Release Date: 15 April 2016
Label: Steel Wool/OBE/Art Club
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 885150342237
Genres: Rap & Hip-Hop Rap & Hip-Hop
Description
Anderson .Paak is a singer-songwriter, rapper, producer and drummer from Oxnard, California. Once facing homelessness, Anderson overcame all odds and is now recognised globally as the hottest hip-hop/r&b breakthrough artist of 2016.
.Paak landed his big break in the summer of 2015, after appearing on 6 (out of 16) tracks on Dr Dre's acclaimed 'Compton' album. This made him both the most featured artist on the record and the only one with a solo track.
Having previously released music under the pseudonym Breezy Lovejoy, the debut album by Anderson .Paak, 'Venice', was released in the US in November 2014 (Steel Wool/Outer Body Experience) and issued in the UK/Europe (via Membran) in August 2015. An eclectic blend of R&B, hip-hop and electronic music, its grooves represented a collision of 70's soul and the LA experimental beat scene reminiscent of J. Dilla.
.Paak released his highly anticipated new album, 'Malibu', in January 2016 on Steel Wool/OBE/Art Club (via Membran). It includes the Radio 1 playlisted single 'Am I Wrong' together with songs such as 'Room In Here' (1Xtra playlist), 'The Season/Carry Me' (premiered by Dr Dre on Beats 1) and 'Come Down'. The album has also been rapturously received in the media.
Featured guests on the record included ScHoolboy Q, Rapsody, BJ the Chicago Kid, Talib Kweli and The Game.
Anderson is also half of NxWorries (alongside producer Knxwledge), and their collaborative effort 'Suede' was a runaway success on Hip Hop charts worldwide in 2015.
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