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Childish Gambino Is Eclectic As Ever On “Bando Stone And The New World”

July 19, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Childish Gambino marches to the beat of his own drum. He’s never made the same album twice, whether it be the pop-rap opus Because the Internet or the funky Awaken, My Love. The sounds are different, and the themes wildly varied. This pattern is upheld with the latest (and possibly last) Gambino album. Bando Stone and the New World is a wildly eclectic collection of music, blending and melding genres at every turn. It may be Childish Gambino’s most ambitious album to date. However, it may take a few listens to fully click with fans.

The off-kilter approach is evident from the opening track. “H3@rt$ W3re M3@nt T0 F7¥” is a glitchy, bass-heavy banger with unhinged vocals from Gambino and Amaarae. It doesn’t follow a conventional song structure in the slightest, but it is compelling. The rest of the album is easier to listen to, though not significantly. “Steps Beach” is a gorgeous acoustic number that evokes Childish Gambino’s tropical attire on the album cover. A similar mood is evoked on “Real Love,” which could have been a hit for an indie pop band circa 2012. These palatable moments are broken up, however, by musical left turns. “Happy Survival” is a lush instrumental piece with a repeating mantra. “Got to Be,” meanwhile, is a techo nightmare with Uncle Luke samples. Gambino, regardless of where things go, is having fun challenging his fans.

Listen To Bando Stone And The New World By Childish Gambino

H3@rt$ W3re M3@nt T0 F7¥ (featuring Amaarae)
Lithonia
Survive (featuring Chloe)
Steps Beach
Talk My Sh*t (featuring Amaarae & Flo Milli)
Got to Be
Real Love
In the Night (featuring Amaarae & Jorja Smith)
Yoshinoya
Can You Feel Me
No Excuses
Cruisin (featuring Yeat)
We Are God
Running Around (featuring Foushee)
Dadvocate
Bad One
Happy Survival (featuring Khruangbin)
A Place Where Love Goes

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Childish Gambino Reveals Tracklist For “Bando Stone And The New World”

July 18, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Childish Gambino does not do anything halfway. If anything has been gleaned from his decade plus in the limelight, it’s that he commits to whatever he’s doing. Bando Stone and the New World, his brand new album, and last under the Gambino name, is no exception. The album is being touted as one of the most ambitious of his career. The singles, “Lithonia” and “In the Night,” bear this out. With the release date right around the corner, though Gambino finally blessed fans with the official tracklist.

Bando Stone and the New World has 17 songs and multiple features. As expected, both of the lead singles are present in the tracklist. An unexpected detail, however, is that Amaarae, the singer who is featured on “In the Night,” is also present on two other songs. The R&B singer will appear on the album opener, “H3@RT$ W3RE M3@NT TO F7Y,” and the Flo Milli collab “TALK MY SH*T.” Other features on the album include Chloe, Khruangbin, Yeat and Foushee. The versatility of these artists suggests the range of sounds that fans will hear on the album.

Childish Gambino Will Experiment With Different Sounds

While previous reported collaborators like Jorja Smith and Foushee are listed on the album’s tracklist, others are absent. Steve Lacy and Kamasi Washington were two artists who attended the Bando Stone listening party in. Lacy was reported to have worked on the song “Steph’s Beach,” while Washington provided horns on a track called “Survivor.” Both are listed on the final tracklist (“Survivor” has since become “Survive”), but we can assume that both artists are merely uncredited.

What are your thoughts on the tracklist for Bando Stone and New World? Are you excited to listen to the album? Does this have the chance to be Childish Gambino’s best album based on all the information we have? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Logic. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

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Childish Gambino Reveals Why He’s Ditching Rap Moniker After New Album

July 17, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Donald Glover, AKA Childish Gambino, is currently gearing up to unleash his new album Bando Stone & the New World. The project is slated for release this Friday and will be his last under his iconic rap moniker. During a recent interview with The New York Times, he revealed why, and his explanation is more simple than one might expect.

“It really was just like, ’Oh, it’s done,’” he recalled. “It’s not fulfilling. And I just felt like I didn’t need to build in this way anymore.” While this is certainly a bold move from the multi-hyphenate, he doesn’t seem to have any apprehension. “I think grace is undervalued in the world,” Glover told the outlet. “When I put my son on my shoulders, I feel deep joy. That’s real. No one on their deathbed is going to look back and say, ‘Thank God I avoided being cringe.’”

Donald Glover Claims His Alter Ego Is No Longer “Fulfilling”

Childish Gambino Reveals Why He’s Ditching Rap Moniker After New Album — Donald Glover is seen arriving to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on June 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

As for the album itself, Glover gave fans a taste of what’s to come earlier this week with his new single “In The Night,” featuring Jorja Smith and Amaarae. The track, along with “Lithuania,” set the tone for the rest of the project and left listeners more eager than ever to hear what else the hitmaker has up his sleeve. Reportedly, there will be plenty more high-profile features for them to look forward to, as an alleged tracklist began circulating online earlier this month.

While the tracklist is still unconfirmed, the album is said to feature Yeat, Kamasi Washington, Steve Lacy, Fousheé, Chloe Bailey, Flo Milli, and more. What do you think of Donald Glover hanging up his rap moniker following the release of his upcoming album? Are you looking forward to hearing Bando Stone & the New World? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Childish Gambino’s Feature List For New Album “Bando Stone” Allegedly Revealed

July 8, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Childish Gambino’s new album Bando Stone & The New World is quickly becoming one of the most anticipated releases of the year, and for good reason. There have been a lot of great clips of reported project cuts, plus a hot new single, a revamped version of his 2020 album, and a new film to boot. But folks are speculating a lot about what features we can expect on the LP when it drops on July 19. Per some online reports, we have an alleged guest list to look at. But take it with a grain of salt, as we’re not entirely sure of where this information came from.

According to NFR Podcast, for example, Bando Stone will feature Yeat, Kamasi Washington, Amaarae (twice), Steve Lacy, Fousheé, Jorja Smith, Chlöe Bailey, Flo Milli, and Childish Gambino’s son. The platform also suggested that this information comes from the New York City listening party that he recently hosted, and that not every track from the album was previewed. As such, maybe we can expect even more features on the album in addition to these. However, it’s also entirely possible that the final version won’t include this exact list, so we’ll just have to tune in and see.

Childish Gambino’s Rumored Feature List For Bando Stone & The New World

What’s more is that this feature list is pretty exciting regardless because it points to the versatility to come on Bando Stone. After all, Childish Gambino’s lead single to this album, “Lithonia,” is a dramatic alt-rock-leaning cut that is unlike much of what he’s done in the past. With these rumored guests in mind (Fousheé and Steve Lacy were actually at the listening event), we can only expect similar lushness and variety on the project. If not, then we’re sure that Donald Glover’s mind will be enough to bring this approach.

Meanwhile, as for the Bando Stone movie, we still don’t have many details on when that will come out or how. But fans are still excited either way, and how couldn’t they be? Childish Gambino is one of the great multi-disciplinary creative minds of our time, and one that doesn’t pop up too often. So we can’t wait to see what wild world he will explore here.

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Childish Gambino Previews His New Album With Foushee & Steve Lacy At NYC Listening Event

July 7, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Childish Gambino’s new album (and multi-media project, as there’s a film involved), Bando Stone & The New World, is coming out on July 19, and fans couldn’t be more excited. Moreover, that’s especially the case thanks to a recent listening party he held in New York City to preview this new project and play some music from it. Donald Glover also tapped Steve Lacy and Fousheé to perform together, as it seems like they have a couple of collaborations on the highly anticipated LP. Either way, it made for an amazing show, and one that displayed the sheer variety and lushness that Bando Stone will presumably champion.

Furthermore, the single for this project, “Lithonia,” shows Childish Gambino moving in a more alt-rock and possibly emo-inspired direction, complete with blaring guitars, dramatic pianos, and a spotlit vocal performance. According to clips from this listening event, the album will also contain some hip-hop worship, funky passages, tender soul, electronic embellishments, and a lot of sharp and melodically serene songwriting. We’re sure that there’s even more in store, as this album comes after a pretty long wait. But what’s the fun in spoiling the surprises?

Childish Gambino, Fousheé & Steve Lacy Perform At Bando Stone Listening Party

Also, this is a very interesting rollout because it followed a curious but welcome reflection on Childish Gambino’s behalf of his past releases. The last album we got before Bando Stone was 2020’s 3.15.20, which he chose to revamp and re-release as the 2024 project Atavista. There were some notable changes and feature additions compared to the original version, plus some wholly unchanged aspects. It’s not really a common sighting in the mainstream or in the underground to handle releases in this way, so we’re glad that this experiment manifested.

Meanwhile, fans are ecstatic to hear about Childish Gambino’s new film soon, for which this new album will apparently be some sort of soundtrack. As with all things Donald Glover, he’s going to wear a lot of hats and make a whole media experience out of his creativity. You certainly won’t find us complaining, especially after how great much of this listening party material sounded. We’re all ready for Bando Stone & The New World, and we can’t wait to explore it.

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Childish Gambino Announces New Album ‘Bando Stone & The New World’ and Drops First Single “Lithonia”

July 3, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Childish Gambino has announced that his sixth studio album, Bando Stone & The New World, will be released on July 19 via RCA Records. Accompanying this announcement is the release of the album’s explosive first single, “Lithonia.” This album marks the final release under his Childish Gambino imprint.

In celebration, Childish Gambino is set to perform at Little Island in NYC on July 6. This exclusive interactive experience will offer the first listen to the new album. Tickets for CHILDISH GAMBINO LIVE FROM LITTLE ISLAND go on sale July 3 at 10 AM ET at Little Island Tickets.

Gambino also premiered the movie trailer for ‘Bando Stone & The New World’ at the 2024 BET Awards, heightening anticipation for the album’s release.

Childish Gambino will embark on The New World Tour, produced by AEG Presents this summer. The U.S. leg kicks off on August 11 at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, OK, making 33 stops across North America before concluding on October 3 at the United Center in Chicago, IL. The tour will continue across Europe/UK and Australia/New Zealand, starting in Lyon, FR, on October 31 and ending at RAC Arena in Perth, WA, on February 11. WILLOW is confirmed as direct support for North America, while Amaarae will join for the European/UK and Australian/New Zealand legs.

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Childish Gambino Announces “Bando Stone & The New World” Release Date, Fans React To “Lithonia”

July 2, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Childish Gambino has fans feeling as free as he seems on his brand-new single “Lithonia”. The veteran multi-talent just released the lead-off track for Bando Stone & The New World moments ago and it is already receiving heaps of praise. Honestly, it is well deserved, as the song beautifully produced and evokes a lot of emotion. Massive credit goes to Gambino, but also the additional producers who were brought on. They include Ludwig Göransson, Max Martin, and Michael Uzowuru, and the instrumentation perfectly matches the tone of the song. From the grand organ in the beginning to the rockin’ guitar licks, it embodies the feeling you get when you release all the stress off your mind.

It seems like that will be a heavy focus thematically speaking for Gambino on his presumed final album. Donald Glover has stated already that this is essentially the sendoff for his onstage moniker. Additionally, Bando Stone & The New World is going to be the accompanying soundtrack for his film of the same name. He is going to be wearing a lot of different hats, as he is directing, acting, and of course composing. While we now know the release date for the project, July 19, we are all still in the dark about when the movie will land in theaters. Gambino did premiere the trailer just yesterday and it will be about a former musician stranded on an island in an apocalyptic world.

Childish Gambino Has Fans Feeling Something With “Lithonia”

Finally, music has the IT back. The FEELING is back. We been missin it.

— Thomas James (@RealThomasJames) July 2, 2024

While a lot of people are looking forward to the motion picture, fans are loving what Gambino did on “Lithonia”. The raw emotion on the single is what the internet is loving about it with one person writing, “Finally, music has the IT back. The FEELING is back. We been missin it.” Another adds, “this made me wanna go do something with my life”. With the album coming in just a couple of weeks, the days are going to fly by now as we now know that this is it for Childish Gambino. But we cannot wait to see what kind of note he leaves off on when the time comes.

What are your thoughts on the release date for Bando Stone & The New World? Do you think Childish Gambino has a hit with “Lithonia”, why or why not? Will his final album be his best work yet? How do you feel about that decision? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Childish Gambino. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

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