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Chapter 1: What humorous anecdotes does Anderson .Paak share about his childhood?
Somebody said my teeth are like the Temptations. Everybody wanted to see me. So back then it was tough. I got them braces on and then it was a long process. It just happened like this. I didn't come out like this. It was a whole process.
Yo, if your teeth were like that, you probably had the retainer, the night thing. They were like, we're going to work on it. Yeah, we're going to work on it. The jaw fasteners and all that.
I didn't have all that. Why you got to do me like that?
I'm sorry.
I didn't have the headgear.
Damn. I was like, I stopped short of headgear. Just hold on. So you got to get a job. And you were a chubby little dude, too.
I was a hefty critter.
So you were eating your way through the pain. I eat because I'm unhappy. Yeah, that was it. My mom, she works so much, so she knows how to cook. She can burn, but she doesn't have time sometimes. She'd just be like, here's 20 bucks, figure it out. Hey.
Craig in black.
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Chapter 2: How did Anderson .Paak's early experiences shape his journey in music?
It was a solid rubber pad and it was on an angle.
Yeah.
And it had a little circle in the middle.
And then you eventually moved to like a pad that was a drum?
It was a pad that had like the material that is actually a drum.
Mm-hmm.
was on a pad about this big.
Yeah, yeah.
That was the extent of my drum lessons. I could not get past...
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Chapter 3: What pivotal moment led Anderson to embrace drumming?
In which he stars, co-wrote, and directed. So, Mr. Pack, will you come join us?
Thank you, Mr. Pack.
Man, did they make that in a XXL? They might, man.
I mean, I want to zoom in on the shoes. Like, can we do that? I mean, you said that's a Japanese brand. Are those high tops? Are they mules? What's the back? Lift up the heel. Those are... Fire. Fire. Well, welcome.
Welcome, man.
Thank you for having me. Yeah.
It's an honor.
Yeah.
Are you kidding?
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Chapter 4: How did Anderson .Paak transition from Breezy Lovejoy to his current persona?
And so I was just doing that every day at the house after school. And then my god sister came by and she said, oh, you're playing drums? You need to come to church with me. And she took me to church. And it was the black gospel church. And there wasn't very many black people in the city of Oxnard where I'm from. But they were all there at the church.
They all went to that one church. It's like, this is where everybody is.
Yeah, yes. And that's where I really learned how to play. It was the best musicians in the world coming through and playing behind a choir, playing behind, you know, organists and choir directors. I'm a church kid. So I grew up playing drums all the way till I was, you know, about 30 years old when I, you know, I couldn't really do it anymore because I was traveling a lot.
But since I was little, I was picking up on grooves and I was really into dancing. Like I wanted to be like, I was, grew up in front of TV. My mom was always working and my sisters pretty much raised me in, you know, in front of the TV. So I grew up watching like BET, MTV and music videos and stuff. So I would want to learn every new dance that came about.
And, you know, now when I listen to music, it's tough because like I produce, I write and everything. So it's tough to kind of like turn that off and just like, just enjoy a song sometimes. But I really love when, Um, something has a nice groove, good drum tones, and I really love chords and also like clever lyrics. Yeah.
Um, so I think that could be, you know, anything, but, um, yeah, when it comes to like dancing and stuff, I guess I'm- It's funny when you, our generation, when you say, I watch TV all the time and I used to, I was waiting for you to say Soul Train, but I was like, oh my God. That too. Soul Train? Yeah, but it wasn't even on when you were little. Yeah, yeah. I mean, you know. You know of it.
You know of Soul Train. Yeah, I've heard of it. You know, people have said it. The Soul Train line is part of everyone's culture. It is. But we were there. That's where it was. It's like I got to, you know, I'm getting old. And I'm like, oh, yeah, they had MTV.
Yeah. You know. Yeah.
And you talk about Oxnard. There weren't a lot of black folks in your neighborhood. Tell us how you, who lived in Oxnard? And, you know, were you born there? Was your mother from there? Was there, you know?
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Chapter 5: What insights does Anderson .Paak share about his big break with Dr. Dre?
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What was the first break, the first reel where you were like, hmm?
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Chapter 6: How did Anderson .Paak navigate his early career struggles?
I'm in.
Yeah. Yeah. When I got the call to work with Dr. Dre, that was a big break. And how did he hear about you?
What precipitated that?
So I had a couple songs that were circulating at the time that was big in the streets. This was before Spotify was a really big thing. It was really just about SoundCloud and Reverb Nation and stuff like that where-
and you hum a few bars. What did it sound like? What was the song? Can I say the song? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
It's his song. It was a song called Suede. And the song simply goes, if I call you a bitch, it's because you're my bitch. And as long as no one else call you a bitch, then it won't be no problems. Now, if I call you a trick, it's because you paid rent. And as long as you don't call at the six, then it won't be no problems.
Now, rock with me now. Yeah. There you go.
Oh, you meant, could you say that? Yes. Oh, yes. No, you absolutely can.
So, Dre heard that. So, it was that song that did it all for me.
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Chapter 7: What lessons did Anderson .Paak learn about resilience in parenting?
That did it. Yeah, well, it was, yeah, I recorded that song and it was moving around and people knew about it and, you know, and so, when they said Dre wanted to hit me up, I was a little shit because that's like the final boss. I grew up, and the West Coast and nothing's bigger than Dre. And so there was a little bit of shook and also a little bit of like self-sabotage.
I was like, I ain't going to that session. I don't need that. They gonna try to make me something I'm not. And who knows? He ain't putting out no album no time soon. I'm working on my stuff and this and that.
And really you were afraid that you might fail.
Looking back on it, yeah. You know, Dre's known for... He don't care who you are, what hype. If he don't like it, he don't like it. And so they begged my new manager at the time. He was like, please go, man. You know, Adrian Miller. Shout out to Adrian Miller. Gotta say Brian Lee. Shout out to Adrian Miller. He was like, come on, man. Show up. Let's just do it. And I show up and...
First person I meet was Dr. Dre and him and the DLC. And they was like, hey, man, I heard a lot about you. You know, that's what's up. Cool. And then they go off.
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Chapter 8: What new projects and collaborations is Anderson .Paak excited about?
They was watching the playoffs and they ushered me into the studio. And I met these two writers, King Mez and JT. And they were like, we love your song Suede. Like, we love it. We've been playing it nonstop. And we want you to help on this Dr. Dre album. It's top secret. No one knows about it. Don't tell anyone. Bet. Cool. So they played me some music. I'm like, great, let's start working.
And they say, hold up. Before we play this, we want to play your song Sway for Dre. And I was like, oh, no, he hasn't heard it yet? Like, come on, man. Let's get some, let's just go on.
I'm in here now. What if he doesn't like you?
You know, like, damn.
It's like, just leave it. Yeah, it's all good.
That would be deflating. Oh my God. That would be deflating. Yeah, actually.
You thought that's why you were here because of Slade, right? Little did I know Drayden had a clue. He thought I was a runner. He was like, who's here? Go ahead, man. Yeah. And they were like, we want to play it for Dre. So I was nervous. And he came in there and they threw on the record. And I was like, I didn't know where to look. I was just looking at the floor. I was looking at his feet.
That's where I realized like, oh, Dre wears the same shoes every day. White Air Force Ones. All right. It's like check. Yeah, check. Noted. Simplify your life. Okay. Got it. So he's playing the music. And man, he cranks it. You know, he playing, cranks it up. They blasting it. And I look up and he's like, I play that again. What's your name again? AP? Okay. And what should I call you? AP.
We're going to call you AP. Play it again.
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