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.
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.