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The new album Bando Stone & the New World, billed as a soundtrack to a coming film, revives some of the anarchic spirit of Donald Glover's earliest work as Childish Gambino. Pavielle Garcia/Courtesy of the artist **hide caption

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New Music Friday: The best albums out July 19

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New Music Friday: The best albums out July 19

The 100 Best Songs Of 2020 (Nos. 40-21)

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Heavy Rotation: 11 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

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NPR Music's Top 10 (OK, 11) Albums Of March

Lil Uzi Vert's Eternal Atake transports us to another galaxy. Gibson Hazard/Courtesy of the artist **hide caption

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Heat Check: Make It Make Sense

Alex Isley's "Gone" perfects the art of subtle, fear-inducing seduction. Lauren Desberg/Courtesy of the artist **hide caption

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Childish Gambino Covers Chris Gaines' 'Lost In You'

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Beyoncé Enlists Hip-Hop A-List And Global Artists For 'The Lion King: The Gift'

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After Coachella Premiere, Childish Gambino's Film 'Guava Island' Is Streaming

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After Coachella Premiere, Childish Gambino's Film 'Guava Island' Is Streaming

How Ludwig Göransson Helped Orchestrate America's Conversation On Race In 2018

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The Grammys Don't Have A Hip-Hop Problem. The Grammys Have A Grammy Problem

Drake won the Best Rap Song Grammy for "God's Plan," which was the No. 1 song in America for 11 weeks in 2018. Speaking to his peers of the award, he said, "You don't need this." Emma McIntyre/Getty Images **hide caption

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10 Takeaways From The 2019 Grammy Awards

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10 Takeaways From The 2019 Grammy Awards

The 100 Best Songs Of 2018 (20-1)

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All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2018

Childish Gambino (left) performs onstage during the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival. Rosalía speaks onstage during the 19th annual Latin GRAMMY Awards. Janelle Monae performs in Los Angeles in June and Kacey Musgraves performs at the 2018 Stagecoach Festival in April. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia; David Becker/Getty Images for LARAS; Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Stagecoach **hide caption

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All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2018

Childish Gambino Wants To Dominate This Summer And Who Are We To Deny?

The same team behind "This is America" is back for two new Childish Gambino songs. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for NARAS **hide caption

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NPR Music's 35 Favorite Songs Of 2018 (So Far)

This Season's 'SNL' Musical Guests, Cruelly Ranked

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New Mix: Childish Gambino, Mike Lindsay And Laura Marling As LUMP, More

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Donald Glover's 'This Is America' Holds Ugly Truths To Be Self-Evident

Donald Glover's 'This Is America' Holds Ugly Truths To Be Self-Evident

Donald Glover Brings His Black Renaissance To 'Saturday Night Live'

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5 Dream-Team Grammy Collaborations We'd Love To See Sunday Night

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Laura Marling On World Cafe

Beyoncé, Donald Glover Among This Year's Peabody Award Winners

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