Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, is not happy with his record label. The rapper took to Twitter on Monday to slam Glassnote Records following the release of both the video for the song 'Sweatpants' and a. So this sweatpants video and blog was important to us. — Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) and it wasnt handled correctly. — Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) we were told a lot of things were gonna happen and they were all lies. Someone buy me out of this contract. — Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) a lot of people came around after our first week sales. A video made by Carter Eaton, Sophie Campbell, Olivia Campbell, Molly McCabe. Stay Woke: A Redbone. Mashup of Arthur singing 'Redbone (Stay Woke)' by Childish Gambino. Video by Mylo the Cat. Stay Woke Childish Gambino Video Redbone
But im not having another project go through this. — Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) i said 'i know how the internet works tho' my record company laughed on the phone and said 'oh really?' — Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) dont lie to me — Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) i know im not loud, or outrageous, or a white girl with a big ass, but im fuckin honest. — Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) my team is honest. Ur not on my team if ur not honest. Dont lie to me. — Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) This isn't the first time Childish Gambino has had problems with Glassnote Records over 'Sweatpants,' a track from his latest album, 'Because The Internet.' Last year,, Gambino was similarly unhappy. This song was not supposed to come out tonight — Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) im trying to create one of the more imaginative rollouts, and other people's lust for money and impatience is ruining it — Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) to be clear, im not talking about my fans, or blogs, or anyone who post my music after leaks. I want my music out — Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) but it could've been better — Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) Watch the new video for 'Sweatpants' below. Stay Woke Childish Gambino Video Redbone![]() In his as the host of last weekend, Donald Glover quipped: “I’m an actor, a writer and a singer. Some people have described me as a triple threat. But I kind of like to call myself just a threat.” As if to drive home the point that he’s scarily talented, Glover, who created and stars in the surreal FX comedy “” was also the episode’s musical guest, performing two new songs as his hip-hop alter ego, Childish Gambino. The for one of those tracks, “This Is America,” appeared the same night, and it suggests that he is actually a quadruple threat: He can dance, too. But Glover’s graceful moves aren’t exactly the point. There’s plenty of messaging about race, violence and the entertainment industry in the song and video — which helps explain why fans and critics have devoted so much time to dissecting its references and debating its meaning. Here are some of their sharpest insights. (Excerpts below are unedited.) []. ‘Donald Glover’s “This Is America” Is a Stylish, Ambitious Provocation — But What Is It Actually Selling?’ [ ] K. Austin Collins takes issue with Glover’s critique of black America’s complicity in the violence that plagues it. “I’m wary of any claim that ‘We’ are distracted from black violence,” he writes, “because who’s ‘we,’ really? Every other day of the week, America’s complaint is that the blacks doth protest too much.” ‘Making Donald Glover the “Anti-Kanye” Is Gross and Wrong and Will Backfire, So Please Don’t’ [ ] Damon Young points out the danger of setting up Glover as the antidote to another black male artist, Kanye West, whose have frustrated many fans. “Between ‘Atlanta’ and his music, Glover’s work could have an antiseptic quality, cleansing us of Kanye’s descent into anti-blackness and celebratory idiocy,” Young observes. Redbone Childish Gambino Youtube![]() “But at the very least, this comparison fails because it reduces Glover’s work to that of a palate cleanser. And also implied is that only one of these types of men can exist concurrently.” ‘The Filmmaker of the Year Hasn’t Even Made a Feature Film Yet’ [ ] Adam Nayman turns his attention to the director of “This Is America,” Hiro Murai, who got his start making music videos and has also directed many standout episodes of “Atlanta” and HBO’s recent critical favorite “Barry.” As Nayman sees it, “The power of Murai’s aesthetic is bound up in the balance between the camera’s visual overstatement and its subjects’ deadpan dismissal.”.
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