Childish Gambino is reported to have dissed Drake on his new tune “Yoshinoya,” and now the song’s producer has something to say about it – albeit not much.
“Yoshinoya” was published on Gambino’s latest album, Bando Stone & The latest World, and some have speculated that song is a Drizzy diss. In one topic on X, someone dissected down several lines from the track, showing how they may be a minor.
They first pointed out that Gambino himself admitted in a GQ interview that “This Is America” was originally a Drake diss track, prompting Drake to respond on his tour with a headline on the big screen that read: “The Overrated And Over Awarded Hit Song ‘This Is America’ Was Originally A Drake Diss Record.”
Then they parsed down other bars from the song, including, “I put your boy in the street, you got your biz in the streets” – claiming that it’s a reference to the Toronto sensation because he’s known as The kid and was mocked by Kendrick Lamar.
Michael Uzowuru, the song’s producer, retweeted the thread on Wednesday (July 24) with a screenshot of Top Dawg Entertainment president Terrence “Punch” Henderson just stating “lol.”
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Meanwhile, Childish Gambino’s first-week sales have been lackluster in recent years, and the trend appears to be continuing with Bando Stone and The New World.
According to HITS Daily Double, the rapper/actor’s fifth album is expected to gross 35,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, with 3,000 in pure sales.
That amount indicates the album will miss out on a top ten debut on the Billboard 200, debuting at No. 15.
Gambino has struggled to replicate the excellent first-week numbers he achieved in the 2010s.
His 2013 album Because the Internet opened at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, selling 96,000 first-week copies before Billboard began including streams as album sales.
Three years later, the soul and funk-inspired “Awaken, My Love!” outperformed itself, selling 101,000 units in its first week and hitting the top five.
However, Bino’s follow-up initiative 3.15.20 saw a significant commercial downturn, selling only 25,000 equivalent units in its first seven days. (The album has subsequently been pulled from streaming services and rereleased under the name Atavista.)
Its performance may have been hampered by the lack of a traditional promotional rollout (it was launched unexpectedly on Donald Glover’s website before being withdrawn 12 hours later and uploaded to streaming services), as well as its enigmatic album and song titles and blank, white cover.
Despite his first-week sales troubles, Gambino has won numerous gold and platinum awards in recent years, as well as several Grammy Awards.
