Childish Gambino (7,329 views)

[Smitty.]

Donald McKinley Glover Jr (9.25.1983)
Also Known As: Childish Gambino, McDJ
Voice Type: Childish Tenor
Vocal Range: C2 - C6

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{Vocal Summary}Troy Barnes was born September 25, 1983 in Atlanta Georgia. Growing up he was the high school jock in high school and quarterback who got a prestigious scholarship but ended up losing it when he tried to do a keg flip then separated his shoulders. When he entered community college he was trying to be seen as the bully and jock but later on showed his more nerdy and carefree side. Little did anyone know he was also building up his rapping career as an artist named "Childish Gambino" where he released a series of mixtapes. However he didn't want to tell any of the group about this, only telling his close friend Abed. Later on he got signed to a record and began making albums, how the group didn't find out is weird but eh. Abed kept it a secret and watched as his friend spit bars and sang passionately. When the college was over in 2015 Troy released possibly his most famous album "Awaken, My Love!" where he showcased his underutilized singing skills. Abed then tried telling Story about the 6 different timelines about how the album could've gone, this was a lost episode called "Remedial Chaos Theory Part 2". Troy then got a bunch of acting roles, even starring in the live action lion king movie (which wasn't good btw and abed thought it was pointless but that doesn't matter). Jeff and Britta wondered how Troy became famous as Pierce sat there crying. Troy was on top of his game coming off of community college, and now he's doing alright for himself

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{Album Ranges}Camp (2011): D2 - G2 - B4 - E5
Because the Internet (2013): E♭2 - B4 - B5
Kauai (2014): D2 - C5 - A5
Awaken, My Love! (2016): D2 - A2 - C6
3.15.20 (2020): C2 - E5 - B♭5

Mixtapes:
The Younger I Get (2005): Unavailable
Utterances of the Heart (2006) ^[1]
Love Letter in a Unbreakable Bottle (2007): dude really only sings on one track and spans F#3 - G#3
New Year's Eve Extravaganza Mix (2007) ^[1]
Sick Boi (2008): A2 - B♭4 - G♯5
Poindexter (2009): F2 - E5
Fuck Yaselves (2009): F2 - G♯2 - B♭4 (Majority of it is unavailable)
I Am Just a Rapper (2009): A2 - A4 - G5
I Am Just a Rapper Part 2 (2009): E2 - G4 - B4
Culdesac (2010): B♭2 - C5 - D5 - E5
Royalty (2012): F2 - B♭4 - E5 - F5
STN MTN (2014): D2 - E♭2 - D5 - A5

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[1] marks instrumental mixtapes

Significant High Notes:

C6 ("Redbone" Live @ BBK Bilbao Spain 2018, "Me and Your Mama")
B5 ("Earth: The Oldest Computer")
B♭5 ("32.22", "35,31", "California", "This is America")
A5 ("AssShots Remix", "Boogie Man", "Baby Boy", "Late Night in Kauai", "Riot", "Sober")
G♯5 ("32.22", "Assassins", "Fresh", "Me and Your Mama", "Stand Tall")
G5 ("19.10", "24.19", "47.48", Annie Break's Abed Dvd. "AssShots Remix", "Bitch, Look At Me Now (Two Weeks)", "Freaks and Geeks", "Feels Like Summer", "Fire", "Fresh", "Have Some Love", "So Sick With It", "This is America", "Terrified", "Together")
F♯5 ("53.49", "The Party", "Redbone", "Stand Tall")
F5 ("12.38", "19.10", "32.22", "35.31", "American Royalty", "Baby Boy", "Feels Like Summer", "Fucks Given", "Redbone", "Retro (Rough)", "This is America", "Together", "Time", "U Don't Have to Call")
E5 ("3005", "39.28", "53.49", "The Awesome", "Boogieman", "Bitch, Look At Me Now (Two Weeks)", "Feels Like Summer", "Have Some Love", "Late Night in Kauai", "Riot", "Summertime Magic", "Sweatpants", "Stay High", "Sunrise", "So Fly", "They Don't Like Me", "Unnecessary", "Won't Stop", "Zombies")
E♭5 ("Not Going Back", "Terrified", "Telegraph Ave.")
D5 ("12.38", "24.19", "39.28", "47.48", "Africa" Season 2 Episode 1, "Be Alone", "California", "Feels Like Summer", "Fucks Given", "Glory", "Grind", "Poke", "Pink Toes", "Stand Tall", "This is America", "They Don't Like Me", "U Don't Have to Call", "Urn", "What Kind of Love")
C♯5 ("Extraordinary", "Hollerin", "Money Baby", "Stay High", "So Much Better", "Shadows")
C5 ("24.19", "3005", "The Awesome", "Baby Boy", "Bite My Shit", "Difference", "Glory", "Hold You Down", "Hakuna Matata", "Late Night in Kauai", "Pop Thieves (Make It Feel Good)", "Stand Tall", "Summertime Magic", "So Fly", "Time", "Urn", "What Kind of Love", "Zealots of Stockholm (Free Information)")
B4 ("39.28", "53.49", "49ers Shirt (Orange Shirt)", "All Y'all", "Backpackers", "Candler Road", "Flight of the Navigator", "Fuck Your Blog", "Fire Fly", "Fire", "For the Fans (Warm Heart of Africa)", "Got This Money", "Hawk Jones", "Late Night in Kauai", "Me and Your Mama", "Nowhere to Go", "Poke", "Riot", "Rockstar", "Stay High")
B♭4 ("47.48", "Algorhythm", "American Royalty", "Africa" Season 2 Episode 1, "All the Shine", "Boogieman", "Bite My Shit", "Earth: The Oldest Computer", "Fire", "Glory", "Have Some Love", "Hollerin", "I'm On It", "I Love Clothes", "Retro (Rough)", "Sober", "Shadows", "Sunshine", Terrified", "The Worst Guys", "U Don't Have to Call", "You Know Me")
A4 ("35.31", "49ers Shirt (Orange Shirt)", "Algorhythm", "Assassins", "Almost There", "Baby Boy", "Be Alone", "Difference", "Feels Like Summer", "Hakuna Matata", "Les", "Let Me Dope You", "Poke", "Pink Toes", "Remember", "Sober", "So Fly", "Silk Pillow", "That Power", "Toxic", "Urn", "U Don't Have to Call", "Zombies")
G♯4 ("53.49", "American Royalty", "Bronchitis", "Candler Road", "Different (Feel It All Around)", "Flight of the Navigator", "Fresh", "Lights Turned On", "Me and Your Mama", "The Palisades", "The Party", "Pop Thieves (Make It Feel Good)", "Rockstar", "So Much Better", "Sunshine", "Telegraph Ave.", "Til I Die", "Zealots of Stockholm (Free Information)")
G4 ("24.19", "32.22", "39.28", "47.48", "49ers Shirt (Orange Shirt)", "All the Shine", "Africa" Season 2 Episode 1, "Bonfire", "Backpackers", "Both Hands (Black Rainbow)", "Break (All of the Lights)", "California", "Earth: The Oldest Computer", "Fucks Given", "Fuck Your Blog", "Got This Money", "Hold You Down", "Hero", "Hawk Jones", "Hakuna Matata", "I'm Alright", "I'm On It", "Longest Text Message", "Love is Crazy", "My Shine", "My Name Bam-B", "New Prince (Crown On the Ground)", "Nowhere to Go", Outside", "Put It In My Video", "Summertime Magic", "Sober", "Sunrise", "Sweatpants", "Shoulda Known", "That Power", "Together", "Time", "Til I Die", "The Truth (Goth Star)", "Worldstar", "The Worst Guys", "You See Me")

Significant Low Notes:

E3 ("53.49", "Baby Doll", "Boogieman", "Dream / Southern Hospitality / Partna Dem", "Easy", "Flight of the Navigator", "Go DJ", "I'm Alright", "I'm So Focused", "One Up", "Nowhere to Go", "Poke", "Stand Tall", "Sober", "The Truth (Goth Star)", "We Ain't Them", "You Just Lost a Game" Community S2 E7)
E♭3 ("AssShots Remix", "I Be on That", "Different (Feel It All Around)", "Easy", "Extraordinary", "Fuck It All", "Fucks Given", "I''m On it", "Lights Turned On", "Kids", "Money Baby", "Move That Dope / Nextel Chirp / Let Your Hair Blow", "New Prince (Crown On the Ground)", "The Palisades", "Phat People", "Red Alert", "Shoulda Known", "Starlight", "Worldstar")
D3 ("19.10", "47.48", "All Y'all", "The Awesome", "Be Alone", "Baby Doll", "Bitch, Look At Me Now (Two Weeks)", "Break (All of the Lights)", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", "Do Ya Like", "Driving Ms. Daisy", "Fire Fly", "Freaks and Geeks", "Got This Money", "I'm Alright", "I Love Clothes", "Longest Text Message", "The Last", "My Girls", "My Shine", "My Hoodie", "Redbone", "Real Estate", "Rolling In the Deep", "Outside", "Pink Toes", "Stand Tall", "Sunrise", "Summertime Magic", "So Fly", "These Girls", "They Don't Like Me", "Til I Die", "What Kind of Love", "The Worst Guys", "We Ain't Them", "Wonderful", "You See Me", "You Know Me", "Zombies")
C♯3 ("Both Hands (Black Rainbow)", "Crawl", "Easy", "I'm Focused", "Money Baby", "My Name Bam-B", "Sunshine")
C3 ("12.38", "24.19", "32.22", "35.31", "49ers Shirt (Orange Shirt)", "All the Shine", "Bitch, Look At Me Now (Two Weeks)", "Break (All of the Lights)", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", "Driving Ms. Daisy", "Have Some Love", "Hold You Down", "I'm Alright", "I'm On It", "I'm a Winner", "Letter Home", "Love is Crazy", "Move That Dope / Nextel Chirp / Let Your Hair Blow", "My Girls", "Not Going Back", "One Up", "Put It In My Video", "Phat People", "Retro (Rough)", "R.I.P", "The Real", "Shoulda Known", "So Sick With It", "So Much Better", "This is America", "Together", "Time", "Telegraph Ave.", "Toxic", "Til I Die", "The Truth (Goth Star)", "Urn", "The Worst Guys", "Won't Stop", "Who No Know Go Know", "You Know Me")
B2 ("All Y'all", "I Be on That", "Bronchitis", "Black Faces", "Do Ya Like", "Dream / Southern Hospitality / Partna Dem", "Got This Money", "Get It (Tightrope)", "I Can Hear Your Feet (Sunrise)", "I'm So Focused", "Kids", "Me and Your Mama", "Rolling In the Deep", "Sweatpants", "Silk Pillow", "What Kind of Love", "The Worst Guys", "We Ain't Them")
B♭2 ("3005", "Arrangement", "Backpackers", "Bronchitis", "Crawl", "Difference", "Extraordinary", "Letter Home", "Les", "Love is Crazy", "Money Baby", "My Girls", "Not Going Back", "The Party", "Phat People", "Retro (Rough)", "Rockstar", "Sweatpants", "Shoulda Known", "Stand Tall", "Terrified", "Won't Stop", "You See Me")
A2 ("19.10", "All Y'all", "Africa" Season 2 Episode 1, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", "Driving Ms. Daisy", "Fire Fly", "For the Fans (Warm Heart of Africa)", "Go DJ", "Hold You Down", "Have Some Love", "I Love Clothes", "Kids", "Les", "Move That Dope / Nextel Chirp / Let Your Hair Blow", "Nowhere to Go", One Up", "Real Estate", "Red Alert", "Silk Pillow", "So Sick With It", "That Power", "Til I Die", "Wonderful", "Yes", "Zombies")
G♯2 ("53.49", "AssShots Remix", "Bronchitis", "Both Hands (Black Rainbow)", "Best I Ever Had", "Crawl", "Candler Road", "Favorite Song", "Make It Go Right", "Worldstar", "Who No Know Go Know", "Zealots of Stockholm (Free Information)")
G2 ("47.48", "All the Shine", "Arrangement", "Backpackers", "Be Alone", "Break (All of the Lights)", "Earth: The Oldest Computer", "Go DJ", "Get It (Tightrope)", "Pink Toes", "Poke", "The Real", "Telegraph Ave.", "What Kind of Love")
F♯2 ("3005", "Shadows", "Stay High", "Unnecessary")
F2 ("12.38", "Best I Ever Had", "Crawl", "Dream / Southern Hospitality / Partna Dem", "Life: The Biggest Troll (Andrew Auernheimer)", "Make It Go Right", "No Exit", "Shadows", "Telegraph Ave.", "Worldstar", "Yes", "Zealots of Stockholm (Free Information)")
E2 ("39.28", "Candler Road", "Earth: The Oldest Computer", "For the Fans (Warm Heart of Africa)", "Good Little Girl", "Late Night in Kauai", "No Small Talk", "Stay High")
E♭2 ("Life: The Biggest Troll (Andrew Auernheimer)", "No Exit", "No Small Talk", "The Palisades", "This is America", "Zealots of Stockholm (Free Information)")
D2 ("Algorhythm", "Baby Boy", "Dream / Southern Hospitality / Partna Dem", "The Palisades", "That Power", "U Don't Have to Call")
C2 ("Algorhythm")

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Blue denotes falsetto and whistle passages.
Boldface denotes outstanding passages.
Italics denote non-melodic and spoken passages.
Underlines denote obscured and background passages.

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{Questionable Notes}C♯6 ("Me and Your Mama" ^[3])
C6 ("This Is America" ^[1], "You Know Me" ^[3])
B♭5 ("Zealots of Stockholm (Free Information)" ^[5])
G♯5 ("53.49" ^[1])
F5 ("Have Some Love" ^[5])

G2 ("AssShots Remix" ^[2])
E2 ("Flight of the Navigator" ^[4])
D2 ("Go DJ" ^[3], "Late Night in Kauai" ^[5])
C2 ("Baby Boy" ^[3], "No Exit" ^[3], "Together" ^[4])

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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

[Henny Macc]

Nicely researched! I'm not terribly familiar with his music (though I quite enjoy his acting), but it seems like you really did your homework on this one.

[Gilad]

Very very noice
Bb5 in the background of This Is America

[Gilad]

Also, think he gets lower than C2 in Algorithm

[Smitty.]

he does

i would not count anything lower than C2 there tho lol since they are just super fryish dips that aren't really worth bothering imo

[sylvia!!]

c♯5 and some g4s

[rootyrootz]

He makes C6 sound at least a half an octave lower

[Goober]

stumbled across this video. 7:40 - 7:54

[misanthropicsquid]

Omg i fucking hate wikipedias stupid ass voice descriptions it pisses me off as a majority of things do honestly i correct there consistently correct taked and they get reverted plus wikipedia is biased asf politcally lol

[falsetokaiba]

Classic spoiler C6 from 'Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking'

[senatorsenpai]

Sounds like a strong C♯6 in this version of "Me and Your Mama". Frenzied D6 at 2:34 as well.

[senatorsenpai]

Any reason we're ignoring the above? I know you guys love a "range expansion"

[Goober]

Smitty needs to finish steven tyler.