Currently in the country as one of Laneway Festival’s must-not-miss main attractions, Anderson .Paak has confirmed that both he and his backing band, The Free Nationals, are releasing new albums this year.

“It’s almost done,” FreeNats guitarist Jose Rios tells triple j Breakfast. “Next couple of months it should be out… before [June/July]. We’re putting the finishing touches on it right now.”

Given a nudge by the .Paak Man, they also spilled the beans about the album’s packed guestlist; “This will literally be the first [time], we’ve never told anybody about the features.”

Well, here goes: expect collabs with Mac Miller (who crossed paths with .Paak on ‘Dang!’), ‘After The Storm’ singer Kali Uchis, her former link-up Daniel Caesar, and possibly T.I. and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

If that wasn’t enough vibrant soul-funk-fusion excitement for you, there’s another solo album from the Free Nationals’ drum-punishing frontman in the works too.

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Anderson .Paak says his Aftermath Entertainment label big boss, Dr. Dre, "had a heavy role in this new album that’s almost done as well. 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.”

The .Paak man also spoke about recording remotely for Kendrick Lamar and his Black Panther: The Album.

“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.”

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The collective have been having a ball partying it up across the country with fellow Laneway acts The Internet (“those are our guys”) and “wild guy” Mac DeMarco.

“He took a piss on an ATM machine; got fully nude one place; made out with his keyboard player… He’s not normal,” jokes .Paak.

"When we come together it’s just like a big ball of energy walking through your city. If you ever catch us we’ll be down to take pics, slap hands, have drinks."

Anderson. Paak & The Free Nationals will round out their must-not-miss live shows at a Melbourne sideshow tonight and at the final Laneway Festival stops in Fremantle and Brisbane this weekend.