The artwork for Why Lawd? Why Lawd? plays like a 21st-century update of Here, My Dear, Marvin Gaye's notoriously bitter farewell to ex-wife Anna Gordy. But while Paak's leathery, weathered vocal is soulful, he is an unlikable narrator... even his mum sounds bored of her offspring's sour self-pity on MoreOfIt.
Knxwledge's dulcet productions keep things sweet, stitching together Stylistics sitars and shimmering, Georgie Fame sound-beds to sculpt a dreamy 70s soul sound... But mostly, you'll be taking his ex's side throughout Why Lawd?, which probably isn't what Paak intended.
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