Actor, screenwriter, singer, rapper and director (in the studio, in film and on television), Donald Glover buries his alter ego, Childish Gambino, with this final album, which also serves as the soundtrack to his first feature film as a director (release date of the film unknown). Perhaps in support of the scenes of his dystopian story this mishmash of musical genres will make sense, but, as it is, the musical object, the album, has neither head nor tail. This is its great flaw: from rap to orchestral soul (and orchestrated by the renowned composer of music for the screen Ludwig Göransson, famous on the long No Excusesthe jewel of the album) through to reheated pop-punk (Running Around at the end of the album, duet with Fousheé) and energetic electronic pop songs (Got to Bebased on a sample of Breathe by Prodigy), this album makes us suffer from ADHD. Let’s still hold on to the highlights, such as the soul-grunge fusion of the virulent Lithonia at the beginning of the album and the pretty acoustic soul ballad Steps Beach.
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