Anderson .Paak, Venice - Album review

Download: Milk And Honey; Miss Right; Drugs; Off the Ground

Before his contributions to Dr Dre’s Compton brought him wider recognition, multi-talented Afro-Korean Anderson .Paak pursued a varied and intriguing career, including an attempt to reverse the old tradition of white artists covering black originators, by treating songs by Neil Young, The Beatles and White Stripes as jazz-funk.

This album, however, positions him as a neo-R&B singer in the vein of The Weeknd, Miguel and Frank Ocean, oozing seductively over glitchy beats and keyboard washes.

“Milk And Honey” opens proceedings with a puttering electro beat, simple synth figure and urgent but laidback rap about his women problems, establishing the warm, fuzzy vibe that sustains through the album, with standout cuts including the heavily Auto-Tuned “Drugs”, a tragic tale of somatic sexuality, and the closing “Off The Ground”, a sublime electropop groove.