# Childish Gambino album "Awaken My Love" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-gambino-album-awaken-my-love/776722 "2017-01-09T15:25:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-gambino-album-awaken-my-love/776722/1 "2017-01-09T15:25:56Z")
I got this album for Christmas and finally listened to it yesterday, and I thought it was fantastic. I thought it channeled P-Funk and Prince in a good way, and it was really fun to listen to while driving. Anyone else listen to it? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-gambino-album-awaken-my-love/776722/2 "2017-01-09T17:59:39Z")
I really love Gambino as a rapper, and his albums \*Culdesac \*and _Camp_ are great. But then he got more into making interesting music and higher concept albums than just dope rhymes and while I appreciate his position I’m not that in to him as a composer. That being said, this album is solid. A solid piece of modern funk. I’m not into it whatsoever but he seems to have hit his mark. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-gambino-album-awaken-my-love/776722/3 "2017-01-09T18:27:01Z")
Wow, I’ve only listened to [Me and Your Mama](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hZCsgcKa-g), but it’s enough to make me go find the rest. I probably wouldn’t have heard about this for awhile without you mentioning it, so thanks for the heads up! ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-gambino-album-awaken-my-love/776722/4 "2017-01-09T19:51:53Z")
Sooooo, he’s got this album… He and his show Atlanta just won Golden Globes… AND he’s got that Lando Calrissian thing going too… What a lazy piker, geez. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-gambino-album-awaken-my-love/776722/5 "2017-01-10T00:04:27Z")
He’s an overachiever. He’s like a comic book hero. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-gambino-album-awaken-my-love/776722/6 "2017-01-10T00:16:21Z")
Go back to school! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-gambino-album-awaken-my-love/776722/7 "2017-01-10T01:37:32Z")
Thanks, I’ll check it out.