My third featured Childish Gambino song in the past few months earns its spot here thanks to one of the more compelling videos I’ve seen in awhile.
‘Bonfire’ is the hardest song on Childish Gambino’s debut album, Camp, the track most like traditional rap. It features the sort of casual misogyny and boasts about his rapping prowess that have been trademarks of hip-hop albums for decades.
Top Ten Songs of 2011 – #8
Childish Gambino’s full-length debut, Camp, is the best rap album I’ve heard in years.
Donald Glover is a gifted rapper and an even more gifted lyricist, spitting hilarious, often thought-provoking, rhymes over meaty beats that belie the lack of star power behind the production.
I’ve discovered the mega-talented Donald Glover twice in the past year. First, as the hilarious college student Troy on NBC’s Community, and more recently as the superb rapper Childish Gambino.
Glover adopted his rap name after using the Wu-Tang Name Generator and after releasing a few digital mixtapes and EPs put out his first studio album, Camp in November.
