Artist profile
Childish Gambino is an Atlanta-based rapper, singer, and producer known for blending trap, R&B, and experimental production across multiple albums and projects. His work spans introspective lyricism and genre-fluid production, drawing from contemporary hip-hop and electronic music influences.
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Childish Gambino is a moderate-energy — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Hip-Hop pocket.
Across 9 analysed tracks, Childish Gambino averages 55% energy — harder than 72% of individual Hip-Hop tracks — and 44% groove, straighter than 57%.
Measured against 873 Hip-Hop tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Childish Gambino’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Hip-Hop tempo.
Across Childish Gambino's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~102 to ~113 BPM; warmth has lifted.

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We scored every transition between Childish Gambino’s 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 5 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 5 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
10 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 6 different Childish Gambino tracks.
Summertime Magic → Who Do You Love? · 8A → 8A · −4 BPM · 90 chemistry
16 of the 261 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.5. They come from 6 different Childish Gambino tracks.
Summertime Magic → Old School · 8A → 9A · −1 BPM · 88 chemistry
18 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 7 different Childish Gambino tracks.
12 of the 216 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.2. They come from 4 different Childish Gambino tracks.
Summertime Magic → hey now · 8A → 8A · +2 BPM · 83 chemistry
14 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 4 different Childish Gambino tracks.
Feels Like Summer → Mantra · 7A → 7A · +12 BPM · 83 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Childish Gambino by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Childish Gambino, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Childish Gambino's tracks in our catalog range from 80 to 125 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 9 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Childish Gambino's tracks are mostly in minor keys (78% minor across 9 tracks). The most common single key is 7A (D Minor) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Childish Gambino's 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 5 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Drake, Fabian Mazur, Future are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Summertime Magic into Who Do You Love?, 8A to 8A, 90 chemistry.
Childish Gambino sits closest to Tyler, The Creator, Chance the Rapper, Mac Miller in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Childish Gambino releases spanning 2011 to 2019, with the most tracks from the 2010s.