“Nonetheless”

Kenny Beats is a hip-hop producer who’s been making beats and producing songs for different artists since 2010. He’s bought a protracted record 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 known as Louie, and it’s a tribute to Kenny’s father.

I talked to Kenny concerning the tune “Nonetheless,” the primary tune he made particularly for this undertaking. It options visitor vocals from JPEGMafia and Omar Apollo, and a pattern from gospel singer Linda Kemp. Louie contains loads of tracks the place you possibly can hear Kenny’s dad’s voice, and though “Nonetheless” isn’t one among them, as Kenny explains, his relationship together with his dad is embedded within the tune’s DNA.

You should purchase or stream “Nonetheless” right here.

Illustration by Carlos Lerma.

For a transcript of this episode, click on right here.

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