NxWorries share new single '86sentra' | new album 'Why Lawd?' out 07/06

The wait is almost over! Stones Throw will release the new album Why Lawd? from Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge’s duo NxWorries on June 7, 2024 — nearly 8 years after the release of their cult classic debut album Yes Lawd!. The album will be released physically on June 7 and digitally on June 14, 2024.

Since the release of NxWorries’ debut, .Paak achieved global superstardom and multiple Grammy wins as half of Silk Sonic with Bruno Mars, while Knx has reliably released around a dozen beat tapes a year. Now, they’ve reunited for a new full length.

.Paak and Knx debuted a new song, Where I Go, at a live streamed show in 2020. The official version featuring H.E.R. came out in 2022, followed by Daydreaming in 2023, alongside the duo’s first European tour and festival dates in Asia. 86Sentra formally announced the return of NxWorries and their new full-length, a new single which sees the duo returning to their notoriously suave and self-assured signature sound. The single arrives alongside a visualizer created by Rhymezlikedimez that depicts the duo in a cartoon form cruising through a technicolor Los Angeles

While their debut was strictly a duo affair, for Why Lawd? NxWorries have invited some friends to collaborate: Thundercat, Snoop Dogg & October London, Earl Sweatshirt, Rae Khalil, and many more. .Paak was serious when he rapped on 86Sentra: “Go on and get your Teflon vest on but once we let off this tracklist / That shit gon’ blow your chest off.”

The album is available to preorder on standard and coloured vinyl, along with a special 2LP audiophile edition and 2LP with an alternative cover designed by Rhymezlikedimez — the last exclusive to Stones Throw — plus limited cassette and CD. Digital will follow one week later.

NxWorries’ cult hit “Suede” launched the career of Anderson .Paak, while Knxwledge has been upholding Stones Throw’s beatmaker legacy ever since he debuted on the label with Hud Dreems in 2015.