I Am Just a Rapper

Hip-Hop · 2010 · 7 tracks · 24m

I Am Just a Rapper

Childish Gambino

Rapid-fire punchlines delivered over raw indie-rock samples. A lo-fi time capsule of 2010 internet culture recorded in a bathroom on a laptop microphone.

January 5, 2010 · Not On Label (Childish Gambino Self-released)

A restless, clever, and unpolished burst of creative energy that captures the DIY spirit of the early 2010s internet.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks · 24m

01

New Prince (Crown on the Ground)

3:49

02

Bitch, Look at Me Now (Two Weeks)

4:03

03

49ers (Orange Shirt)

2:26

04

My Girls (My Girls)

3:37

05

I Can Hear Your Feet (Sunrise)

2:55

06

The Truth (Goth Star)

3:18

07

I Love Clothes (Deadbeat Summer)

4:03

Moments Worth Listening For

The jarring contrast between the distorted Sleigh Bells guitar and Gambino's high-velocity delivery on the opening track.

The way the Grizzly Bear 'Two Weeks' piano riff provides a surprisingly soulful bed for a string of rapid-fire punchlines.

The lo-fi vocal bleed where you can hear the room acoustics of a bathroom recording session during the quieter Animal Collective loops.

Where This Album Departs

How does I Am Just a Rapper sound next to the rest of Childish Gambino's catalogue?

Bedroom Production+1.9σ

The production is pushed notably harder into bedroom production than this artist usually allows.

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