![]() However it has been a staple of American breakfast cereals for over 30 years. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.In the UK, cookie crisp has only been around for 10 years and has always featured a wolf as a mascot. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. ![]() NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. His latest album is called "Awaken, My Love!" Our reviewer is Tom Moon.ĬHILDISH GAMBINO: (Singing) I'm in love when we are smoking that la, la-la, la-la, la-la.Ĭopyright © 2016 NPR. I'm in love when we are smoking that.ĬORNISH: Donald Glover is Childish Gambino. From the freaky bone-rattling bass right up to the falsetto vocals, "Awaken, My Love!" celebrates the kind of groove-making that can free your mind.ĬHILDISH GAMBINO: (Singing) I'm in love when we are smoking that la, la-la, la-la, la-la. With this project, he's changing camps, shifting his emphasis from brainy wordplay to elaborately textured updates of '70s funk. MOON: Since he first appeared, Donald Glover's aligned himself with hip-hop culture. Boogieman, you've got help us, can you? Yes, you can. It's all loose and off-the-cuff, a jam session laced with calls to unity and occasionally profound observations about inequality, race and fear.ĬHILDISH GAMBINO: (Singing) But if he's scared of me, how can we be free? Yes. If you point a gun at my rising sun, though we're not the one. It's thrillingly alive music, not some sort of studied throwback.ĬHILDISH GAMBINO: (Singing) With a gun in your hand, I'm the boogieman. In its place, deep old-school backbeats and wildly passionate singing, think Prince, Sly and the Family Stone and especially Funkadelic. There's very little of his high-speed 10-ideas-per-minute rap style. MOON: Out of that cauldron comes a head-swiveling left turn, a Childish Gambino makeover. My peanut butter chocolate cake with Kool-Aid, I'm trying not to waste my time. By day, he and a team of writers developed scripts for his TV show "Atlanta." Then at night, the Swedish composer Ludwig Goransson and other musicians would join Glover for marathon explorations of psychedelic soul.ĬHILDISH GAMBINO: (Singing) Too late, you want to make it right, but now it's too late. TOM MOON, BYLINE: For his latest project, Donald Glover transformed a house in the Hollywood Hills into a multi-purpose creative headquarters. (SOUNDBITE OF CHILDISH GAMBINO SONG, "REDBONE") It's called "Awaken, My Love!" Reviewer Tom Moon says even if you know Glover's work, this album will surprise you. Hold up.ĬORNISH: Glover recently released his third Childish Gambino album. And if I lose my mental, just hold my hand even if you don't understand. GLOVER: (As Earnest Marks) It's like a very deep curry.ĬORNISH: But right now, we're going to talk about his musical alter ego, Childish Gambino.ĬHILDISH GAMBINO: (Rapping) I mean it, between us I think there's something special. ZAZIE BEETZ: (As Van) Are you kidding (laughter)? It was a burglar.ĬORNISH: Or perhaps you've caught his new hit show on FX, "Atlanta." He's the creator and star. Maybe you know comedian and rapper Donald Glover from his roles on TV shows like "Community" and "30 Rock."ĭONALD GLOVER: (As Troy Barnes) Cookie Crisp mascot wasn't a wizard when I was a kid. ![]()
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