Donald Glover is Our Guest DJ
Donald Glover is funny. Whether you love him as his rapper alter ego Childish Gambino, as the star of NBC’s Community or for his work as a writer on 30…
By Rachel Reynolds • • 1 min readDonald Glover is funny. Whether you love him as his rapper alter ego Childish Gambino, as the star of NBC’s Community or for his work as a writer on 30 Rock, he has a distinct – and hilarious – point of view in his work.
After his Guest DJ Project set, I have a much better idea where it came from and how much music has informed his style – Nedelle taught him that the key to great writing is in the details, Skee-Lo convinced him he could be himself (a black suburban kid) and still be a rapper and Bjork proved that emotion is more powerful than any production techniques and vulnerability is a good thing. He even credits Lil Wayne with creating the “perfect memoir of a relationship”.
I spotted Donald at the Austin airport after SXSW – he seemed incredibly energetic after a week of late nights and music — but I always get nervous about approaching people so I simply thought to myself “one day I’ve GOT to get him to do the Guest DJ Project since he’s clearly a music lover.” And here it is!
He’s currently on the road for his “I Am Donald” tour.
Donald Glover Guest DJ Project Tracklist