I’ve had the new album from rapper/actor/producer/comedian/songwriter/director (etc) Childish Gambino a/k/a Donald Glover on repeat lately. His latest release “Awaken, My Love!” departs from his previous catchy intellectual trap, and goes in an entirely unexpected lush, funky, soulful, musical direction. At various points he evokes Rick James, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Parliament-Funkadelic, Prince, even Michael Jackson, all while managing to sound incredibly original at the same time.