Simplify Your Life with Anderson .Paak
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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.
I am in black today.
The man in black.
Michelle in blue.
You know, this episode today reminded me of, I wanted to ask if you remember when you used to take drum lessons.
Oh, yes.
How old were you when you started?
I was in elementary school and I had to be like in fifth grade.
I thought you were even younger than that.
Yeah. No, I don't think— Okay. If anything, it was fourth grade, but I didn't think it was fourth grade. I think it was fifth grade. Mm-hmm. But— And folks out there, drum lessons back in the day, I had drumsticks and I had a drum pad that was made out of solid rubber.
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...
And looking back on how music was taught when we were coming up, you know, it is the opposite of wanting to get kids interested in music because we come from a family of musicians on both sides.
Musicians, singers.
And we grew up with our aunt Robbie who lived downstairs and was a piano teacher. So the music was always strumming through our house. So I... from four years old, wanted to play the piano. Right. Because I could hear the scales happening and I could imitate the scales even at four. But you know how she would start us out with the piano keys on a cardboard. Oh, it was terrible. We're sitting next to the piano and I'm like, I want to go on the instrument. And she's like, nope. And we did that for weeks and I was so mad.
Yeah.
Because I was like, I didn't come down here to play on a... So... You know, I think the approach to teaching kids music these days is a little better.
Yeah. Yeah. My son, who is taking piano lessons... His teacher, first thing comes out of her mouth, what song would you like to play?
Yeah, yeah.
And he said, Old Town Road. And she found him the sheet music for it. That's how you grab, because he's still taking lessons now and he's 16. And it's just such a better way of teaching. It's like taking a kid out to a basketball court. You want to teach him basketball and no ball.
No basket.
No ball. Just imagine it. Out here running around.
Think about it. Hold your hands in the right position. Our guest today is a musical genius who hopefully has a better story than we did.
Yeah, yeah. I can't wait to hear how he got into it.
How we got exposed to music.
Yes.
But thank God he didn't have Aunt Robbie.
I want to find out if he had a practice pad or if he got to start straight on the drums.
But why don't you introduce him?
I will. I will. And he's a young'un, too. He's a youngster.
Oh, let's see how young. He's got a baby face.
And we're talking about Anderson .Paak. who is a boundary pushing artist, producer, now director, and nine-time Grammy Award winner. He emerged from his roots as a teenage church drummer in Oxnard, California. with a breakout album, Venice, and the universally praised album, Malibu. He's expanding his creative reach through his newest film, K-Pops, which you all have to go see.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What humorous anecdotes does Anderson .Paak share about his childhood?
0:00–2:05
2
How did Anderson .Paak's early experiences shape his journey in music?
2:05–5:10
3
What pivotal moment led Anderson to embrace drumming?
5:10–9:17
4
How did Anderson .Paak transition from Breezy Lovejoy to his current persona?
9:17–44:20
5
What insights does Anderson .Paak share about his big break with Dr. Dre?
44:20–46:08
6
How did Anderson .Paak navigate his early career struggles?
46:08–47:08
7
What lessons did Anderson .Paak learn about resilience in parenting?
47:08–48:08
8
What new projects and collaborations is Anderson .Paak excited about?
48:08–1:23:12
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