childish gambino ROUNDUP

"Mashup roundups are the wave of the future." ~Javier Nelson

It's time again for another one of those wonderful human endeavors: the roundup. You see, mashup roundups are the wave of the future and we're all about the future here at Javier Nelson dot com. This is not so much a mashup roundup as it is a "heads up". Childish Gambino AKA Donald Glover (no relation) of Community fame is the freshest hotness in hip hop in the ENTIRE world! Right now, anyway. Refute the claim, I dare you. I'm going to need empirical evidence for your refutation though as I'm about to provide you with the empirical evidence of why you ought to be listening to (and going to the concerts of/by) Childish Gambino.

First documented evidence is in the form of a mashup, naturally:

Childish Gambino vs. Joker - Bonfire Vision (lobsterdust mashup)

No video as of yet, that must be a too fresh track for a video. Hopefully you heard it hear first, because the funny isn't all we're ahead of the game with. Check out the original Childish Gambino Bonfire:

The video is nuts. Plain and simple. There's nothing about this that makes me think Mr. Glover and myself aren't on the same page as far as reasonable (or rational) crazy goes.


Here's the obligatory "slow jam" (because he made it retarded), Heartbeat scroll down further and click the next video if you're scared.

As one scours the interwebs for music, one often encounters garbage or something they think may be a scam. I encountered this "gem" while searching for sources to embed to for this post. You're experiencing a very meta moment right now as you read this and I embed the following "raw mash" or "freestyle" I think they may call it. I mean, he's rapping over Grizzly Bear, after all:

Obviously (or not) the video itself is not the primary motivating factor here on how I "share" things, and since I'm a n00b when it comes to copyright infringement (or not), only embed what I can and don't evaluate the video itself (for the most part). Even though I did earlier when I said Mr. Glover (no relation) was crazy like me, I don't try to. One other thing, we end sentences with prepositions around here whenever we want to. Finally, and because I don't want to take up too much of your time, we have my final piece of evidence for the rightful claim of "king" for this "n00b":

"The joke is 'I got flow'" - Childish Gambino

who invited the red hot chili peppers?

Seriously, they're at Austin City Limits this year and I just found out they're playing Bonnaroo too. Whoever is the puppet master of that "come back" or "re-introduction to relevancy" is some sort of evil mastermind. I shudder at the thought of how truly nefarious this individual or shadowy cabal must be because it's 2012, not the 1990's and yet somehow, in some way, the Chili Peppers continue to trundle on. They're like a "pre-burned-out" version of the Rolling Stones, except terrible. They are like some sort of mythical creature that can only die if you cut its head off and separate it from the rest of the body and burn everything.




Ah, so that's much better. Before I worked myself into a frenzy of confusion over this whole "rotten peppers from the back of the vegetable drawer problem", I managed to find the above link. Young The Giant is also playing at Bonnaroo. The XX is a brit-pop kind of sensation that treads water somewhere in the back of a playlist or another I've assembled over the past couple years and are also worth a listen.



After that slight bit of introduction, I'd like to get into the real "ill-gritty" of the relevancy from earlier: Young The Giant's "remix" site. They offer stems (partial tracks, basically but with separated "sounds") for download so that any old asshole can "add their vision" to the tracks. A wonderful idea that I think was originally conceived of by those other brit-poppers, Radiohead. For their In Colours album, I could be wrong about that but I didn't bother to look into it very thoroughly because it's not that important. The above example is a great one from this type of "any asshole can join in" mentality and it works, sometimes it does not. For instance when Colbie Caillat, whose name happens to be ridiculous to spell, somehow gets involved:

I can't say for sure if I hate that or like it but here's another one, a DeadMau5/Hybrid/Young the Giant mash:

Oh, and by the way, I'd recommend taking some sort of hallucinogens before listening to those last two. Pretend like you're at Bonnaroo and go nuts. They're much better, cleaner and more palatable when you do imbibe. Or so I've heard.

Before I leave you broken, empty and wanting a refund, I'll finish off tonight's post with a mystery embed:

mashups (because it's been awhile)

K.I.S.S.

Comments/judgments in the comment area - this will have no commentary aside from this.

(G3rst - Pumped Up Baby)

Dj Lobsterdust - Maybe We Found Love

(The Reborn Identity - This Charming Video Game)

(DJs From Mars - DJ Got Us Falling In Hot Stuff)

disaster in texas?

"A gentleman is one who never hurt's anyone's feelings unintentionally." ~Oscar Wilde

The announcement was made recently finalizing the much anticipated Austin City Limits Music Festival line-up. Headlining are the Red Hot Chili Peppers, pictured below and last relevant sometime in the early 2000s:

Featured is a broke down Will Farrell along with his old friends, the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm going to share some gems by the other "decent" groups that are supposed to be in Austin, Texas this fall. Those others will be more in tune with the notion of "folksy charm" rather than "all washed up".