YES LAWD! As tempting as it may be to just let that exclamation suffice as your sole introduction to NxWorries, we should go a little deeper. The men at the heart of this LP— soul styler Anderson .Paak and loop beast Knxwledge—make an exceedingly clean pair, even as they deal almost entirely in the gritty: vocals that sound lived in for a couple of lifetimes; beats that kick up dust as they bump; and an 18-track set that plays like a mixtape merging skits, songs, and snippets into a package of fluid groove and rough-cut rap ‘n’ soul gems.
Anderson .Paak plays a theatrically brash version of himself who raps and sings like a '70s superstar and talks sh*t like a stone cold player. The performance is seeded with details from his life, which has seen a fair share of struggle and hard-won triumph. Meanwhile Knxwledge weaves a tapestry of sampled bits and live fragments —bass, brass and violin — that smooths everything over, reminding us that despite whatever struggle it took to get here… well, you already know the name: NxWorries.
Features the viral hit “Suede” and “Linked Up” from the duo’s 2015 EP.
