By Andres Tardio
Childish Gambino is giving us even more new music! After releasing his dream-inspired STN MTN mixtape on Thursday (October 2), ‘Bino released its follow-up, the KAUAI EP, yesterday (October 4). Perhaps KAUAI wouldn’t have been out so soon if it wasn’t leaked, but Gambino didn’t seem too upset by it on Twitter.
Gambino’s 7-track project includes appearances from Jaden Smith, billed as “The Boy,” who drops spoken word on cuts like “Pop Thieves (Make It Feel Good)” and “Late Night In Kauai.” Check those tracks for Smith lines about how “magic happened” in a tent, but “nothing was born, luckily.”
Gambino, who is also joined on KAUAI by Christian Rich and Steve G. Lover, uses this EP to unleash “V.3005 – Beach Picnic Version,” a melodic, rap-less version of his “3005” hit single, which appeared on the rapper’s 2013 album, Because The Internet.
Gambino recently said that his STN MTN mixtape—which was heavily inspired by his native Stone Mountain, Georgia—leads into this EP as he wakes up from a dream in Kauai.
By blending beach sounds into this project, ‘Bino helps us travel with him from Georgia to Hawaii on a musical journey that ranges from a hard hitting Gangsta Grillz mixtape to a more mellow EP on the sands of Kauai.
You can stream Gambino’s KAUAI EP below.
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