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}} ''Because the Internet'' is the second studio album by American hip hop recording artist Donald Glover, under the stage name Childish Gambino. The album was released on December 10, 2013 by Glassnote Records and Island Records, and then four days later in North America by Glassnote and Universal. The recording process began in 2012 and ended in October 2013. Recording primarily took place at a mansion owned by basketball player Chris Bosh, which Gambino rented. ''Because the Internet'' features guest appearances from Chance the Rapper, Jhené Aiko and Azealia Banks, with production primarily handled by Gambino, Stefan Ponce, and Ludwig Göransson, among others. The album was supported by the singles "3005", "Crawl", "Sweatpants" and "Telegraph Ave." Gambino also released a short film titled ''Clapping for the Wrong Reasons'' and a 72-page screenplay to go along with the album in promotion of it. Upon its release, ''Because the Internet'' received generally positive reviews from music critics, including an average score of 64 at Metacritic, based on 26 reviews. It also received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album. It also performed well commercially, debuting at number seven on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and number 12 on the Canadian Albums Chart. As of December 2014, it has sold 377,000 copies in the United States. == Background == In July 2013, Gambino signed on to create a music-themed show for FX titled ''Atlanta'', in which he will star, write, and executive produce. Consequently, he decided to reduce his work for NBC, and only appeared in five episodes of ''Community'' 13-episode fifth season. His role was reduced in order to work more on his music career.〔Itzkoff, Dave (2013-07-09). ("Donald Glover Reduces His Course Load on 'Community.'" ) ''NYTimes.com''. Retrieved 2013-07-17.〕 On October 4, 2013, Gambino announced on Twitter that his second studio album was completed. He further revealed details at Homecoming Week at Penn State On October 7, stating that "I got a new album coming out soon, so this is the last time we're gonna play a lot of this shit." The same day, he premiered a new song titled "Yaphet Kotto". On October 8, 2013, Gambino released a teaser video for the album, which he announced as being titled ''Because the Internet'' and that it would be released in December 2013. Gambino told MTV that singer Beck gave him the idea for the album title. He explained the title, saying: "Because the internet I'm here, because of the internet we're all here. It's the language of earth. Everyone keeps saying by this or that year, Mandarin or Spanish will be the most dominant language, but the internet is already a language we are all connected to; even my dad can understand the meme format. But the thing is, there are no rules, which is also the awesome thing." After the release date announcement, Gambino stated he was upset since Glassnote Records wanted to push back its release to 2014, which he said was because "it's not a holiday record and I'm not a big artist". He responded to this, saying: "If it wasn't gonna be released then, I was gonna release it myself. What's the point of waiting? I feel like that's the only time people would be able to listen to it. December is the perfect time. Albums made a really big impact on me when I was alone and everything was quiet, and I know that's when students go home, that's when everything is closed, so it's a good time to just listen to something and be yourself."〔 On October 21, he announced a release date of December 10, 2013 for the album. The cover is an animated .GIF of Glover staring at the viewer, which quickly fuzzes out after a few seconds (with strong brush-like strokes blurring his features to the point where he is unrecognizable) as if it had jumped at the viewer, in a process similar to zooming in. The .GIF format is a reference to the Internet, which made it popular and frequent. The physical version of the album functions with lenticular printing to mimic the animation effect.〔http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/12/childish-gambino-reveals-internet-album-packaging/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Because the Internet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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