Reaction/Breakdown of Childish Gambino - Awaken My Love

[@lusciousluie]

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[@Jpeh16]

Childish Gambino/Donald Glover is really one of the most talented celebrities there is. The guy was already a succesful actor and comedian. Then he became an extremely succesful rapper and then he suddenly decided to drop this album right here. Also, the series "Atlanta" which he produced/writes/stars in is one of my favorite series ever

[@lusciousluie]

Yeah my friends and I were talking about him. He really can do it all! I love his vision, I'd be curious in seeing a recent film directed by him!

[@sivemdlalose9636]

@@lusciousluie his magnum opus is actually a TV show called Atlanta. I don’t know that he’s done any non-music related feature films yet in his capacity as a director.

[@emogambino295]

This is Bino's magnum opus imo. This is the culmination of his growing pains as an artist in his early days of mixtapes where he was sure he wanted to be a rapper, but didn't know if he had what it took. To establishing himself with CAMP and solidifying himself; to breaking everyones expectations with Because of The Internet, and then using all of his knowledge and life experiences to create this. Awaken, My Love. A soul-funk (dare I say) masterpiece and simply a completely overlooked piece. You enjoying it as much as you did shows that by itself.

[@lusciousluie]

I haven't heard anything else from him but I can see an evolution from his previous lives as an actor and comedian.

[@emogambino295]

@@lusciousluie if you listen to nothing else, listen to Because of The Internet. There’s a few commercial hits on there but the album from top to bottom is genius. Wordsmithing as well as being able to interweave current events from that time into this dystopian universe he was creating was just godsend. Timeless album for sure.

[@tokilladaemon]

Hell yeah. This absolutely knocked my socks off the first time I listened to it

[@lusciousluie]

100% Me and Your Mama is that song

[@topkali2118]

If you’re a drummer, I highly recommend you to listen to “Random Access Memories” by Daft Punk, which features some of the most crisp and best drumming I’ve honestly heard, not to mention the incredibly clean production and engineering.

[@Clockles87]

You're nailing it with these album selections

[@lusciousluie]

Thank you! Plenty more to come!

[@vinnierrocks]

Absolute masterpiece of an album, Gambino is another level of creative. Loved this reaction man

[@lusciousluie]

Thanks vinnie! yeah his funk screams were giving me goosebumps! loved this one

[@Mehwei]

Me and Your Mama reminds me sooooo much of the Beatles I Want You (She’s so Heavy)

[@sivemdlalose9636]

Baby Boy feels like it mutated out of Just Like A Baby by Sly Stone, apparently they pulled a sample from it but from what I can tell they probably replayed that drum pattern. There’s a lot of funkadelic on this album too.

[@lusciousluie]

Interesting! I'll have to listen to that one cause I really liked what was happening musically there.

[@myxomatosis455]

Such a great album. So unique in today's n age. Will never get old for me.

[@miscellanea3104]

yo, you should check out glorious miscellanea by ruru, its got a bunch of really interesting rhythm and sound design! another album that i think is really incredible is fever dreams of a floating woman by kiri no mikoto. its mostly instrumental but i think that the flow of the album and the moods and themes it delivers are really really amazing

[@SteezKaytranada]

you're back!! greaaaaat album from gambino and the intro was insane man i love it

[@lusciousluie]

Definitely a great album and yeah that intro was soooo crazy!!

[@jaelyyyn]

Such an underrated album

[@lusciousluie]

loved it instantly

[@xavvi]

Underrated? It was critically lauded upon release, commercially successful, and ended up winning a Grammy. How much higher rated can it get??

[@fivestarcrest]

@@xavvi it can get 10/10 score

[@matitarantino5417]

Maaan I do really hope you continue to make your videos and keep improving. I love your insight on the artistry as well as your frequent, short and sweet commentary in between the lines. Have a great day and keep on smiling :)))

[@iseko4094]

Lesssgoooo i love this album 😄 we need BTI reaction now m'y second favorite album of all time

[@lusciousluie]

Oh I'm really curious about BTI now!

[@xavvi]

​@@lusciousluie BTI is a verrrrrrry different album, might be jarring going backwards from this, but to me if you read up on the concept beforehand and then go in understanding it's much more of a hip hop album with experimental elements and a running concept behind it, you'll enjoy it. I really love BTI but the context matters for it.

[@fivestarcrest]

underrated channel ngl, one recommendation is to make videos in at least 1080p

[@Torrymania]

Raise your volume UP PLEASE!!

[@garanhollow4493]

Love your video so much Luie. I wonder if you can add the volume up cuz your videos are quiet 😂

[@lusciousluie]

Thank you! That's a comment I get a lot, idk why my mics come out so quiet... I'll double and triple check my volume levels from now on lmao

[@itsberzerk9279]

such a cool album

[@lusciousluie]

It really is. I was just vibing the whole way!

[@illson2019]

Great album. Reminds me of D Angelo’s Voodoo

[@lusciousluie]

I've gotten Voodoo recommended a couple of times! I'm going to have to listen to it soon!

[@illson2019]

@@lusciousluie You should. Voodoo is a classic. The Legendary Questlove from the Roots is on the drums

[@sivemdlalose9636]

@@illson2019 Fun fact, D’Angelo actually cut the drums himself on quite a few of the songs on there. Especially where you can hear it’s not too much going on besides a consistent pocket groove in that slurred Dilla style like on The Root and Untitled (How Does It Feel)

[@E30John]

Lets gooo

[@lusciousluie]

yes!! thanks for being here early!

[@isac120in]

You should try to react to King Crimson!

[@lusciousluie]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@bulletfastspeed]

His style isn't funky. This was a MASSIVE switchup from his previous sound (and a great switchup, this is for sure his best album)

[@lusciousluie]

The albums style is psychedelic funk. There's samples from a band called Funkadelic. It's funk.

[@atmbcito]

YOOOOOO

[@lusciousluie]

YESS!

[@dexistrash7668]

i feel like you're either the type of person to have never heard of them or the type that's literally listened to all their music but it'd be really cool to see you react to twenty one pilots! it's kind of a hit or miss (i think lol) but 50% of the band is a drummer and they have a lot to look into lyric-wise so maybe you'd like them? vessel or blurryface is probably a good place to start

[@luke-rq7hk]

React to let’s start here by lil yachty pls

[@emogambino295]

First 👀

[@lusciousluie]

LOVE

[@blakeluis7509]

🤓

[@lusciousluie]

OOF