The newest and most refreshing voice that's taking over hip hop, even when not truly being defined by hip hop, is none other than Oxnard, California's own Anderson .Paak. He made noise by being an unknown feature on Dr. Dre's long awaited Compton album, and only got bigger after that with being a feature on Game's Documentary 2 album. But these features were just the warm ups that lead up to .Paak's 2nd studio album Malibu, which has seemingly cemented his very own funky sound and style into mainstream music.
It's hard to say that .Paak is one specific genre; when you hear him featured on Dr. Dre's "Animals", "For The Love Of Money", and "All In A Day's Work" off of Compton; The Soundtrack, you'd probably think that he adds the perfect soulful sound on some banging hip hop tracks with just his voice alone, but when you hear him on his own tracks like "Am I Wrong", "The Bird", or "Lite Weight", you wouldn't know whether to make love to your partner, or to get on the dance floor and show out!
(One of the best examples of the funky sound that .Paak demonstrates all throughout Malibu)
Dr. Dre brought .Paak into the music world perfectly with some heavyweight features on one of the most highly anticipated albums of the last century, and though .Paak just added his signature voice and sound to Dre's songs on Compton, he was finally given his chance to do his own thing with Malibu, and he did it perfectly, not to mention that he's able to feature with some of today's biggest rappers and create his own shine on a track without stealing that person's song. Anderson .Paak's music is a breath of fresh air throwback; this statement may not make sense, but how else can someone make such a classic genre of music sound so new and refreshing? .Paak brings back the funk so hard, it's like he time traveled back to the 70's with today's instruments and musical equipment, recorded the songs, then came back and released them to the public. Yes .Paak is bringing his own signature sound, a sound that is good for dance, jazz, funk, and hip hop fans alike.
(I've been jamming this song so damn hard since it came out in the 2nd half of last year. *I do not own these songs, nor the rights to them*)
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