NxWorries, the duo of Anderson .Paak and producer Knxwledge, have announced their long-awaited sophomore album, Why Lawd?, out June 7th via Stones Throw Records. As a preview, they’ve shared the new single, “86Sentra.” Stream it below.
.Paak and Knxwledge haven’t shared the full tracklist for Why Lawd? yet, but a press release confirms the project will include the 2022 single “Where I Go” featuring H.E.R. and last year’s “Daydreaming.”
Coming in at well under two minutes, “86Sentra” is densely packed with metaphors and clever punchlines courtesy of a hungry-sounding .Paak. “Nickel nine gripper for all you Jack Rippers,” he raps in a buttery smooth delivery. “The driver inside got a license to hit ya/ Hop up out the pot and get your Top Ramen licked up.”
The single is accompanied by a visualizer created by Rhymezlikedimez that features the duo in technicolor cartoon form as they travel through Los Angeles.
.Paak and Knxwledge haven’t shared the full tracklist for Why Lawd? yet, but a press release confirms the project will include the 2022 single “Where I Go” featuring H.E.R. and last year’s “Daydreaming.”
Coming in at well under two minutes, “86Sentra” is densely packed with metaphors and clever punchlines courtesy of a hungry-sounding .Paak. “Nickel nine gripper for all you Jack Rippers,” he raps in a buttery smooth delivery. “The driver inside got a license to hit ya/ Hop up out the pot and get your Top Ramen licked up.”
The single is accompanied by a visualizer created by Rhymezlikedimez that features the duo in technicolor cartoon form as they travel through Los Angeles.
- 4/3/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
NxWorries, the R&b and alt hip-hop duo made of Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge, are back with a new single “Daydreaming.” It comes with an accompanying music video that takes place in the Grand Theft Auto universe, using .Paak’s actual character from GTA Online’s The Contract.
“Daydreaming” is a wistful, hypnotic love song putting .Paak in the character of a lovelorn Romeo over Knxwledge’s sensual beat. The video places .Paak and his love interest in a milder-than-usual GTA scenario, with an interesting twist at the end.
NxWorries are set to release an album later in the year, and they’re hitting the road for their inaugural run of dates in the UK and Europe with slots at Primavera Sound Barcelona, Madrid, and Portugal, Parklife in Manchester, and We Love Green in Paris, among others. Get tickets for NxWorries’ tour through Viagogo.
Check out NxWorries’ 2023 tour dates and the video for “Daydreaming” below.
“Daydreaming” is a wistful, hypnotic love song putting .Paak in the character of a lovelorn Romeo over Knxwledge’s sensual beat. The video places .Paak and his love interest in a milder-than-usual GTA scenario, with an interesting twist at the end.
NxWorries are set to release an album later in the year, and they’re hitting the road for their inaugural run of dates in the UK and Europe with slots at Primavera Sound Barcelona, Madrid, and Portugal, Parklife in Manchester, and We Love Green in Paris, among others. Get tickets for NxWorries’ tour through Viagogo.
Check out NxWorries’ 2023 tour dates and the video for “Daydreaming” below.
- 5/18/2023
- by Cervanté Pope
- Consequence - Music
Euro doom metallers Lucifer have returned with the new song “A Coffin Has No Silver Lining (The Sistine Version)” — their first new music since signing to Nuclear Blast Records last July.
The big label backing should give the band a much deserved boost in exposure, with the new song serving as a fine introduction for those encountering Lucifer’s revivalist doom for the first time.
Behind volleys of chugging riffage, singer Johanna Platow Andersson commands alluring melodies and an irresistible Aor-tinged chorus hook. There’s just enough grit to pull in the stoner-rock crowd, while the sheer catchiness of the riffs and chorus should appeal to any fan of old-school FM hard rock — the pinball machines and Super 8 footage in the Emil Klinta-directed music video emphasizing the latter observation.
The single arrives a week before Lucifer’s run of European tour dates supporting Ghost — another band with an affinity...
The big label backing should give the band a much deserved boost in exposure, with the new song serving as a fine introduction for those encountering Lucifer’s revivalist doom for the first time.
Behind volleys of chugging riffage, singer Johanna Platow Andersson commands alluring melodies and an irresistible Aor-tinged chorus hook. There’s just enough grit to pull in the stoner-rock crowd, while the sheer catchiness of the riffs and chorus should appeal to any fan of old-school FM hard rock — the pinball machines and Super 8 footage in the Emil Klinta-directed music video emphasizing the latter observation.
The single arrives a week before Lucifer’s run of European tour dates supporting Ghost — another band with an affinity...
- 5/17/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
On Thursday, around 9 p.m. Pacific Time, Sza’s highly-anticipated sophomore album Sos appeared on streaming services, exactly five years and six months from the day her deeply beloved debut, Ctrl, was released. Jay Versace, who produced two songs on the new album — including the first and titular track, a bold declaration of her extraordinary talent and tested temper — spent the hours before the release walking the streets of Pasadena, where he lives.
“I don’t know why I do that,” Jay Versace says. “But I literally was walking all over,...
“I don’t know why I do that,” Jay Versace says. “But I literally was walking all over,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Mankaprr Conteh
- Rollingstone.com
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It’s been a busy year for Anderson .Paak, from taking home four Grammys with Bruno Mars for Silk Sonic‘s “Leave the Door Open,” touring with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to, on a recent October night, celebrating alongside Lady Gaga at a Dom Pérignon dinner party in Los Angeles.
“Billy Porter was sitting next to me. Met a lot of fun people, man,” says .Paak, calling from L.
It’s been a busy year for Anderson .Paak, from taking home four Grammys with Bruno Mars for Silk Sonic‘s “Leave the Door Open,” touring with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to, on a recent October night, celebrating alongside Lady Gaga at a Dom Pérignon dinner party in Los Angeles.
“Billy Porter was sitting next to me. Met a lot of fun people, man,” says .Paak, calling from L.
- 10/27/2022
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture, and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.
Olu and WowGr8, the two rappers who make up Earthgang, spent much of this year hunkered down in West Atlanta recording Spilligion, their excellent debut album with Spillage Village — the hip-hop collective whose other key members include J.I.D, Mereba, 6lack, Hollywood Jb, Benji, and Jurdan Bryant. (For much more on how that album came to be,...
Olu and WowGr8, the two rappers who make up Earthgang, spent much of this year hunkered down in West Atlanta recording Spilligion, their excellent debut album with Spillage Village — the hip-hop collective whose other key members include J.I.D, Mereba, 6lack, Hollywood Jb, Benji, and Jurdan Bryant. (For much more on how that album came to be,...
- 12/17/2020
- by Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
Kareem Ali doles out music at a torrid pace: He has released seven albums in the last 18 months, a mix of reverent deep house tracks and more potent, pointed grooves, questing science fiction and pressing political commentary. While it’s more common than ever for artists to jettison songs like old sheets during spring cleaning, Ali’s data-dump feels considered and locked in; listening to his albums back to back to back is at once soothing and captivating.
“The producer Knxwledge did an interview one time, and he was saying...
“The producer Knxwledge did an interview one time, and he was saying...
- 8/25/2020
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
In 2020, disbelief is rare: Once-in-a-lifetime pandemics have a way of making even the most outlandish news seem unimpressive. Yet when Westside Gunn — a Buffalo rapper who channels 90s New York hip-hop of yore — released the tracklist for his latest album, Pray For Paris, fans were bewildered. In the production credits, alongside some of the most in-demand names names in hip-hop (DJ Premier, Alchemist, Tyler, The Creator) was a man named Jay Versace.
If you don’t know the 22-year-old’s name, you’ve likely seen his face. In 2014, his cherubic cheeks,...
If you don’t know the 22-year-old’s name, you’ve likely seen his face. In 2014, his cherubic cheeks,...
- 5/12/2020
- by Charles Holmes
- Rollingstone.com
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