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Camp is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Childish Gambino. It was released on November 15, 2011, by Glassnote Records. Upon Gambino's four mixtapes and three independent album releases, Gambino signed a deal to Glassnote, marking it as his first album on a major record label. Recording sessions took place over a course of the whole year, while Camp was co-produced in its entirety by Gambino's longtime collaborator Ludwig Göransson.

Camp received generally positive reviews from critics, debuting at number 11 on the Billboard 200, selling 52,000 copies in the first week.

The track "Hold You Down" uses a sample from the "Slow Moon" theme in the 1992 video game soundtrack for Streets of Rage 2, originally composed by chiptune composer Yuzo Koshiro.

The album was made available for pre-order on iTunes on November 1. On the same day, the music video for "Bonfire" was released through Gambino's website and YouTube. The album was made available in its entirety for streaming on NPR on November 6. Furthermore, on certain editions of the album it was accompanied with download tracks in the form of an EP titled "Camp Side D" with the popular track "Longest Text Message" as an exclusive.

Before the album's release, Gambino released a 5-track EP with the lead single "Freaks and Geeks", which was later included on the deluxe edition.

The album's second single, "Bonfire", was debuted on Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 radio show on September 17, 2011.

"Heartbeat" was released as the album's third single and reached 18 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, the song was released as the first official single from the album in the UK on April 23, 2012. On July 24, 2012, the music video for the fourth single "Fire Fly" was released on Vevo.

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