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Oxnard
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
Studio
  • Nice Vibe
  • Record One (Los Angeles)
  • OBE (Hollywood)
  • Genre
    Length56:19
    Label
    Producer
    Anderson .Paak chronology
    Malibu
    (2016)
    Oxnard
    (2018)
    Ventura
    (2019)
    Singles from Oxnard

    1. "Tints"
      Released: October 4, 2018
    2. "Who R U?"
      Released: November 9, 2018

    Oxnard is the third studio album by American rapper Anderson .Paak. It was released on November 16, 2018, by 12Tone Music, Aftermath Entertainment, and OBE. The album features guest appearances from Kadhja Bonet, Norelle, Kendrick Lamar, Sonyae Elise, Dr. Dre, Cocoa Sarai, Pusha T, Snoop Dogg, The Last Artful, Dodgr, J. Cole, Q-Tip, and BJ the Chicago Kid.

    Oxnard was supported by two singles: "Tints" and "Who R U?" The album received generally positive reviews from critics, and debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200.

    Background and release[edit]

    Oxnard is Paak's first album released on Aftermath Entertainment and 12Tone Music,[4] and the last of his "beach series", following 2014's Venice and 2016's Malibu. The album features contributions from Dr. Dre, who was heavily involved in the making of the album and served as an executive producer. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Paak stated, "This is the album I dreamed of making in high school, when I was listening to Jay-Z's The Blueprint, The Game's The Documentary, and Kanye West's The College Dropout."[5][6]

    Promotion[edit]

    The lead single from the album, "Tints" featuring Kendrick Lamar, was released on October 4, after premiering on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show.[7] On October 10, Paak announced that the album would be released on November 16 and revealed the album cover.[8] On October 26, the music video for "Tints" was released exclusively on Apple Music, as well as a pre-order of the album, revealing its track listing.[9] On November 9, Paak released "Who R U?" as the second single from the album.[10]

    Critical reception[edit]

    Professional ratings
    Aggregate scores
    SourceRating
    AnyDecentMusic?7.0/10[11]
    Metacritic73/100[12]
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[13]
    ConsequenceB[14]
    Exclaim!7/10[15]
    The Guardian[3]
    The Line of Best Fit7/10[16]
    NME[2]
    The Observer[17]
    Pitchfork7.0/10[1]
    Rolling Stone[18]
    XXL4/5[19]

    Oxnard was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 73, based on 18 reviews.[12] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.0 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[11]

    Andy Kellman of AllMusic said, "Although Paak is still an R&B artist more so than a hip-hop one, he continues to be a stylistic outlier. Rather than pander, testify, or even seduce, he tends to express the blues when he sings".[13] El Hunt of NME stated, "In contrast to previous albums, this wasn't made while sofa-surfing to make ends meet. As Anderson .Paak puts it, he was eating calamari and lobster instead – "every day is Christmas!" he declares dryly on "Mansa Musa". Post-mainstream breakthrough, Oxnard is a deft dissection of the fallout, just as free-ranging and hopeful as you'd imagine".[2] Kitty EmpireofThe Observer claimed, "Wealth is a recurrent theme, but musicality remains to the fore. Although .Paak can do trap-influenced beats, he's just as happy marshalling psychedelic guitars and gospel uplift on resonant tracks such as "Brother's Keeper", which also features a blistering verse from Pusha T. The west coast feelgood factor turns a touch obvious when Snoop Dogg arrives for "Anywhere", but there remains a restlessness to .Paak's work.."[17] Magazine publication XXL said, "It may not be quite the full-marks classic he'd hoped, but Oxnard is an intriguing next step for the 2016 XXL Freshman that demands repeat listening and hints that he may have a Blueprint in him yet".[19] Kitty Richardson of The Line of Best Fit stated, "A still-formidable effort, but perhaps not the homecoming .Paak would have produced if he'd decided to go his own way".[16]

    Amongst the more mixed reviews, Rachel Aroesti concluded for The Guardian that "This meeting of joy and aggression is what defines Oxnard, and the effect is not always pleasant – it makes .Paak's trademark grooves difficult to luxuriate in – but it is still a compelling mode, and one that rehomes his old-school tastes firmly in the present".[3] Mosi Reeves from Rolling Stone suggested "Some of the album's best tracks like "6 Summers" – where Paak cheekily turns a bizarre fantasy about a supposed Trump love child into a party chant – sway and churn with no clear direction. Meanwhile, Dre's engineering role proves a mixed blessing. While the good doctor applies his mixing skills with the loving touch of a man polishing a Chevy Chevelle, resulting in the aural equivalent of a Hollywood blockbuster lathered in Dolby-quality boom, much of what made Paak's early work so fantastic is forgotten. There's none of the grungy Blaxploitation soul that fueled Yes Lawd!, his 2016 NxWorries project with L.A. beat loop expert Knxwledge, even though it was that group's 2015 "Suede" single that reportedly inspired Dre to sign Paak in the first place".[18]

    Year-end lists[edit]

    Select year-end rankings of Oxnard
    Publication List Rank Ref.
    ABC News 50 Best Albums of 2018
    7
    Complex The Best Albums of 2018
    44
    GQ (Russia) The Best Music Albums of 2018
    3
    NME Best Albums of the Year 2018
    90

    Track listing[edit]

    Oxnard track listing
    No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
    1."The Chase" (featuring Kadhja Bonet)
    • Kadhja Bonet
  • Brandon Anderson
  • Jairus Mozee
    • Jhair Lazo
  • Anderson .Paak
  • Bonet[b]
  • 3:23
    2."Headlow" (featuring Norelle)
    • Anderson
  • Jose Rios
  • Bonet
  • Michael Redict
  • Ron Avant
    • Rios
  • King Michael Coy
  • Avant
  • 4:10
    3."Tints" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
    • Anderson
  • Jeff Gitelman
  • Sydney Bennett
  • Robert Lewis
  • Kendrick Duckworth
  • David Pimentel
  • Taylor Parks
  • Om'Mas Keith
    • Keith
  • .Paak
  • 4:28
    4."Who R U?"
    • Anderson
  • Dwayne Abernathy Jr.
  • Sylvester Jordan
  • Andre Young
  • Melvin Henderson
  • Andre Brissett
  • Mell
  • Dem Jointz[b]
  • Brissett[b]
  • 2:48
    5."6 Summers"
    • Anderson
  • Jason Pounds
  • Henderson
  • Tia Myrie
    • .Paak
  • Mell
  • Pounds[a]
  • 4:42
    6."Saviers Road"
    • Anderson
  • Patrick Douthit
  • Myrie
  • 9th Wonder2:24
    7."Smile / Petty" (featuring Sonyae Elise)
    • Anderson
  • Keifer Shackleford
  • Matthew Merisola
    • Callum and Kiefer
  • King Michael Coy
  • 4:42
    8."Mansa Musa" (featuring Dr. Dre and Cocoa Sarai)
    • Brissett
  • Young
  • Anderson
  • Abernathy Jr.
  • Eric Mercer
  • Henderson
  • Jordan
  • Myrie
  • Yannick Koffi
    • Mell
  • Dr. Dre
  • Focus...[b]
  • Brissett[b]
  • 2:53
    9."Brother's Keeper" (featuring Pusha T)
    • Anderson
  • Abernathy Jr.
  • Mozee
  • Bonet
  • Terrence Thornton
    • .Paak
  • Jairus "J.Mo" Mozee
  • Dem Jointz[a]
  • 4:14
    10."Anywhere" (featuring Snoop Dogg and The Last Artful, Dodgr)
  • Anderson
  • Calvin Broadus Jr.
  • Pounds
  • Peter Hernandez
  • Reagan James
  • Pounds3:46
    11."Trippy" (featuring J. Cole)
  • Anderson
  • Chris Dave
  • Curt Chambers
  • Cleo Sample
  • Dave5:23
    12."Cheers" (featuring Q-Tip)
    • Brissett
  • Young
  • Anderson
  • Kamaal Fareed
  • Jordan
    • Focus...
  • Q-Tip
  • Dr. Dre
  • Brissett[a]
  • 5:34
    Total length:48:27
    Bonus tracks
    No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
    13."Sweet Chick" (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid)
    • Anderson
  • Bryan Sledge
  • Henderson
  • Jordan
  • Myrie
  • Mell3:57
    14."Left to Right"
    • Young
  • Anderson
  • Pounds
  • Henderson
  • Jordan
  • Myrie
  • Trevor Smith Jr.
    • Pounds
  • Mell
  • Dr. Dre
  • 3:55
    Total length:56:19

    Notes

    Personnel[edit]

    Credits adapted from Tidal.[24]

    • Anderson .Paak – vocals (all tracks), drums (1, 3, 9)
  • Ron Avant – vocoder (10)
  • Kadhja Bonet – strings (1–2, 9)
  • Mike Bozzi – masterer (3, 14)
  • Stephen Bruner[a] – bass (14)
  • Curt Chambers – bass (11)
  • Dr. Dre – executive producer, mixer (all tracks)
  • Fredwreck – additional guitar (1), percussion (1, 5), additional piano (5), sounds (14)
  • Quentin Gilkey – mixing engineer (all tracks)
  • Jeff Gitelman – guitar (3)
  • Kelsey Gonzales – bass (2, 5), guitar (5, 14)
  • Eric Gonzalez – engineer (3–5, 10, 13)
  • Eric Griggs – additional piano, bass (12)
  • Om'Mas Keith – engineer (3)
  • Johnny Kosich – engineer (3)
  • Jhair Lazo – engineer (1–11, 13–14), sounds (13)
  • Rob Lewis – piano (3)
  • Vic Luevanos – engineer (8, 12–13)
  • Danny McKinnon – additional guitar (3)
  • Vicky Nguyen – piano (5, 13–14)
  • Marcus Paul – trumpet (14)
  • Pomo – drums, engineer, synthesizer (3)
  • Sly Pyper – saxophone (12)
  • The Regiment – horn (1)
  • Jose Rios – guitar (3, 7)
  • Lola A. Romero – assistant engineer (1–2), engineer (3–13)
  • Matt Schaeffer – engineer (3)
  • Julio Ulloa – engineer (7, 9–11)
  • Charts[edit]

    Chart performance for Oxnard
    Chart (2018) Peak
    position
    Australian Albums (ARIA)[25] 20
    Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[26] 25
    Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[27] 135
    Canadian Albums (Billboard)[28] 17
    Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[29] 31
    Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[30] 21
    French Albums (SNEP)[31] 117
    Irish Albums (IRMA)[32] 36
    Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[33] 76
    New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[34] 23
    Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[35] 37
    Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] 46
    UK Albums (OCC)[37] 42
    USBillboard 200[38] 11
    USTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[39] 6

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ Bruner's first name is misspelled as "Steven" in the album's credits.

    References[edit]

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  • ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Anderson .Paak – Oxnard". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
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