"Me and Your Mama" is a single by American rapper and singer
Childish Gambino
Donald McKinley Glover Jr. (; born September 25, 1983), also known by his stage name Childish Gambino (), is an American entertainer, writer, director, and producer. After working in Derrick Comedy while studying at New York University, Glove ...
. It was released on November 10, 2016 worldwide, and is the first single from his third
studio album
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"Awaken, My Love!"
''"Awaken, My Love!"'' is the third studio album by American recording artist Donald Glover, under his stage name Childish Gambino. It was released by Glassnote Records on December 2, 2016. Consisting of tracks being sung rather than rapped, its f ...
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It was noted by Billy Gill of ''A Nation of Billions'' and Graham Moore of ''Exeposé'' for Glover's powerful vocals
[ ("The lengthy and dreamy intro to ‘Me and Your Mama’ – introducing the gospel-like sound which weaves throughout the album – gives way to powerful vocals, the likes of which we’ve never quite seen before from Gambino.")] and the melodic, hypnotizing instrumentals throughout the song.
The song begins with a slow, melodic beat; consisting of a constant synth of changing pitch and a delicate high hat and 808 beat. This beat stretches for the first two minutes of the song, all the while a harmony of female voices repeat "I'm in love when we are smoking that la la la la la". This first section acts as a juxtaposition to the main portion. Sixteen beats before the main section, the 808s become significantly louder and the high hats become significantly quicker, acting as a build up towards the electrifying main section. This section is filled with powerful vocals, including Glover screaming in a high pitched voice and a demon-like laughter appearing occasionally in the background. Glover sings about how he is desperately in love, and essentially cannot live without the woman he's singing about. Despite her flaws, she has an unbounded "hold" on him. Eventually, Glover ends his rant abruptly, as the beat changes into a melody even more fragile than the first, including light guitar strumming, tambourine and maracas, and includes no drums, synths or vocals. This is the lengthiest section of the song.
The song was debuted live at
Bonnaroo Music Festival
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on June 13, 2015.
Charts
Personnel
* Childish Gambino – vocals, percussion
* Ludwig Göransson – bass, guitars, synths
* Chris Hartz – drums
* Ray Suen – guitars
* Brent Jones and the Bestlife Singers – choir
* Lynette Williams – B3 organ
* Zac Rae – moog synthesizer, B3 organ
* Per Gunnar Juliusson – Rhodes, piano
* Thomas Drayton – bass
* bLAck pARty – drum programming
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Şerban Ghenea - Mix
Certifications
References
External links
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Lyrics of this song at Genius
2016 singles
2016 songs
Glassnote Records singles
Donald Glover songs
Songs written by Ludwig Göransson
Songs written by Donald Glover
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