Donald Glover a.k.a Childish Gambino has once again proven his propensity to surpass all expectations in his rapping capabilities (as well as almost everything else he does) in his latest mixtape "Royalty"
Almost representative of an intricate movie, Donald Glover features "Royalty" along with a star studded cast of rappers, actors and producers (and even athletes!)who take us through an array of various contrasting scenes that go on to display the immense growth and development from Childish Gambino as both a rapper and producer.
Young Gambino starts the mixtape by flexing his "Hollywood status power-ess" with Los Angeles Clipper's star Power Forward Blake Griffin on the introduction saying "This is Blake Griffin...and this is Royalty" (which is random as hell, but I still can't deny the fact that it IS dope that he got Blake Griffin to hop on his mixtape period)...from this point we transition into the Gambino and Ludwig assisted production "We Ain't Them" where we hear Childish Gambino's growth as an artist almost immediately with his content focusing primarily on his recent life experiences and conversations with his family about leaving 30 rock to pursue music (pretty deep shit)
...which runs into the next Gambino production "One Up" where we finally hear Steve G Lover (Steve Glover - Donald's younger brother) rip the first verse followed by his brother to finish up the track with some pretty dope punchlines...Meanwhile, the next couple few tracks take us into a deeper perspective of Childish Gambino's newly acquired rapper status and the material objects that come along with it in both Boi-1da (Drake's producer) assisted "Black Faces" and "Unnecessary"
Overall...we see a display of skills from Donald Glover that has gone from "childish" to a more mature flow supported by better production and developed lyrics. "Royalty" serves its intentional purpose as a well crafted mixtape for the fans to enjoy as we anxiously look forward to his next piece of work.
Subject Matter: 3
Lyrics: 3
Flow: 4
Production: 4
Overall: 3.5/5 Mics. Dope.
-KJ
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