Suddenly it changes into probably the most lush instrumental heard this whole year. “Candler Road,” named after a street in his hometown, has him going off with no hook over this heavy instrumental. The highest point on the album has to be “U Don’t Have To Call” followed by “Candler Road.” “U Don’t Have To Call” literally changes the whole formula of the album as Gambino skews the hook of Usher’s classic song of the same name, and follows it with almost a spoken-word esque verse about love and his race without coming off as preachy. There’s a number of satirical tracks on this album, but it never feels like he’s disrespecting the Atlanta culture, they seem to be just friendly homages to the music he grew up with. “No Small Talk” is a highlight, Gambino rapping about having two gold chains and never even wearing them gives an insight on the satirical aspect of the whole mixtape. The mixtape starts off with a remix of Ludacris’s classic “ Southern Hospitality,” quickly shifting into “Partna Dem” which is a fan favorite instrumental in the whole album.
Mixtapes (“ Royalty” that came out a year ago) tend to just be straight raps that fans would love. Gambino typically separates main themes from his mixtapes from his albums while his albums/eps tend to be a bit more serious. This is shortly followed by a plethora of classic songs that were crafted in Atlanta remixed by Gambino leading into the end of his dream and the beginning of his “ Kauai EP.” A dream where he ran his home town of Atlanta, where he was on every radio station and where he had a DJ Drama Mixtape. Gambino, also known as Donald Glover, talking about a dream he had. The first song on “STN/MTN” starts with a monologue from Childish Gambino.
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