Promotion for the album began mid-August of this year. Childish Gambino’s latest release Because the Internet, is the culmination of trial and error, growth and development and straight grinding- the end result is an artist coming into his own. Moving onward form Royalty, it was evident that Childish Gambino made drastic improvements lyrically, and his confidence on the mic seemed to be at an all-time high.įrom the attempts to define personal struggles in Camp, to the boastful swag raps heard in Royalty, the most consistent element in Gambino’s music is his search for an identity. Royalty served as a preview of what Gambino could bring to the table among some of the most well renowned rappers in the game. In an attempt to appease naysayers, Royalty was filled with some of the hottest names in rap: Wu Tang Clans RZA & Ghost Face Killah, Danny Brown, Nipsy Hussle, School-boy Q- and the list goes on. Gambino’s follow up to Camp, was the 2012 mix tape, Royalty.
Though well received by critics, Hip-Hop purists refused to accept Gambino as an MC. After a series of mix tape releases, Gambino’s first studio album, Camp (2011), was met with mixed reviews.
Creditability is an essential factor to fans of the genre, and Childish Gambino has his questioned constantly. Hip-Hop fans have had a hard time accepting Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino as a creditable artist in the Hip-Hop industry.
