re: Childish Gambino new single out

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Disagree. It was basically like a spoken word slam poem mixed with friendos packaged as some bold political statement. To me, it just wasn’t an entertaining song. I liked Redbone because I like Bootsie Collins, which is what it was.

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He began his career as a rapper.

I think a lot of people heard Redbone and think that's his sound. The spoken word slam poetry is pretty close to a description of a rapper, and that's the majority of his work.

This strikes me as him moving forward by trying to integrate both rap and soul. Both elements are there in This is America.