Anderson .Paak's New Album Releases This Year And Has "Heavy" Contribution from Dr. Dre

Critically acclaimed musician Anderson .Paak signed with Aftermath Ent. in 2016 and since then, fans have been looking forward to hearing what the result of the partnership will be.

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In a new interview, the singer-rapper-instrumentalist has revealed that his new album is done and in the mixing stage right now. He also says that it will have a significant contribution from his label boss, Dr. Dre. He said the new album is “just going through the mixing phase. I won’t say any dates but you can definitely expect it this year, sometime.”

“It’s dope to be around like legends like that and you can feel the mutual respect. That’s what I always did it for, I wasn’t really thinking about money or fame, I just wanted the respect from the people I look up to musically. It’s amazing,” he continued. Paak released his last album Malibu in January, 2016 via Steel Wool/OBE/Art Club.

He also talked about his upcoming contribution on the Black Panther soundtrack where he’s featured on the song ‘Bloody Waters’ alongside James Blake and Ab-Soul: “We were in South Africa, we had literally just got off the plane and I got a text from Kendrick, he was like ‘I hear you on the song I don’t hear nobody else on it.’ I just go to South Africa, ‘I’ll try my best to get it done’. So we just booked a studio that night and I recorded it and sent it back – he loved it. Couple weeks later it was on the soundtrack.”

Anderson .Paak’s band The Free Nationals are set to release a new album before the Summer as well.