Alright, Gambino is a Mastermind

by JG

F**k a bitch to pass the time. Mass appeal, orange rind, smoke your green I’m spending mine.

No lyric better exemplifies the combination of wit and rapping flow of rapper Childish Gambino than the opening lyrics to “Freaks and Geeks”, a single released for free earlier this year. These few words cover some of the main topics that fill up Childish Gambino raps; his proclivity to scoring with women, his wide fanbase, and of course, his excellent wordplay. The mass appeal / mass a peel wordplay and the double meaning of “green” to reference both Marijuana and money is simply put, genius.