With Glover’s rise coinciding with Kanye West’s bizarre public decline, Childish Gambino has suddenly been positioned as the new figurehead of the cultural, political, and artistic zeitgeist. The song - which comments on America’s gun epidemic and the undue burden it puts on this country’s black communities to cope, grieve, and survive - and accompanying video directed by Atlanta co-conspirator Hiro Murai has been declared, among other superlatives, “ a true picture of America,” “ a powerful portrait of black-American existentialism,” and “ proof that Glover can thrill and challenge audiences in any medium.” That’s a lot to pull off in just four minutes and four seconds. But that can’t quite compare to the “spokesman of a generation”-style praise that “This Is America” has garnered. Sure, Childish Gambino’s most recent album, 2016’s Awaken, My Love! was nominated earlier this year for an Album Of The Year Grammy. But when it comes to less tangible properties, like buzz and prestige, “This Is America” put Glover and Childish Gambino (Glover often refers to his hip-hop alter ego in the third person) on a whole new level. In terms of sheer numbers - dollars, media coverage, worshipful fanboys - Solo has outsized importance for Glover’s career. And next week, Glover will star as a young Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story, a film he stole the moment he flashed that mega-watt grin in a teaser that aired during the Super Bowl in February. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, buoyed by near-unanimous praise on social media and from professional pundits. This week, his latest single as Childish Gambino, “ This Is America,” debuted at No. Last week, Glover wrapped the second season of the brilliant Atlanta, a series that has only grown funnier and queasier as it’s progressed. "Gang" played in Atlanta episode 3, "Go For Broke." It's Max P's biggest hit to date.In the quest to win 2018, Donald Glover is already blowing out the competition early in the second quarter. So to brace yourself for Thursday's premiere, here are the songs from Atlanta Season 1 that go the hardest (in no particular order.) Considering Glover pushes the boundaries in whatever he does, expect the Atlanta Season 2 soundtrack to go even harder - even if it's capitalizing on this year's wave of new RnB such as Sonder's "Too Fast" (featured in the promos). Migos, for example, are hardly just a group of rappers and more like a cultural phenomenon. The evolution of trap can be seen through its innovators. Glover chose Jay Critch x Rich The Kid "Did It Again " because it reminded him of Tay-K's breakout hit, "The Race." Glover mentions one song in the New Yorker piece that suggests the series will respond to trap's mainstream awakening. It's too early to tell what Glover and his trusted confidant, Stephen Glover, have in store with their sonic vision for Atlanta Season 2. "That's like the best song ever so." That record wasn't actually in Atlanta, but the Migos cameo will go down as one of the hottest TV collaborations of recent history, and probably something only Glover could accomplish as a respected musician, artist, rapper, writer, and all-around renaissance man. "I really want to thank Migos for making "Bad and Boujee,"' Glover said. Glover echoes this sentiment in his now-famous Golden Globes speech after Atlanta won. As Tad Friend writes in his recent profile of Glover in the New Yorker, the goal was to make Atlanta feel as vital as the music that makes up half its soundtrack. Regardless, any Atlanta fan recognizes hip hop at the foundation of the series. Donald Glover doesn't necessarily see it that way, and to be fair lots of artists who were heavily featured in the show's first season, such as Rich The Kid, were well on their way before Atlanta got poppin. Yes, we can give Atlanta credit for making sure the youth appreciate "Knuck If You Buck," but the series is also a platform for budding artists.
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