Don’t get me wrong, the beat isn’t terrible I just don’t find it as good as the last two. One thing I’d like to point out is the amount that Kari Faux is in this song, having just as much time on the track as Gambino and maybe even more. The beat, taken from Faux’s song, does its job in providing a solid instrumental, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as the last two because of the annoying ringing sound present throughout the track. Gambino continues to kill it with his flow and lyrics, and Faux’s verse taken from the original song is just dope, adding to the already great track. “No Small Talk” is a remix of the Kari Faux song of the same name, and Faux herself is included as a feature on the track, Bino opting to keep her hook, one of her verses, and a bridge. The song was enjoyable and kept my expectations high for the rest of the mixtape. The track’s instrumental was simple, yet dope, allowing the focus to be on Gambino himself. Compared to the first song on the mixtape, it has a chiller, more R&B-esque vibe to it, foreshadowing the mixtape’s many different styles. Bino continues to impress on this track, still spitting fire but at a slower pace. This track is the first of many to include his singing, which he does throughout the mixtape and EP, but, just to be clear, he doesn’t overdo it as his rapping is still focal point of the project. On the next song “Fucks Given,” CG shows his musical range and switches it up by going into a singing/rapping hybrid over a slower, Nick Banga-produced beat. The track was the perfect way to start off the project and set my expectations high. Both sample choices were great and fit great with CG’s flow and hyped me up for the rest of the mixtape. Gambino’s delivery was on point throughout the whole track, matching up with the both beats, and acted as a capsule for his memorable lyrics. On the first track Gambino does what he does, spitting lyrics with his notorious, fast-paced style over a sample of Ludacris’ “Southern Hospitality” and then a sample of Rich Kids’s “My Partna Dem,” both songs being referenced in the song’s title. Gambino begins the opening track of his Gangsta Grillz mixtape “Dream/ Southern Hospitality/ Partna Dem” in a monologue where he describes a dream he had of running Atlanta, and then goes straight into the music. “Dream/ Southern Hospitality/ Partna Dem” The project as a whole is a great experience and I advise you to get both the EP and the mixtape as they go hand in hand.ġ. My thirst for more Gambino content was fulfilled after he dropped the accompanying EP KAUAI October 3rd.
The free mixtape STN MTN, which dropped October 2nd, kicks off the large Gambino project, and left me wanting more after listening to it. Combining dope beats with impressive lyricism, Childish Gambino’s STN MTN/KAUAI is well worth the listen. Ladies and gentleman, Childish Gambino, AKA Donald Glover, has just dropped a two-part mixtape/EP entitled STN MTN/KAUAI, and in true Gambino-fashion it does not disappoint.