Donald Glover's upcoming Childish Gambino album, Because The Internet, is due out December 10 through Glassnote, but you can stream it in full a week early via iTunes. His sophomore album spans 19 tracks and features guests appearances from Chance the Rapper, Azelaia Banks and Jhene Aiko. It is the follow up to 2011's debut Camp, which bowed at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on Billboard's Rap Albums chart, selling 242,000 copies.
So far we've heard the singles "Shadows," "Worldstar," "3005," "Sweatpants" (which leaked, well, because the Internet) and "Telegraph Ave" (which either leaked or was part of an "imaginative rollout").
Glover spoke with Billboard about the process of making Because The Internet and choosing his collaborators saying, "I wanted to be with real people. We had just finished touring Australia and I didn't want to go back home, so instead I went somewhere that was totally different from what I'm used to. I didn't want to make another album, really — I wanted to create a world."
The album, in a way, mirrors the sentiments of fear Glover expressed in the open letters he posted on Instagram in mid-October and explores how the Internet has disconnected people. The Internet has intrinsically played a huge role in his album — from the name, to the Instagram posts, to the song leaks, to Twitter chatter and more — as it does with the release of most music today, giving his upcoming release a true sense of relevance.
According to the article, the marketing of the album stems directly from Glover. He and the label are planning "imaginative rollouts" and "experiences" leading up to the release.
"I have a bunch of stuff planned, but the audience has as much control over it as I do," he told them. "I don't know what I'm doing. People think I have some master plan but I don't have any answers. I'm just trying to stay honest and do some dope sh*t on my way there."
Pre-orders for the album are ongoing. Check out the full album stream here, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!
Because the Internet Tracklist:
01. The Library (Intro)
02. I. Crawl
03. II. worldstar
04. Dial Up
05. I. The worst guys (feat. Chance the Rapper)
06. II. shadows
07. III. telegraph ave. (“Oakland” by Lloyd)
08. IV. sweatpants
09. V. 3005
10. Playing Around Before the Party Starts
11. I. The Party
12. II. no exit
13. Death By Numbers
14. I. Flight of the Navigator
15. II. zealots of stock hold (free information)
16. III. urn
17. I. pink toes (feat. Jhene Aiko)
18. II. earth: The oldest computer (The last night) (feat. Azealia Banks)
19. III. life: the biggest troll (andrew auernheimer)
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