Anderson .Paak and A$AP Rocky be part of Free Nationals for jazzy new single ‘Gangsta’
Free Nationals have returned with their first new music since 2020 within the type of the only ‘Gangsta’, that includes Anderson .Paak and A$AP Rocky – try the video beneath.
The free-flowing, jazz-flavoured monitor sees the Californian R&B and funk group reunite with .Paak, for whom they’ve usually appeared reside because the backing band. It’s the first time that they’ve appeared on report along with Rocky.
Try the video for the only beneath, which sees the band, .Paak and Rocky portrayed by children who’re being pressured to defend themselves in courtroom.
The band are anticipated to launch extra music in 2024, with the potential of a second studio album, to observe up their self-titled debut in 2019. That album was nominated for a Grammy for Finest Progressive R&B Album and featured contributions from a bunch of visitors, together with .Paak, Kali Uchis, Syd and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
In a three-star overview, NME wrote about that report: “The Free Nationals’ supreme musicianship is unquestionable, however they most of the time appear to require an outdoor presence main from the entrance to essentially deliver all of it house.”
The Free Nationals and .Paak will seem collectively at this yr’s New Orleans Jazz Pageant in April,
.Paak is at present internet hosting season two of his Apple Music collection .Paak’s Home, a present that options reside performances and comedy sketches, with a rotating forged of visitors. Okay-pop woman group aespa just lately appeared on the present, the place .Paak tasked them with assembling a drum equipment, which didn’t go notably properly.
His final solo album was 2019’s ‘Ventura’, though he did launch ‘An Night with Silk Sonic’ in 2021 below the identify Silk Sonic, a collaboration with Bruno Mars.
Rocky, in the meantime, just lately confirmed that his accomplice Rihanna continues to be “engaged on” her highly-anticipated ninth album, after the couple spent Valentine’s Day in Paris.
His newest album ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ is anticipated to be launched quickly, however no date has but been confirmed.