Stones Throw Records

NxWorries

11 Releases

75 Tracks

NxWorries is the duo of <a href="spotify:artist:17Zu03OgBVxgLxWmRUyNOJ" data-name="Knxwledge">Knxwledge</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3jK9MiCrA42lLAdMGUZpwa" data-name="Anderson .Paak">Anderson .Paak</a>, two of the major figures who emerged from Los Angeles' fertile multi-genre music community during the 2010s. Both musicians had deep backgrounds prior to the early 2015 release of their first single, "<a href="spotify:track:0iizrCBnUUJuAwCPJaWWY0" data-name="Suede">Suede</a>”, and its parent EP, <a href="spotify:track:4xSQLj346ynlX8vopebWTQ" data-name="Link Up">Link Up</a> & <a href="spotify:track:0iizrCBnUUJuAwCPJaWWY0" data-name="Suede">Suede</a> -- dazed funk issued on Stones Throw. That year alone, they separately contributed to two of the year's biggest albums. <a href="spotify:artist:17Zu03OgBVxgLxWmRUyNOJ" data-name="Knxwledge">Knxwledge</a> co-produced "<a href="spotify:artist:5Wj0an60VgRckYV9zlDe1e" data-name="Momma">Momma</a>", a track off <a href="spotify:artist:2YZyLoL8N0Wb9xBt1NhZWg" data-name="Kendrick Lamar">Kendrick Lamar</a>'s <a href="spotify:album:7ycBtnsMtyVbbwTfJwRjSP" data-name="To Pimp A Butterfly">To Pimp A Butterfly</a>, while Paak was heavily featured on <a href="spotify:artist:6DPYiyq5kWVQS4RGwxzPC7" data-name="Dr. Dre">Dr. Dre</a>’s <a href="spotify:album:6ZnMFVV5HDv2xmHG7bn7et" data-name="Compton">Compton</a> . The next year, after <a href="spotify:artist:17Zu03OgBVxgLxWmRUyNOJ" data-name="Knxwledge">Knxwledge</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3A5tHz1SfngyOZM2gItYKu" data-name="Earl Sweatshirt">Earl Sweatshirt</a> issued "Balance" and Paak was heard on tracks by <a href="spotify:artist:6qgnBH6iDM91ipVXv28OMu" data-name="KAYTRANADA">KAYTRANADA</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5IcR3N7QB1j6KBL8eImZ8m" data-name="ScHoolboy Q">ScHoolboy Q</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1Zp054Jc86WVKCxKEqZGOA" data-name="Jack Garratt">Jack Garratt</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4LLpKhyESsyAXpc4laK94U" data-name="Mac Miller">Mac Miller</a>, Stones Throw released <a href="spotify:album:0gpxUkqSnLwD50aaRir6jH" data-name="Yes Lawd!">Yes Lawd!</a>, a <a href="spotify:artist:6PEMFpe3PTOksdV4ZXUpbE" data-name="NxWorries">NxWorries</a> full-length. <a href="spotify:album:2ReXvwHIanvUYotGkSdr1d" data-name="Yes Lawd! Remixes">Yes Lawd! Remixes</a> appeared the following year, again via Stones Throw. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi