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Me and Your Mama
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Wikipedia article
"'Me and Your Mama'" is a single by American rapper and singer Childish Gambino. It was released on November 10, 2016 worldwide, and is the first single from his third studio album '"Awaken, My Love!"'[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-childish-gambinos-grooving-new-song-me-and-your-mama-w449846 Hear Childish Gambino's Grooving New Song 'Me and Your Mama' Rolling Stone]
It was noted by Billy Gill of 'A Nation of Billions' and Graham Moore of 'Exepos' 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 weve 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 on June 13, 2015.
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Personnel
* Childish Gambino vocals, percussion
* Ludwig Gransson 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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