Most people know him as Donald Glover on NBC's Community, one of the best shows on tv right now, or as a writer on 30 Rock. What most don't know is that he also does stand up comedy and raps. He does all three extremely well. The reason for his hip hop success, at least in my opinion, is his intelligence level. Meaning he doesn't need to talk about weed, women (in other words), or drugs with excess vulgarity. He uses pop culture references and other notions to get across similar meanings. It just sounds better in the way that he does it.
For example:
E.e. Cumming's on her face, now that's poetry in motion
Now that line may be disgusting to some, but it is quite hilarious and inventive to turn such a lewd act into such "poetry".
And my clique make that dinero, so its time to meet the fockers
In this instance he goes with dinero in a multitude of ways, as in spanish for money but sounds like De Niro. It's references like these that give his songs something different to look forward to. He also ends the track by alluding to the cult tv show Freaks and Geeks and how his clique (Community) should get canceled just like it because of Community's similarly low ratings but strong fan base.
You can download his latest EP here http://www.mediafire.com/?wf3jfc451d7ax0x which features the track below.
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