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Childish Gambino - Silk Pillow
Artist: Childish Gambino
Producer: Beck & Childish Gambino
Album: Royalty
Label: Glassnote Records
In the digital age it’s hard to say you’re still shocked by a collaboration. 2 Chainz was just on a track with Justin Bieber, and indie rockers routinely link up with rappers for genre-bending new music. But, honestly, I still did a double take when I saw that Childish Gambino’s new release, Silk Pillow, features…Beck. Wow, can’t say I saw that one coming. And lest you think Gambino only teamed up with Beck for the shock factor, the two also co-produced Silk Pillow, crafting an instrumental that fluctuates wildly from verse to chorus, going from slowly relaxed piano line to distorted electronica in second. Vocally Beck brings back some of that free-association, quasi-rap we first heard way back on Loser, while Gambino offers up yet more of the personal and pop culture reference heavy rhymes he’s made his name on. I’d have to imagine Silk Pillow is the most musically adventurous track off Gambino’s upcoming mixtape, Royalty, but after today anything’s apparently possible in Mr. Gambino’s world. I guess we’ll all just have to stay tuned.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on June 11, 2012
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11676 |
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Strange and unexpected, but oddly enjoyable. I don't want an entire albums worth of "Silk Pillows" but I'll always taken musical exploration.
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| Posted on May 31, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 8015 |
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This was very different, but in a great type of way. I like the flow of Childish Gambino and the delivery is pretty sick.
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| Posted on May 31, 2012 |
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Professional  Total Ratings: 20 |
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dope
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| Posted on May 31, 2012 |
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Professional Total Ratings: 20 |
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dope
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| Posted on May 31, 2012 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1227 |
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I've just started checking for Gambino and I like what I hear.
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| Posted on May 31, 2012 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2919 |
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Gambino right in his element. More where this came from.
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| Posted on May 31, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member |
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I'm not gonna say that this is necessarily a great track, but the experimentation and exploration being done here can't be a bad thing. And that's not even mentioning Glover's great delivery and verses on this track.
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| Posted on May 31, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 904 |
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Really surprising collaboration, not feeling it that much though.
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| Posted on May 31, 2012 |
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| Posted on Jun 02, 2012 |
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Eh
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| Posted on Jun 06, 2012 |
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It's dope, w/o the vocals. iTook the vocals off it & everything was good.
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| Posted on Jun 06, 2012 |
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The beat was over the top. The vocals ehh not so great!
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| Posted on Jul 08, 2012 |
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