Oxnard

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<i>Oxnard</i> is the name of the Southern California city Anderson .Paak grew up in, but the album isn’t really a nostalgic look back at the singer/rapper’s origin. “This album is bringing the things that I’ve learned from going out and experiencing life outside of my comfort zone and outside of my natural habitat,” he tells Apple Music. “I had to leave and go into the bigger city, into the world, and learn all these thing, and now I’m bringing it back to my home front.” Since dropping the highly acclaimed <i>Malibu</i> in 2016, .Paak has basically stayed on the road, touring the world a few times over before buckling down to complete his third offering since changing his name from the exponentially cheekier Breezy Lovejoy. As .Paak, he was coming off a star turn as a featured artist on Dr. Dre’s 2015 album, <i>Compton</i>, when <i>Malibu</i> established him as one of the most original voices in popular music. With <i>Oxnard</i>, though, the challenge came in breaking from that norm. “Sometimes we would have a good record, but it was like, ‘I’ve said thi,’” .Paak say. “‘I don’t need to talk about how good the p*ssy is five time. What else should we say that I’m going through?’” The most striking answer comes in the form of “6 Summer,” a protest song in two parts: the first, funky resilience; the second, a smooth and steely rumination on American politic. Throughout the track, .Paak calls out President Donald Trump by name, addressing immigration, gun control, and the anxiety a large part of the population feels whenever the commander-in-chief tweet. .

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