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Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge Turn Pain Into Pleasure on NxWorries’ ‘Why Lawd?’: Album Review
NxWorries, the duo consisting of Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge, turn pain into pleasure on their new album 'Why Lawd?'
His weed is “Luigi green.” His soothing beverage of choice is “tea with the honey from New Zealand.” Instead of shaving, he’s “running a razor across my godly jaw.” On the seductive “FallThru,” he makes time for a tryst, itemizing and disregarding each would-be scheduling conflict. .Paak has an emcee’s penchant for storytelling, and it’s most effective when wielded autobiographically, as he does over rich church organs on “HereIAm” and the neo-soul bounce of “Battlefield.” On the former, he vividly recalls lurking an ex’s social media activity and dodging disappointed family and friends who remind him that he fumbled a good woman… again. But as a listener, it’s hard to feel sympathy for someone whose means of grieving a relationship is calling his curvy, college-aged rebound “dumb as a brick with shitty music tastes.” His crass lyrics can sometimes skew chauvinistic (see: “Malibu”’s “Silicon Valley,” Silk Sonic’s “Smoking Out the Window,” large swathes of “Yes Lawd!”), which is unfortunate because it undermines his brilliance as an artist.
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