3.15.20
by Childish Gambino
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Mar 22, 2020
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 262 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 186 out of 262
  2. Mixed: 44 out of 262
  3. Negative: 32 out of 262
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  1. VestingBoot
    Mar 31, 2020
    5
    This album isn't bad, but it isn't something you want to return to in my opinion. The album feels like a mix-up of concepts and ideas. I can see the appeal for its sound and "vibe", but this album is for particular ear. That being said it sounds good, it's just not good enough for me to return the album for multiple listens.
  2. Yeezus_Christ__
    Mar 26, 2020
    6
    While many ideas presented in this album are interesting, the project as a whole seems to have an identity crisis. It just doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. It tries to sound cold and detached yet soulful at the same time. It tries very hard to be experimental while more mainstream elements sneak in.
  3. Sadvilliany
    Mar 28, 2020
    6
    There are some great Ideas on here, but so much of it feels underdeveloped. Along with that, a few of these tracks I felt overstayed their welcome, and just drug out for way to long (ex. 24.19), and while I did like Time and 12.38, it felt like they were just taking way to long to finish. If anything, this album feels like a mixed bag, and while I want to like it more than I do, there'sThere are some great Ideas on here, but so much of it feels underdeveloped. Along with that, a few of these tracks I felt overstayed their welcome, and just drug out for way to long (ex. 24.19), and while I did like Time and 12.38, it felt like they were just taking way to long to finish. If anything, this album feels like a mixed bag, and while I want to like it more than I do, there's some glaring flaws that are a bit hard to ignore.

    Favorite Tracks: Algorhythm, Time, 19.10, 42.26, 53.49
    Least Favorite Tracks: 0.00, 32.22    … Expand
  4. fuzzynavol
    Mar 24, 2020
    5
    Most of this album is pseudo-experimentalism intended to disguise mediocre musical ideas.
  5. AmirAbdiJama
    Mar 25, 2020
    5
    Blown Out Production With Background Noises, Sometimes Cool Chord Progression And Soulful Singing, And Minimalistic Lyrics With Superficial Ideas That Aren't Dissected Enough, This Album Is Cohesive Only Sonically As Its Produced Mainly By DJ Dahi And Childish Himself, It's Barely Conceptual And Focused.
  6. IgorSiberia
    Mar 23, 2020
    4
    Primitive melodic drawings. Superficial texts. Artless arrangements. Sounds like something unfinished. Unreasoned. Stolen.
  7. Lifeisbellablog
    Apr 19, 2020
    4
    Most of the songs on the album are just okay. The best songs are okay, and the bad songs can get pretty bad. In some songs there are weird sounds thrown in and it feels like he's trying way too hard to be unique and experimental. It just feels way too forced. Overall I'm just not a fan.

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. The Observer (UK)
    Aug 3, 2020
    80
    As engaging as these songs are on multiple levels, 3.15.20 really excels when Glover experiments with form, texture and sensory overload.
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  2. Q Magazine
    Apr 7, 2020
    80
    It's his sharp, searching lyrics that elevates 3.15.20 to giddying heights. [Jun 2020, p.106]
  3. Under The Radar
    Apr 1, 2020
    80
    If one could argue that 3.15.20 reveals a growing penchant for Kanye-esque dilettantism—dipping its toes into Death Grips-style abrasion on one end, reaching out for touches of Tropical House, Frank Ocean, and sun-dappled Disney singalongs on the other—it’s all carried off with Glover’s winking confidence, not to mention a damn sight less narcissism than Yeezy.
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