Donald Glover continued to tease the next era of Childish Gambino on Monday night (April 23) in the latest episode of Gilga Radio show, during which he premiered fresh tracks with Ye and Kid Cudi.
About 40 minutes into the 70-minute episode, after a set of Olivia Rodrigo's “Obsessed,” a voice was heard saying, “If Childish Gambino wants to do something in the hood, you let him,” before premiere of the track, which appears to be titled “Say Less.”
Over a frantic beat, Glover as Gambino raps, “Hey, I got the bands, the rover/ The reddest Octobers, the return of Goku/ I thought I told you f–k would I know?/ The aviators made me look like the Five-0/ You ain't even touched a GQ well-dressed/ Sty got 'em cheatin' on a taste test/ They like rap more, I'm like “Say less.”
Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), drops in on the song's second verse which bounces on a video game-like bed of synths and drums. “Now rule number one, 'Don't steal'/ The flow, the clothes, the sex, yeah they'd call it a scandal,” Ye spits. “But n—how I'd love for you to watch me, really, I'm like Randall/ I'd rather not regret it, but, yo/ My agent just called me and said 'Yo, say less'.”
Ye goes on to note that fans have been waiting for his sequel Watch Throne joint album with Jay-Z as well as a passing reference to the collapse of his lucrative Adidas deal, which fell to West in 2022 after a months-long anti-Semitic spree of interviews and statements defaming the Jewish people amid a historic rise in anti-Semitism incidents in the United States.
“N—as waiting on the throne, as 'Hov, say, 'Yes,'” he continues. “I got my shoes out of the store, they're the new Payless/ This is God's new flow, but I pray no less.” The rappers trade lines in the third verse, with Gambino dropping references to disgraced exes Empire Allegations of the fake racial assault of star Jussie Smollett (“I've got this rope around my neck like I'm J. Smollett”), Warriors forward Draymond Green choking Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert in November, as well as the line, “You talk too much, you need a therapist” before Ye humbly proclaims, “I'm more like John Lennon, the one with Don Lemon.”
The second new song, featuring Cudi, appears to be called “Warlords” and debuted an hour after the show, as well as a week after Cudi appeared to diss Gambino. This prompted the rapper/actor to make a plea for peace on last week's episode of Gilga Radio, in which he said, “Kid Cudi, if you got a problem, I'm not here for the beef. Just talk to me.”
Over a static beat, Gambino's AutoTuned voice whispers, “You don't get it, we're gonna kill you, I ain't messing with you/ God of the universe, cream of planet Earth/ Fk love, f–k your life/ F–ka siren, I hear screams every night without light/ Tell me the edge, I'm on the edge, I need a million/ Ain't nobody better to turn it to a billion/ Tell me the edge, I'm on the edge, I need a million.”
Cudi's verse is similarly buried beneath the clapping beat, as he raps the chorus, “Make way for the warriors/ Here he comes, here he comes, he ain't used to running”/ I can't hide from the warriors/ Make way for the warriors / He's coming, he's coming, he's not used to running/ I can't hide from the warriors.'
Glover, who made a surprise appearance at Tyler, the Creator's set during the first weekend of this year's Coachella, recently announced that he is working on two albums, Atavistic and Bando Stone & the New World soundtrack, which he said would be his final Gambino projects.
Listen to “Say Less” and “Warlords” previews below.
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