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We may be edging out of a long hot summer, but this might just be the best nightlife booking of the whole season. Anderson .Paak’s brilliant sophomore LP Malibu has made him one of the hottest acts in hip hop right now.





Paak, who started out performing as Breezy Lovejoy, went from drumming in a church band in his youth to helping manage a (legal) marijuana farm, before his breakthrough came when he appeared on and co-wrote six tracks on Dr Dre’s 2015 comeback record Compton. He featured more than any other guest – enough for him to be dubbed Dre’s latest protégé.





Then came this year’s Malibu, a warm and infectious mix of jazz, neo-soul, reggae, trap and house on a foundation of R&B and hip hop. And while comparisons have been made between the record and Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, Paak has been crafting and honing his own soul sound since the Lovejoy days.





Having spent much of his career drumming for acts such as American Idol contestant Haley Reinhart, Paak is now deservedly fronting his own world tour. He’ll be at MAO Livehouse this month alongside his live band The Free Nationals – take this chance to see one of the most exciting musicians of the year on his rise to the top.