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"Childish Gambino "This Is America" (peak okayplayery levels)"


  

          

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Childish Gambino "This Is America" (peak okayplayery levels) [View all] , atruhead, Sat May-05-18 11:15 PM
 
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I came here to make a post saying how thoroughly 'playery
May 05th 2018
1
the second one....
May 05th 2018
2
song is fire to me.
May 06th 2018
3
oh thats dope
May 06th 2018
4
"Get your money black man"
May 06th 2018
5
this dude can do anything.
May 06th 2018
6
people calling him a genius for this....
May 06th 2018
7
Seems like the "genius" tag is tossed about pretty loosely these days
May 06th 2018
8
People are calling him a genius because he is one
May 06th 2018
9
pretty much.
May 06th 2018
14
Yep. I believe he will EGOT by the time his career is over
May 06th 2018
15
i can see the EGO. not the T tho.
May 06th 2018
16
      I could see him writing music for a musical though.
May 06th 2018
19
impossible to doubt at this point.
May 06th 2018
21
yeah, i don't get it
May 06th 2018
10
      it happens.
May 06th 2018
22
           explain it to me please
May 06th 2018
23
                Yeah it's a mix
May 07th 2018
31
                Hiro Murai directed Never Catch Me
May 07th 2018
93
                     okay, makes sense
May 07th 2018
102
                On a base level America’s dissociative disorder
May 07th 2018
33
                     Good read
May 07th 2018
70
I don't think we'll ever be able to "recapture" black imagry
May 06th 2018
11
Guitar player at the start is Trayvon's dad.
May 06th 2018
12
WHOA.
May 06th 2018
13
Proof
May 06th 2018
17
I was wrong and circulating internet rumors. Mods correct please
May 06th 2018
18
I was coming back in to tell you I researched it
May 06th 2018
20
No it’s not lol
May 06th 2018
24
      RE: No it’s not lol
May 06th 2018
25
           You see his face clearly it’s obviously not unless you’re a white......
May 07th 2018
26
                Verbatim: "I was wrong and circulating internet rumors. Mods correct ple...
May 07th 2018
27
                     Oop
May 07th 2018
28
                     so you hadn't actually watched the video or you don't know what...
May 07th 2018
36
                          Watched it on twitter on vertical in feed on an iPhone 6
May 07th 2018
42
                               don't get mad at me because you're dumb lol
May 07th 2018
91
Donald Glover is where, and what, we thought mos def would be by now(c)
May 07th 2018
29
this deserves its own post.
May 07th 2018
39
Mos Def could rap better and he was far more of a threat to America
May 07th 2018
46
he could probably do everything better
May 07th 2018
55
DG also stands on the shoulders of MD in that regard
May 07th 2018
62
Break it down for me?
May 07th 2018
30
dont strain yourself. its already being meme'd into "bolivian"
May 07th 2018
56
      I usually don't Millennial-bash, but in this case...
May 07th 2018
65
That beat is fire.
May 07th 2018
32
Amazing overall artist...still don't like his rapping tho
May 07th 2018
34
I feel like Donald Glover is the freest black man in America
May 07th 2018
35
because he's married to a white woman?
May 07th 2018
37
I don't think he is married but no.
May 07th 2018
40
      Black Freedom is confidently boldly loving a black person
May 07th 2018
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           how is it freedom if you put restraints on it?
May 07th 2018
77
           they persecuting Gambino on some FB page
May 07th 2018
81
           well, it comes with the territory
May 07th 2018
89
           LOL @ the yt dude in the photo behind him....
May 07th 2018
101
           "Freedom is doing exactly what I think you should do!!" LOLOLOL
May 07th 2018
96
           a kind of agree here
May 07th 2018
103
The difference between him and others
May 07th 2018
38
I think that is an excellent point.
May 07th 2018
41
      Ye thinks because he has good taste and can dress well
May 07th 2018
43
right now? maybe..
May 07th 2018
44
Its the opposite. He sees the matrix lines of code and suffers through i...
May 07th 2018
45
I feel like this is a prisoner of the moment take
May 07th 2018
47
naw he just talented, insightful and good at execution
May 07th 2018
48
i think he has mastered the art of moving in white spaces
May 07th 2018
49
      Sounds right and similar to BigReg's point I wonder if...
May 07th 2018
51
      Wowww. This explains a lot about your mentality.
May 07th 2018
75
      You ain't got a mortgage? a career? Kids?
May 07th 2018
76
           Those things r the reason u play guard dog 4 ur "Man" as you call him?
May 07th 2018
82
                So you don't have any or all of those things? That would explain the
May 07th 2018
95
                     That "purity" is called integrity. Something you've proven yourself devo...
May 07th 2018
100
      RE: Sounds right and similar to BigReg's point I wonder if...
May 07th 2018
97
      this is sad to read
May 07th 2018
104
           aint it tho
May 07th 2018
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           i'm surprised why this is such a shocking statement
May 08th 2018
110
                "all white ppl are racist" vs "freedom is navigating white spaces"
May 08th 2018
125
                she didn't say she was shocked
May 08th 2018
133
                you are absolutely right. good point.
May 08th 2018
136
                RE: i'm surprised why this is such a shocking statement
May 14th 2018
172
      in the corporate world isnt that also known as code switching ?
May 08th 2018
138
it was interesting
May 07th 2018
50
we're so thirsty for good/great content....
May 07th 2018
52
This! People want to consume meaning, yet can't create it
May 07th 2018
This! People want to consume meaning, yet can't create it
May 07th 2018
66
...
May 07th 2018
105
All of this
May 08th 2018
115
Is his music worth checking out?
May 07th 2018
53
You probably won't like his first album
May 07th 2018
54
work backwards not forwards
May 07th 2018
57
Flight of the Navigator
May 07th 2018
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We live in two Americas.
May 07th 2018
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*row of Skull Emojis*
May 07th 2018
59
May 07th 2018
63
That's an awesome glimpse into White America
May 07th 2018
60
I audibly stated from my cubicle "What the fuck"
May 07th 2018
64
"I don't think the target audience is introspective enough for this"
May 07th 2018
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      wait...this video was intended for the white gaze?
May 07th 2018
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           How much of "this is America" needs to be explained to be Black people?
May 07th 2018
79
           i thought it comes from the same place as Atlanta
May 07th 2018
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                “I wanted to show white people, you don’t know everything about blac...
May 07th 2018
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                     https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b5/f1/27/b5f12790717a79db3dcb09cb2e1bb5d0...
May 07th 2018
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                          Exactly what MEAT was saying in reply 71
May 07th 2018
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                          Many black people treat white people as a receptive audience
May 07th 2018
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           absolutely
May 07th 2018
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           DG pretty much says Black art will always be thru the white gaze
May 07th 2018
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Reed Richards thinks this guy is maybe stretching too much
May 07th 2018
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Read similar comments on the hiphopheads subreddit
May 07th 2018
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knew r/hiphopheads didn't sit well with me for a reason
May 07th 2018
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*sorted by controversial
May 07th 2018
85
LOL
May 07th 2018
99
yeah i've def been seeing a lot of #bothsides takes.
May 07th 2018
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my rambling mind got me thinking of J. Cole:
May 07th 2018
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Someone should pop up video style Reddit comments over the video.
May 07th 2018
73
NOT REALLY kayplayery .... BUT IT'S FLAMES...
May 07th 2018
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"The fuck is this shit?" --first thought upon watching
May 07th 2018
98
lol, it's a mess
May 07th 2018
106
I do admire the freedom that it take to do this...
May 08th 2018
109
think he's supposed to be bojangles
May 07th 2018
108
if all you see is the dancing then you are part of the
May 08th 2018
111
      No they're not. Abstraction doesn't work for everyone.
May 08th 2018
112
           ok.
May 08th 2018
113
           ^
May 08th 2018
114
Why can't we just celebrate good thought provoking content?
May 08th 2018
116
what if someone wasn't feeling it?
May 08th 2018
117
Look at all the comments. Some are just TOKPR and Gibberish
May 08th 2018
121
You want me to lie, bro?
May 08th 2018
119
What don't you like about the video?
May 08th 2018
122
      1. Song is sonically unappealing (aka it's trash)
May 08th 2018
139
Isn't that the whole idea behind "thought provoking" content?
May 08th 2018
Isn't that the whole idea behind "thought provoking" content?
May 08th 2018
120
Folks can respond to thought provoking content w/o going over the top
May 08th 2018
123
      whats so over the top?
May 08th 2018
127
           The Genius vs not a Genius comments IMO
May 08th 2018
129
                yeah, that label gets thrown around a little too often these days
May 08th 2018
134
                     Right. I'm just saying folks can take as step back and appreciate
May 09th 2018
147
                          My wife asked me about it. She saw it but didn’t hear the music
May 09th 2018
148
                               Cool. You're wife is a dance professor.
May 09th 2018
149
stop it 5
May 08th 2018
124
So thought has to be disagreement or negative criticisim?
May 08th 2018
126
      folks can't criticize or say something negative about art?
May 08th 2018
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      Why does anything negative have to be said? This SITE -
May 09th 2018
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           you can't have a full discussion
May 14th 2018
169
      generally? maybe....
May 08th 2018
130
      praise be!
May 08th 2018
131
      https://imgur.com/a/7hPrA8j
May 08th 2018
137
This reply is insanity. Omg don't CLASSIFY this music!! Lol
May 08th 2018
132
      ^^ TOKPR
May 09th 2018
150
instant classic
May 08th 2018
118
H.I.R.O.
May 08th 2018
135
He Is Really Off? Hate I Read Okayplayer?
May 08th 2018
140
Yeah, Im in this line too.
May 08th 2018
141
RE: H.I.R.O.
May 08th 2018
142
Im familiar wit Hiro Murai, it was your acronym format that mislead Kats...
May 08th 2018
143
that guy has some of THE best vision out there. glad he's getting more p...
May 14th 2018
171
No one is talking about Kanye anymore lol
May 09th 2018
144
GOOD, fuck that nigga
May 09th 2018
145
White woman version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW8whgmyTNU
May 14th 2018
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Oh for fuck's sake.
May 14th 2018
152
I'm mad at how lazy it is.
May 14th 2018
153
Lmao.. she looks so evil when she turns around.
May 14th 2018
155
I wish this was back in the film days so we could go and burn...
May 15th 2018
174
I'm mad at that text at the end about thinking someone must have written...
May 15th 2018
175
      RE: I'm mad at that text at the end about thinking someone must have wri...
May 15th 2018
177
Yo, the black woman backlash is real!!!
May 14th 2018
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I mean... ionno
May 14th 2018
156
Lol @ the reversal in the text
May 14th 2018
157
Yo, she didn't even try to massage it. Just flipped it. LOL.
May 14th 2018
162
      All of the Black writers are men except for Stefani Robinson, right?
May 14th 2018
168
i tried to tell y'all it's blatantly obvious they don't know black women
May 14th 2018
158
I think he's gone through a personal evolution.
May 14th 2018
159
Yeah. He grew up. You watch his early interviews and he
May 14th 2018
163
      Exactly.
May 14th 2018
165
real talk, this shit with Glover is wild corny. ashy even.
May 14th 2018
160
that movie really reminds me of 2016's 'Little Boxes'
May 14th 2018
161
You will have a hard time making a movie with a inter-racial couple
May 14th 2018
164
      I'll have to peep it
May 14th 2018
166
           Cynac is weird man.
May 14th 2018
167
                He currently has a late night show
May 15th 2018
176
Homeboy grew some facial hair and reinvented his approach
May 14th 2018
170
"Wyatt Cenac" movie:
May 14th 2018
173
homegirl sound hurt
May 15th 2018
178
I showed my homey. First words were: "Is this a parody?"
May 16th 2018
179
because some of y'all need reminding
Mar 04th 2020
180

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