Anderson .Paak, Oxnard
The artist formerly known as Breezy Lovejoy still dishes out plenty of sunshine on his major label debut but he’s also got enough runtime to experiment. This is a sprawling, ambitious, funk rap epic with a lot of different flavors, many of them accented by a host of big name guest stars, from Dr. Dre and Q-Tip to Kendrick Lamar and Pusha T. It remains fairly cohesive because Paak has such a singular voice, both as a profoundly raspy rapper and as a singer too. Thematically, this is post-gangsta, reasonably conscious rap, though the MC does love detailing his sexual exploits. It’s a bit all over the map, but it’s worth the miles. Highlights: “Who R U?,” “Tints,” “Cheers”
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