you on a journey. This one is more Soul focused.

All Childish Gambino has one absolute banger of a song that keeps me coming back, but I just never enjoy the entirety of his albums that much - not sure why - kinda feels like a collection of unreleased beats - Like Atavista, which I think recently became its own album. Previously all the songs were just numbers. 3.15.20 - and thats what the songs feel like 4

This album infuses hip hop with 70s style funk and R&B in shades of Parliament/Funkadelic and Bootsy Collins. Donald Glover does a great job incorporating these influences though there are a couple of songs which don’t land. Overall, it’s one of his stronger albums.

I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Gave it a couple of listens, and must say that it was quite pleasing.

Donald Glover is a formidable talent, his TV shows Atlanta and Mr & Mrs Smith are simply brilliant. Also the single Redbone is arguably one of the songs of the decade. Unfortunately apart from Redbone there wasn't much on this album to excite me, hence it only gets a middling 3 stars from me.

"Awaken" forces a decision: Meaning or pleasant sounds? It's a weird choice in a tradition where flimsy concept ought to be granted. The album is more of a door than a destination; It's also middle-loaded. Rating-misgivings aside, it sounds great.

Holy George Clinton Worship, Batman! It’s like Donald wanted to make a nearly 1 to 1 recreation of that Funkadelic sound, and… managed to actually pull it off pretty damn well, really. Redbone has become a classic, the opening and closing tracks are outstanding, and the rest of the album is very solid. The only real dip in quality here I’d say is California… but the memories of my roommate in college dancing around naked to that song at 3 am are so burned into my memory that I can’t really hate it.

The other Gambino that needs to be on the list, full stop. I am happy you added this, since I couldn't after adding Because the Internet.

7/10. This was good. I feel like there's something about Childish Gambino that just doesn't quite click for me, and if it did I'd be convinced it was the greatest thing ever, or whatever.

I'm a fan of Glover in general but sometimes feel like the music trends to style over substance, though maybe I haven't given the lyrics sufficient scrutiny. And the style is very stylish indeed.

Another childish Gambino album? ffs. It's not bad but I didn't really want to hear it. 3/5.

The album where CG ascended out of the known universe to better humanity

Just one of the best from one of the best. Redbone felt like such a revelation when it came out, and still hits very hard. Unlike the rest of his albums, and yet totally of a chord with all of it.

Kinda blown away by this guy's range of talents. A dazzling postmodern hybrid that evokes a wide range of influences.

I've never listened to any of Donald Glover's work, other than the one album that was on the original 1,001 albums list. Like that album, this also surprised me a bit, feeling more like classic R&B than what I would think of as hip hop. 3 stars.

There's no impressive, energizing or motivating rhythm, ...it's just conventionally boring.