“Nonetheless”
Kenny Beats is a hip-hop producer who’s been making beats and producing songs for different artists since 2010. He’s acquired an extended listing of collaborations, with rappers like Vince Staples, Freddie Gibbs, and Denzel Curry. In 2022, he did one thing he wasn’t actually ever anticipating to do, which was to launch an album of his personal. The album is named Louie, and it’s a tribute to Kenny’s father.
I talked to Kenny in regards to the music “Still,” the primary music he made particularly for this mission. It options visitor vocals from JPEGMafia and Omar Apollo, and a pattern from gospel singer Linda Kemp. Louie consists of quite a lot of tracks the place you’ll be able to hear Kenny’s dad’s voice, and despite the fact that “Nonetheless” isn’t certainly one of them, as Kenny explains, his relationship together with his dad is embedded within the music’s DNA.
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Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
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