"Awaken, My Love!" [LP]

Came in great condition. wrapped carefully for transit. No scratches!

This is an album for music fans. People who like Marvin Gaye. People who like the Beatles. People who like Kanye West.The album is going to gain most of the negative votes due to its genre. The music is much more of fusion of funk, rock, electronic, and R&B than anything else (to the disgust of the rap fans who were hoping for a Gambino mix tape kind of vibe).I'm a fan of his hip hop, but I also am a big fan of a lot of various genres, including those this album encompasses, so I suppose I may be an exceptional case in regards to appreciating what he's created here. That said, he deserves any accolades he garners for this effort. This is his best album bar none. His mix tapes are mixed bags. This contains a very finished product with some songs going through several progressions, all sonically linked and yet distinct and interesting.There are definite Pink Floyd vibes I get in this, a la Dark Side of the Moon. There's also some Beatles vibes, a la She's So Heavy. Hwoever, it's not ripping anything off. It's not repackaged nostalgia. It's a definitely unique, original, and novel album. The sound itself encompasses a lot of the pop music sounds of the last 50 years in a way that is supremely impressing. This is, in my opinion, the best pop album of the year. For rap fans, Life of Pablo and Blonde are probably better albums in the sense of being hip hop albums. There are definitely aspects of the album that speak to a soul and funk influence, but I would be hard pressed to call the album a soul album or an R&B album.That said, to any real music fans, you really should get this album. I can't express enough how impressed I was to find that Gambino put out an album that musically is more impressive than any other I've heard this year (perhaps barring Blonde, but maybe not). 5/5

My friend loved it so much!

Love this limited edition vinyl. Love that the vinyl is blue, super cute. Also delivered quick!

This is one of our favorite albums to play when we have guests! Entire album is so strong!

Good vinyl, I wish they would have showed a picture of what the actual vinyl looked like. I was thinking it could be a blue color but it was actually just black.

A huge shift from Donald Glover's previous work, but not unexpected (given the singles he has released for the album), and by no means a bad addition to his discography.It's understandable for many to be left wanting the slick verses and tongue in cheek humorous tone of previous albums, but I would encourage Glover fans to give it a chance and take this in as a unique chapter of a very diversely talented auteur-esque talent. Thus far in his career, we've seen Glover excel as both a writer, actor (in various genres), comedian, and musician (again in various genres). What this albums lacks in the initial hookiness of songs like "3005" or "Fire Fly", it makes up for in mood and cohesiveness as a finely crafted piece of art. While more funkadelic, this album seems much more closely related to his "Kauai" EP than any of his full length albums, and that's not a bad thing.Favorite track so far is "California" by a long shot, but have not found a song on here that I dislike yet. Excited to continue to explore these tracks, and eager to see where he evolves from here.

After listening to the two singles he released early, Redbone and Me and Your Mama, I immediately fell in love with his new sound. This is a new Childish Gambino that we haven't heard before but you could tell it was something that influenced him in his earlier life. Some songs take a while to really enjoy so I do recommend at least listening to this album twice. Songs like California have a unique sound that still seems to fit into the style of the album no matter how weird it sounds. I would say my favorite songs in the album are Zombies, Baby Boy, and Stand Tall. The Night Me and Your Mama Met is an instrumental song with emotional guitar playing you just don't hear anymore. It truly is an experience to listen to and one of my favorite albums. If you love music from Prince, George Clinton, or Funkadelic, heck just funky music you could groove to, you will love this album.