Knxwledge, 1988 (COLOR)

22 track album, feat. NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knx), Durand Bernarr, Rose Gold. Instant digital download with purchase of LP or CD.

TRACKLIST 

1. dont be afraid  

2. [bc] tm_s not promised  

3. do you  

4. thats allwekando.  

5. listen  

6. learn  

7. howtokope.  

8. with[reality]  

9. uonlygetone  

10. solivelife  

11. be safe  

12. watchwhoukallyourhomie  

13. theykome&go  

14. don_tgottabe  

15. gangstallthetime  

16. believeme  

17. itkanbe[sonice] feat. NxWorries  

18. 19. makeitliveforever  

20. 21. amansloveislife_keepon  

22. minding_my business feat. Durand Bernarr, Rose Gold  

DESCRIPTION

1988 is the follow up to Knxwledge’s official debut album Hud Dreems (Stones Throw, 2015). The same year Hud Dreems was released Knx worked with Kendrick Lamar on To Pimp a Butterfly, earning the producer his first Grammy. A duo with Anderson .Paak called NxWorries was formed around the same time. Their single “Suede” became a viral hit, vaulting the singer to R&B stardom, and their album Yes Lawd! followed through on that song’s immense promise. Knx and Paak have quietly continued collaborating, and some of the new work is heard on 1988.

A prolific artist in the extreme sense of the word, Knxwledge continues to redefine instrumental hip-hop almost in real-time with a stream of beat tapes numbering in the hundreds on Bandcamp, and video remixes on Instagram.

This prolific output began early. 1988 takes its name from the fact that much of the new record was created that very year, when Knx was an infant. As the story is told, little baby Knx was left alone by his mother for just a few moments and crawled to a family member’s vintage SP–12 sampler. When his mother returned he had already produced his first beats and nearly mastered the machine. These tracks, all produced before nap time while rocking a Nike diaper, were stored over the years on floppy discs, then brought to his studio in recent months where they were finished up, mixed, and mastered.