"Because the Internet" by Childish Gambino. (Glassnote Records) |
Trollish Web-culture jokes abound here (there's a song named after the indicted hacker Weev and the popular fight-video site Worldstar Hip-Hop), but it's all done in service of documenting the rootless, distracted millennial male mind. "3005" is a lush, electro-bendy production where he tries to muster up a commitment to fidelity; "Crawl" takes moves from Odd Future's gnarled, noisy goth-rap while "No Exit" nails the aimless night-driving of a guy who wants to be out late but suspects he's too old for this.
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For fans who will miss his less-than-entirely-jovial exit from his day job on "Community," "Because the Internet" carves a place for him in today's Web-addled indie-rap world, even if some offline fresh air might do him some good as well.
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Childish Gambino
"Because the Internet"
Glassnote
Two and a half stars