After listening to Royalty, I’m certain of two things. First, Gambino doesn’t want his fans to spend time with their families this Independence Day. I would be perfectly content listening to Royalty on repeat all day today, but alas that is not an option. Second, I think Childish decided to add every artist (and Tina Fey!!!!) he’s ever met to this mixtape. The last work he released was Camp, which he handled solo with no features. I’m sure because this is just a mixtape he decided to feature whoever asked for it. I respect that, but some of the rappers he features are just horrible. The amount of features made Royalty very similar to an Odd Future mixtape. That being said, the mixtape was still one of the better mixtapes I’ve heard in the past 5 years. Gambino goes in on virtually every verse and some of the features are very appropriate. My personal favorite was “Wonderful”, which featured Josh Osho (who is sort of an English version of John Legend). Oh yeah, and Tina Fey ends the final song on the mixtape in the funniest 45 seconds of music I’ve ever heard. Download.

Happy Fourth, everyone.