Yes Lawd! | ||||
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Released | October 21, 2016 | |||
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Length | 48:50 | |||
Label | Stones Throw | |||
Producer | Knxwledge | |||
NxWorries chronology | ||||
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Singles from Yes Lawd! | ||||
Yes Lawd! is the debut studio album by American neo soul[1] duo NxWorries, which consists of vocalist Anderson .Paak and producer Knxwledge. It was released on October 21, 2016, by Stones Throw Records.[2] It is supported by four singles, "Suede", "Link Up", "Lyk Dis", and "Get Bigger / Do U Luv".
Release and promotion
On June 19, 2016, member Anderson .Paak confirmed that NxWorries' debut studio album is finished and set for release.[3] On July 25, 2016, Paak's manager, Adrian Miller, confirmed that the album was to be titled Yes Lawd!.[4] On September 19, 2016, the third single to NxWorries' debut studio album "Lyk Dis" was released, along with the track listing and release date for the album.[5] On October 14, 2016, the duo released the album a week early for streaming on Apple Music.[6]
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.7/10[7] |
Metacritic | 80/100[8] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [9] |
The Guardian | [10] |
The Irish Times | [11] |
Mojo | [12] |
NME | [13] |
The Observer | [14] |
Pitchfork | 8.2/10[15] |
Record Collector | [16] |
Uncut | 8/10[17] |
XXL | 4/5[18] |
Yes Lawd! received generally favorable reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 80, based on 22 reviews.[8] NME magazine's Jordan Bassett hailed it as "a sprawling, languid affair, running to 19 tracks of soulful hip hop",[13] while Jim Carroll of The Irish Times called it "an all-beats-blazing set of the funk".[11] It was deemed an "R&B lover and millennial must-have" by Vibe,[19] and Rolling Stone named it the 15th best R&B album of 2016.[1] Robert Christgau gave the album a three-star honorable mention in his column for Vice, indicating "an enjoyable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well treasure".[20] He cited "Another Time", "Lyk Dis", and "Fkku" as highlights while calling Anderson .Paak a "love man [who] projects [a] minimum modicum of empathy with his salable burr yet somehow sounds cuddly even so".[21] Marshall Gu from PopMatters was less enthusiastic, writing that the album "wants to be a neo-soul version of Madvillain or The Unseen or Donuts, that is, a stoner's dream collection of fragments of songs, less focused on hooks and more focused on sounds".[22]
Track listing
Credits adapted from BMI.[23]
All tracks produced by Knxwledge.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Intro" | 0:48 | |
2. | "Livvin" |
| 2:45 |
3. | "Wngs" |
| 1:36 |
4. | "Best One" |
| 3:14 |
5. | "What More Can I Say" |
| 2:36 |
6. | "Kutless" |
| 2:07 |
7. | "Lyk Dis" |
| 2:30 |
8. | "Can't Stop" |
| 2:01 |
9. | "Get Bigger / Do U Luv" |
| 4:03 |
10. | "Khadijah" |
| 2:02 |
11. | "H.A.N." |
| 2:49 |
12. | "Scared Money" |
| 2:57 |
13. | "Suede" |
| 2:54 |
14. | "Starlite" |
| 3:23 |
15. | "Sidepiece" |
| 3:46 |
16. | "Jodi" |
| 1:09 |
17. | "Link Up" |
| 3:31 |
18. | "Another Time" |
| 2:27 |
19. | "Fkku" |
| 2:11 |
Total length: | 48:50 |
- Sample credits
- "Livvin" contains samples of "Tributo Ao Sorriso", written by Alen Terra, Yan Guest, Jorge Amiden, and Luiz Junior, and performed by Karma.
- "Wngs" contains samples of "Ghetto Money", written by Linda Creed and Thom Bell, and performed by Ahmad Jamal.
- "Best One" contains samples of "Lord You're My Everything", written by Thomas Whitfield and performed by the Thomas Whitfield Company; and samples of the film The Players Club.
- "What More Can I Say" contains samples of "What More Can I Say", written by Bradley Bobo, Clifford Curry, Santos Domínguez, and Terry Long, and performed by The Notations; samples of "Good to Get Away", written and performed by Brenda Nicholas and Philip Nicholas; and samples of "Nights Like This", written by Jesse Johnson and Keith Lewis, and performed by After 7.
- "Kutless" contains samples of "Lady", written and performed by Gino Vannelli.
- "Lyk Dis" contains samples of "Mr. Me, Mrs. You", written by H. B. Barnum and Robert Young, and performed by Creme d'Cocoa; and contains samples of "Ebony Woman", written by Morris Bailey and performed by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.
- "Can't Stop" contains samples of "I Think My Heart Is Telling", written by John H. Fitch Jr. and Reuben Cross, and performed by Evelyn "Champagne" King; and samples of the television series Rick and Morty.
- "Get Bigger / Do U Luv" contains samples of "The Love You Gave to Me", written by Greg Adams and Webster Lewis, and performed by Webster Lewis; samples of "In Summertime", written and performed by Ronnie McNeir; and samples of "Pussy", written by Shawn Carter, Robert Kelly, and Devin Copeland, and performed by Jay Z and R. Kelly featuring Devin the Dude.
- "H.A.N." samples the film The Players Club.
- "Scared Money" contains samples of "(I Could Never Say) It's Over", written by Johnny Kemp and Mauro Malavasi and performed by B. B. & Q. Band; and interpolations of "Midnight", written by Ali Muhammad, Jonathan Davis, and Malik Taylor, and performed by A Tribe Called Quest featuring Raphael Wiggins.
- "Suede" contains samples of "The Bottle", written by Gil Scott-Heron and performed by Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson.
- "Starlite" contains samples of "God Is So Good to Me", written by Clyde G. Carter and performed by Gwen Carter.
- "Jodi" contains samples of the "Funky Bottoms" titled episode from the Kung Faux television series.
- "Sidepiece" contains an interpolation of "Won't Do", written and performed by J Dilla.
- "Another Time" contains samples of "Bless You With My Love", written by Barbara J. Trotter and performed by Heaven Sent & Ecstasy; and samples of "Your Love", written by Kenni Ski, Allen Anthony, and Shawn Carter, and performed by Christión and Jay Z.
- "Fkku" contains samples of "Absolutely Beautiful", written and performed by Eddie Robinson; and samples of the video "Dear person that pissed me off..." by Krissychula.
Charts
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[24] | 48 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] | 63 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] | 82 |
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[27] | 1 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] | 97 |
US Billboard 200[29] | 59 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[30] | 3 |
References
- ^ a b Reed, Ryan (February 15, 2017). "Watch Anderson Paak's Dramatic Valentine's Day 'Tonight Show' Performance". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ "Yes Lawd! by NxWorries, Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge on Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ "Anderson .Paak Says 'NxWorries' Album Is Finished - XXL". Xxlmag.com. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ Hermann, Andy. "Anderson .Paak's Long, Hard Road to Fame Was Worth the Wait". Los Angeles Weekly. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ "NxWorries – Anderson.Paak and Knxwledge – YES LAWD! | Stones Throw Records".
- ^ "Listen to NxWorries' (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) New Album Yes Lawd! A Week Early". Pitchfork. 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Yes Lawd! by NxWorries reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ a b "Reviews for Yes Lawd! by NxWorries". Metacritic. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ^ Kellman, Andy. "Yes Lawd! – NxWorries". AllMusic. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (October 27, 2016). "NxWorries: Yes Lawd! review – beauty in beefs and endless sex". The Guardian. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ a b Carroll, Jim (October 20, 2016). "NxWorries – Yes Lawd! album review: Anderson .Paak comes out all beats blazing". The Irish Times. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ Cowan, Andy (December 2016). "NxWorries: Yes Lawd!". Mojo. No. 277. p. 93.
- ^ a b Bassett, Jordan (October 20, 2016). "NxWorries – 'Yes Lawd!' Album Review". NME. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
- ^ Jaward, Isa (October 23, 2016). "NxWorries: Yes Lawd! review – Paak and Knxwledge have all the answers". The Observer. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ Bromwich, Jonah (October 18, 2016). "NxWorries: Yes Lawd! Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ Bowler, Paul (Christmas 2016). "NxWorries – Yes Lawd!". Record Collector. No. 461. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ Dalton, Stephen (January 2017). "NxWorries: Yes Lawd!". Uncut. No. 236. p. 28.
- ^ Preezy (October 24, 2016). "NxWorries' Unity Continues to Work in Their Favor on 'Yes Lawd!'". XXL. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ Anon. (December 16, 2016). "13. NxWorries, 'Yes Lawd!'". Vibe. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ Christgau 2017; Christgau 2000, p. xvi.
- ^ Christgau 2017.
- ^ Gu, Marshall (October 27, 2016). "NxWorries: Yes Lawd!". PopMatters. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ "BMI | Repertoire Search". repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – NxWorries – Yes Lawd!". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – NxWorries – Yes Lawd!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – NxWorries – Yes Lawd!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ^ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. October 31, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – NxWorries – Yes Lawd!". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ "NxWorries Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- ^ "NxWorries Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
Bibliography
- Christgau, Robert (2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan. ISBN 0312245602.
- Christgau, Robert (March 3, 2017). "On Syd's Depth and Resonance: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Vice. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
External links
- Yes Lawd! at Discogs (list of releases)
- https://www.WhoSampled.com/NxWorries/