Club Shay Shay - Anderson .Paak Part 2

Summary

Club Shay Shay – Anderson .Paak Part 2

Date: May 13, 2026
Host: Shannon Sharpe
Guest: Anderson .Paak

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Overview

In Part 2 of his sit-down with Shannon Sharpe, multi-talented artist Anderson .Paak delves into his hard-earned philosophy on success, money, and giving, heavily influenced by his mentor Dr. Dre. .Paak opens up about his unique musical process, collaborations with industry juggernauts, family struggles, and breaking generational cycles, all with his trademark humor and candor. The conversation also explores the intersections of hip hop, K-pop, and cultural identity, tackling deep subjects like race, legacy, and authenticity in the music industry.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Advice from Dr. Dre and the Philosophy of Giving Back

• Dr. Dre's core message to Anderson: "Don’t ask for money from me. N. Don’t ask me for shit." (03:15)
  • Anderson jokes, "I don’t know if that’s advice or just like a proclamation..." (03:15)
• On handling financial requests from friends and family:
  • It’s easier to say no to casual acquaintances, harder for longtime friends:
    “You remember. Hey, man, remember the time we was on the monkey bars, man?" (03:27)
  • Anderson emphasizes honest conversations about money:

    “Just spit it out, man. Here. But you know, you—. Then you get those people that—you know that—no, I could give you a million dollars. I give you a billion dollars, you’ll be broke tomorrow. Yeah, I know that. It’s not about the money, bro. Like, you got some other things going on and if I give you this, it’s only going to hurt you more." (04:24)

  • Differentiates between those who truly need help and those you're "just feeding the beast." (04:44)
• On Dre’s longevity and example:
  • “Every time I see Dre, he's working in the studio like it’s his first day still… Just do what you love. Don’t ever chase none of that stuff…” (07:16)

2. Money, Lending, and Loyalty

• Anderson gives, but never lends:

  • "I'm only giving what I can afford to know I'm not getting back. So I don't give money with the hopes of getting—cause I already know I'm not." (07:35, Host)

  • “Ain’t no Loan. If I give you this… I don’t have no loans or nothing like that." (07:49)

3. Rap Conglomerates & Super Bowl Performances

• On the greatest rap conglomerate:

  • "I’ma have to say, Dre—anything with Dre, whether it was Death Row, Aftermath… The lineage, like...Eminem, Snoop, Pac, Kendrick, myself, Game, 50 Cent…” (10:07)

  • Shout-outs to Dungeon Family, TDE, Quality Control.
• Greatest Super Bowl Halftime:

  • “Dr. Dre to LA. I was in that one. That was the biggest moment… If it’s not that, it’s Michael Jackson ’93 at the Rose Bowl.” (11:04)

4. Studio Process and Collaborations

• Studio vibe preferences:
  • Anderson's process is adaptable—sometimes likes a crowd for energy, sometimes prefers the intimacy of just himself and his engineer (12:56–15:05).

    • "...if it's up to me, I like having at least a couple women in the studio...I like the energy. The room gets it to a higher frequency…”

  • On working with Hailee Steinfeld, Justin Timberlake, and making song for "Trolls":
    • “...I want to build a real...I want to direct this video, that would be awesome...She let me direct that music video and everything.” (15:22)
    • “Justin hit me up when it was for Trolls… It was like his brainchild and his little project...” (16:43)
• Recognizing authentic collaborators:

  • “You can tell people that are really into it… Those are the Brunos and those are JT… It's rare." (18:10–23:16)

5. Top White R&B/Soul/Pop Singers (Anderson’s List)

• Nods to Bobby Caldwell, Average White Band, Janis Joplin, Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Hall & Oates, Michael McDonald, Tina Marie, Joss Stone, Nika Costa, and more (23:53–25:46).
  • On smaller singers with big voices:

    "Yeah. All the little small guys are the most talented in the world. It’s compact in that little thing...Shout out to Bruno." (25:55)

6. Music Industry Authenticity & Culture

• Jack Harlow and white artists moving “towards traditionally white sounds”:

  • “What is traditionally white sounds? Like yodeling or like what? All the sounds are like black derived. But I’m just saying whatever.” (27:33)

  • Deepens discussion of black Diaspora’s influence on music genres, including K-pop.

7. Touring, Competition, and Advice to Younger Acts

• Tour dynamics:

  • “Everybody is killer performer on that stage. ...I want it to be hard for the next person...” (28:59)

  • “Them kids can’t hang with me. ...They’re going to have to cancel the show the next day.” (29:45)

8. Songwriting for Others and Process

• Surprising artists Anderson has written for:
  • Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Paul McCartney, Raven Lynnae, Mary J. Blige, many K-pop artists, Omarion (30:32–31:42).
  • Anderson prefers performing (“I love it, man. Being on stage.” 31:18)
• Lyric highlight:

  • “Time never cares if you’re there or not there. All you ever needed was a simple plan, but you’re doing well. I mean, you’re not dead. So let’s celebrate while we still can.” (32:28)

9. Sampling, Publishing, and Industry Realities

• Early platinum success from someone else using his song (“Might Be”):
  • “People don’t—they don’t clear it, right. ...It’s best to do your business.” (33:43–35:21)

10. Personal Life, Family, and Resilience

• Paparazzi, rumors, and dating:
  • “Please let my biggest problems just be paparazzi and hanging out in my own club, right?” (38:16)
  • On dating in his 40s:

    “No, it’s probably hard because I have no clue what I want...Some people like you for you. Some people like you because of the things you got going on…” (43:09)

  • Prefers honesty and transparency, recognizes the challenge of genuine connections.
• Family and childhood:
  • Reveals his mother’s abandonment in Korea, adoption by a Black military family in Compton, father’s and stepfather’s incarceration, and the many hardships endured:

    • “My pops was an addict and, you know, got on drugs...went to prison for damn near trying to take my mom’s life.” (45:53)

  • Mother’s resilience:

    • “She never let you believe that she felt sorry for herself... This is what we got ourselves into. This is my fault. ...If it goes good, it’s my fault. If it goes bad, it’s my fault.” (53:18)

  • Coping strategies:

    • “I coped with music. I coped with laughter, with family, with TV. It was escapism. I created worlds for myself... That was the thing that helped me cope.” (49:08)

11. Identity and Cultural Exposure

• On being mixed race:

  • “We grew up black...and it wasn’t until I got older, my mom started telling her story.” (51:21)

  • His mom made sure to expose him to both Black and Korean culture and fostered pride in his heritage.

12. Business Ventures: Restaurants and Clubs

• Lessons from the restaurant industry:

  • “Don’t start a restaurant and try to do as much as you can without using your own money...But I love it, man. I’ve learned a lot. I love being a host and providing experiences for people.” (56:39)

  • Invested in sushi and Mexican restaurants (Taisho, Casita) and his own club Andy’s, stemming from genuine relationships rather than business pitches (57:32–58:55).

13. Film: K Pops and Family

• The film “K Pops”, starring his son and crossing cultural boundaries:

  • “Being able to hang out with my kid...to be able to bond with him and do a script that really he inspired…” (58:59)

  • Balancing music and movies; the challenge and reward of a feature film:

    • “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but creatively, it was bliss for me...It took longer than anything I’ve done within music…” (63:41–65:10)

14. The Influence and Structure of K Pop

• Anderson sees K-pop as a branch of the Black music diaspora, not something surpassing hip hop but deeply connected:

  • “K pop is one of the newest branches on the hip hop family tree that is kind of emerging." (66:19)

15. Lifestyle, Food, and Health

• Clarifies he doesn’t intermittent fast until 2PM, jokes:
  • “I be moving fast up until about 2am, then I slow it down. This yak got me moving low.” (70:24)
  • Lost significant weight after high school by changing diet and habits (“I was in husky jeans…more than 200, 250 plus.” 71:12–71:24)
• Food debates: Fatburger vs. In-N-Out, Korean BBQ vs. Black BBQ, and love for sushi and Mexican food.

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On giving:

  "I'm only giving what I can afford to know I'm not getting back. So I don't give money with the hopes of getting—cause I already know I'm not." (07:35 – Host)
  “If I give you this. Exactly, it’s not breaking me. I don’t want it back here...I don’t have no loans or nothing like that.” (07:49)

• On Dre’s work ethic:

  “Every time I see Dre, he's working in the studio like it’s his first day still. And he doesn’t have to, but he loves that…” (07:16)

• On being a performing artist:

  “I love being able to help, provide for my family, especially my sisters, my broke ass sisters. ...It’s beautiful...” (05:37)

• On coping and resilience:

  “I coped with music. I coped with laughter, with family...That was the thing that helped me cope.” (49:08)

• On legacy and identity:

  “We grew up black...it wasn’t until I got older, my mom started telling her story.” (51:21)
  “I look forward to...doing more of these [clubs], especially Andy’s, in different areas.” (58:55)

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• Dr. Dre's advice and money talk: 03:15–08:24
• Rap conglomerate debate: 09:26–10:41
• Super Bowl performances: 10:41–11:35
• Studio process and collaborations: 12:45–18:10, 15:22 (Hailee Steinfeld), 16:23 (Justin Timberlake)
• Top White R&B singers: 23:30–25:46
• Cultural identity and Jack Harlow: 26:44–27:56
• Touring and competition: 28:52–29:18
• Songwriting and favorite lyric: 30:32–32:28
• Sampling and industry lessons: 33:43–35:41
• Family history and hardship: 45:07–48:58, 53:18–54:42
• Business and restaurants: 56:28–58:55
• Movie “K Pops” experience: 58:59–65:22
• K Pop and hip hop: 65:55–67:24
• Food philosophy & health: 70:24–74:02

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Additional Highlights

• .Paak on growing up mixed-race with a mother who was a Korean adoptee and a father from North Philly, both overcoming incredible hardships.
• His foundation work supporting immigrant laborers and the arts, though often overshadowed by "TMZ" narratives.
• Honest takes peppered with humor—on Jack Harlow’s claims of “getting blacker” and the “traditionally white sounds" debate.

  “What is traditionally white sound? Like yodeling or like what?” (27:33)

• The reality check about the music business: collaborate authentically, do your business right, and never just chase the “hype.”

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Tone & Closing Thoughts

Throughout the episode, Anderson .Paak blends insight, humility, and wit. He’s candid about industry struggles, personal trauma, and success, embodying Dre’s advice to “stay focused on what you love” and never chase the superficial. His joy in helping others, his pride in his roots, and his commitment to authenticity shine throughout, leaving listeners with both laughter and inspiration.

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Transcript

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[Anderson .Paak]

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[Anderson .Paak]

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[Timbo (Sports Slice Host)]

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[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

And.

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And nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in.

[Anderson .Paak]

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[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

What's up, guys? This is Clifford Taylor IV. And on my podcast, the Clifford Show, I'm bringing you conversations about all kinds of stuff, like being an Internet famous referee. We're in the middle of a game, this linebacker. Linebacker walks up to me. He goes, hey, ref, my mom wants you to wave at her. What? Time out. Quarterback on offense, blue 42. Hey, Rhett, my mama wants you to weigh better. What? Where's she at? Hey, Ms. Parker. Listen to the Clifford show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you for coming back. Part two is underway. Dr. Dre just became a billionaire. What's some of the best, best advice he's given you?

[Anderson .Paak]

Don't ask. No money from me. N. Don't ask me for shit. Yeah, I don't know if that's advice or just like a proclamation, but. Yeah, but when you get in your

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

position, you said that, and you said that jokingly. But when you get in your position, does it get harder or easier to tell people no? Because they, like, hey, I know you got it, bro. Let you break me off a little something. Does it get harder to say no? Especially the people that you know now, Somebody just arbitrarily, just met you six months ago or a year ago. It's easy to tell them, hell no, get the hell out of here. But somebody that you've been around 5, 10, 15, or known you since you've grown up. Cause that's how they do it, bro. You remember. Hey, man, you remember the time we was on the monkey bars, man? We was in that charger on the swing set, man, I knew you was gonna make it, man. Man, I told my homeboy, I told my homeboy, I said, yeah, he gonna go. He going places.

[Anderson .Paak]

So you get that straight up. I just hate when they beat around the bush, man. You know, that whole thing, hey, it's like, yeah, man, I see you doing well, man. I wish I could just do well like that. It's. Man, it's been tough for me. But you. You go ahead, man. I seen you with Shay. Shay, you're looking great, man. Man, you know, I wish I could just have it like that now, bro.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

How much you need exactly?

[Anderson .Paak]

Just spit it out, man. Here. But you know, you. Then you get those. Those people that. You know that. No, I could give you a million dollars. I give you a billion dollars, you'll be broke tomorrow. Yeah, I know that. It's not. It's not about the money, bro. Like you, you got some other things going on and if I'm give you this, it's only going to hurt you more.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

You know, I'm not being cheap, but this is real. Like there's people that are sometimes incapable of being helped because it's not the money that is the issue, it's how they're going about life is the issue. How they are going about their relationships with other people that is the issue. So. And when you give them money, you're just feeding the beast.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

And they think that they can come right back around when they. Because they're going to come back around, they're not going to have it again. And then they're going to come back to you with it and it's two things going to happen. You're going to get tired of it and then you know, it's going to blow up a situation and it's going to make it weird and. But then there's people that they get down bad and I can't wait to help them out because they helped me out. And it's like thank you for asking. And you know, sometimes people have got a lot of pride and they don't want to ask. And it takes a lot to ask someone for help, especially financial help.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah. And you know, if they ask, they really need it.

[Anderson .Paak]

They do. And if I got it, bro, you got it, man. Like I love being able to help, provide for, for my family, especially my sisters, my broke ass sisters. They asked for money a lot and it's beautiful, you know, and my sister been wanting to tummy tuck for a long time and I, and I didn't give it to her. I got her peloton, I got her treadmill.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

All kinds of different things.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

But see that's that, that's that poor man. Plastic surgery, gym membership. I need a rich man. When I go to the doctor, he getting a problem.

[Anderson .Paak]

Ain't no shortcuts to this. I didn't take no shortcuts getting to this money. Right. So you gonna have to let me see how if you work. Because once you get the tummy tuck, I want to see you gonna start different and you gonna keep it off. You can't, you can't have the tummy tuck. But you still on it. You still on the chick fil a mentality.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right?

[Anderson .Paak]

Right.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Okay.

[Anderson .Paak]

So it ain't gonna like again, it ain't gonna help you.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

You know, so I just, I just try to help when I can. I don't mind Helping it. It's just. It's fun. And honestly, like, I feel like you get what you give in this industry. I don't. I'm not the richest man, but for some reason, I'm able to do everything I love to do. And I love giving away stuff. I love providing when I can. And you know what, Dre, Some advice that he's always told me, man, is, you know, Dre, you never see him in the hoopla, right? And he's been. No, no. He's been a person that survived the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and seen people come and go and has always stayed his ass in the studio. Stay focused on what he loves, right? And that's what it's about. Again, he told me, just do what you love. Don't ever chase none of that stuff that don't chase the hype. Do what's going to make you have fun and that you feel in your spirit, and everything else will follow. And that's gotten him to the point where he's a billionaire now. He's never been the type to be on some flashy, like, I'm all about.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Nah, nah, nah.

[Anderson .Paak]

Every time I see Dre, he's working in the studio like it's his first day still. And he doesn't have to, but he loves that and everything. He's created this whole world around him, and he's created just a whole family tree of amazing artists. I'm proud to be one of them. And that's one thing that I've always respected and admired and, you know, follow in his footsteps for sure.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Is it a situation, Anderson, that when you see, like, I'm only gonna give what. I don't lend money. I give money. And I'm only giving what I can afford to know I'm not getting back. So I don't give money with the hopes of getting. Cause I already know I'm not.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yes. And then you know that you get the types, like, man, I'm gonna pay you back. I'm gonna say that you remember this date. I'm gonna set it. And then they do all that. I'm like, bro, you don't need to. But, you know, since you want to say all that, all right, I'm gonna hold you to it. What'd you say it was? March 4th. All right, cool. We're gonna see. And the niggas don't pay back. No, it can't. And it's the thing. It's like, I don't want. I don't. Ain't no Loan. It's like, if I give you this. Exactly, it's not breaking me. I don't want it back here. Don't do me no favors. Don't do that. Nah, I got you. I'm no man. I ain't no deadbeat. Now. Matter of fact, I don't want this money. Yeah. So it's like, yeah, I just give it, bro. I don't have no loans or nothing like that.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Are you surprised? Like, Dre doesn't do a whole lot. If Dre working with you, he believe 1 trillion percent in you. Cause Dre don't really. I mean. I mean, I think what. The last thing I heard he did, he did Snoop. I think Snoop had a project about a year ago, and he did Snoop track. But Dre don't.

[Anderson .Paak]

Don't.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Doesn't do a whole lot.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, well, when you're a billionaire, you don't have to do. You just do what's fun and what you want to do. Right? And that's the beauty of it. Like, some shit I have to do. I gotta get out here. And a lot of these guys, again, they. They. They were doing music, but then they found other things, and. And it. It helped them create an exit for themselves. Right? Like, Dre got into headphones and got into this, and he wasn't too. He was open enough to be working with different creators and different partners and entrepreneurs that put him into other spaces to where now he can make albums on yachts, and you can hear them or you cannot hear them. It's up to him.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right?

[Anderson .Paak]

And that's what I don't want to be doing.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

You know, if I.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Put your feet to the fire. What's the greatest rap conglomerate? Death Row, Bad Boys, no Limit, Cash Money, Rockefeller, Rough Riders.

[Anderson .Paak]

Wow.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Who am I leaving out?

[Anderson .Paak]

He said cash money.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Cash money. No Limit, Death Row, Rockefeller, Swisher House, Swisha House. Rap a lot.

[Anderson .Paak]

Aftermath, Aftermath, Shady. Damn.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Because aftermath was the M50 Kendrick game.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yep.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So you have so. So Death. You got Rough Riders, tde, Quality Control, Maybach Music, Def Jam.

[Anderson .Paak]

Shit. I'mma have to say, Dre, anything with Dre, whether it was Death Row. Aftermath. Yeah. Because just the lineage, like, from then, Eminem, Snoop, Pac, Kendrick, myself, game, 50 Cent. I mean, the list goes on and on and on. And, you know, coming out of the Death Row era as well, you know, with Pac and everything. Yeah, I think that was it. That's pretty huge, man. You know, shout out to all the conglomerates, you know, like Dungeon Family. Yeah, yeah. That's a Lot.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Super bowl halftime show performance. Which one do you think? The greatest. We just saw Bad Bunny do his thing. Obviously, the year before that, Kendrick did his thing.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

And then you had Rihanna, you had Usher, you had. You had Michael, you had Prince. There've been some great. Beyonce. We've had some greats. But if you had to. And you probably go back about 20 years. I mean, I think you remember. Can go back about 20 years, or you remember the best.

[Anderson .Paak]

Dr. Dre.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Dr. Dre to LA. When you like that.

[Anderson .Paak]

I was in that one. That was the biggest moment. Yeah, I think that one, if it's not that, is Michael Jackson 93 at the Rose Bowl. I mean, dude, Kendrick and Bad Bunny killed it as well. But, yeah, for me, it's always gonna be Dre. Like, that was my era of stuff.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

To be on the stage with them to.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You remember Prince in Miami? He played purple. He started. And it started to rain. He played Purple Rain, and it starts to rain.

[Anderson .Paak]

Legendary.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

And they had the silhouette. They had the curtain up, and you could just see him. It was just like. You had to be there to see Janet.

[Anderson .Paak]

Janet Titty came out.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Oh, that was in Houston. 02, I think it was huge.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, yeah. And that was huge.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

The Game, how's it work? Cause I had Game on the show in Game. I mean, there's no question he could rap.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I have a lot of other stuff to ride and go along with.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, yeah. But you know, Game, man, that's my big homie. He really was one of the first people to put me on. Like, right around the time I was working with Dre, Game invited me to work with him, and he had, like, 80 bloods in the studio, and he had, like, 100 models in there, and I had never recorded under those circumstances before. And he. He got me in the booth, and he said, hey, you just. You just spit, whatever, right? You know, you go in there, I will come up with something. He said, go in the booth, do it. And I spit, you know, and I come out, the whole booth be going crazy. And, like, it put the battery in my back. And he's like, you my favorite artist, bro. You gonna make it. I'm gonna get as much as I can with you here because you gonna blow up after this. And. And it was crazy because right after that, man, I was gone.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So what type of studio session? Because some people like it quiet.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Some people, like, they got. They got around. Yeah, they got. They going. They gotta. They gotta. It's a chaotic scene.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So when you go into the booth, when you go into. How do you like it?

[Anderson .Paak]

I go through seasons, man. I go through different things, honestly, because I work with so many people in different groups. I'm. I'm very much a chameleon, so, whatever, I'm easy. I can adapt because it doesn't take much for me, I can do. I can make a record here with this mic, you know?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

But if it's up to me, I like having at least a couple women in the studio. And I'm not talking about, like, if I'm. That doesn't mean I'm with them or anything like that. I like the energy.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You like the beauty, you like the.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, the room gets it to a higher frequency. And I want to know, like, is this working something? And, like, I like to make people dance, and I want music to make them feel good and everything. And so I like to see if that is something I'm getting close to. And also, it helps me bring something out of me as well. But I could. I can work. However, I could work with a ton of people in the studio as well, because it's different when you. When you work with a room. If the whole control room is packed with people, then there's a. There's certain entertainment show element that goes into that.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

And so you want to get a reaction, right. The crowd, and to know that you're doing something. Right. Or doing something that's moving the crowd. And some of these records that we make are for the people.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

For people to move and stuff. So it's cool having that crowdsourcing when you spit in some stuff, then you play in the booth. Oh, that show is fire. This is crazy.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

And then it's cool to have stuff where it's just you. You know what I'm saying? Where you have to get real internal and get weird. Because also there's process. There's the process where it's not going to sound good at first, and it's going to go from sounding like this to this and this and this. And you got to go through all these different gyrations to get to this.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right?

[Anderson .Paak]

And then, oh, wait, it's actually this. And then we're starting something completely new. And sometimes that's not the most beautiful process to be able to see. And it's very revealing, right? So I understand, like, why people might not want that to be seen by everybody. And I'm the same way when I'm working on something that's really personal, that I'm still trying to figure out, I feel like I need to really tap in. I like it to just be me and my engineer.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

All right.

[Anderson .Paak]

Honestly, just. Probably just me working in. In. In the room, playing the beat 50 million times, production 50 million times, trying to figure it out. What's the best way I can approach this?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You work with highly Stanford. Haley Stanfield. That was incentives. Married to Josh Allen. What. What was that experience like?

[Anderson .Paak]

She was great. Yeah, I was. We just met online, and she was, like, a big fan. We hung out, and. Yeah, we was, like, just hanging out. Met Gala. She was super cool. I didn't know about, you know, her music career or nothing like that.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I didn't either.

[Anderson .Paak]

I knew she was in some movies, but I didn't know she was in the music. And she approached me with that record, and, you know, people will hit you up for records and they're hit or miss, but that one was nice. I was really surprised, and it was cool. And one day, we were just partying. We was going out, and we were. We were close to Dre's studio, and I was like, let's just go. I'm gonna try to get something to this. And took her there, and I recorded that verse, and I was telling her she loved it. And I was telling her, look, I really want to get into film. If. If I could direct this video, that would be awesome, because I want to build a real. For when I take it to try to get funding. And she was like, cool, I'm gonna let you direct it. So she let me direct that music video and everything. Yeah, it was insane.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Justin Timberlake.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Jt, what's it like?

[Anderson .Paak]

That's great.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I mean, his. I mean, his. I mean, he hadn't put out anything in a while, but, boy, he had a stretch there when he was working with Timbo.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Everything that he. Whether it was him or he was doing the collab.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah. Justin with Tempo Neptune's. I mean. Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

Insane with his. With the boy band. Insane. So Justin hit me up when it was for Trolls, and it was dope, man. Cause he was so. Such a big part. I didn't know how much he had his hands in everything within the movie, within his character he was playing and then within the music. So it was like his brainchild and what. His little project that he was working on and, you know, very serious about it. And he was working. Had me in there working with Ludwig, who did the music for Sinners.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yep.

[Anderson .Paak]

And also James Fauntleroy, who's worked a lot and wrote a Lot of stuff for Bruno, right? So I was in there with the Juggernauts and he was like, yeah man, I want to get you in here. And we started making these records and one of the records he went, he left early and I stayed longer with Lu Rig and we made a record, you know, just messing around. He came back next day, he's like, wait, I think this could be the ending credits. Song ended up being the end credits on. And it was like I was working with him for weeks on, on records and I was like, man, I want, I want to be a voice on Trolls. Like you know, saying. Right. He got me in there and I ended up getting a role on there on Prince D on Trolls too, right? Yeah. And I'm of the funk Trolls. So that was dope.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

When you're in studio, do you know if. Because it goes back and forth. I've heard people say, well, I thought it would be good, but I didn't know it was gonna be like this. And then people say, you know, hey, I thought it was gonna be this. And it didn't turn out. Do you know when you're in the studio and you're working with someone or you doing your thing, that this it?

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah. You can tell people that are really into it. Some people are. Their mind is somewhere else.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

Some people, you get in there, they're on their phones, they're preoccupied.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Really?

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah. They got other things, ventures and meetings and they can't focus on it or they, they want. It's very transactional. Maybe they want you to do something, but they're not concerned about how we can make the best song possible. It's just a moment. Something that they think is good enough and okay, now we're going to put it and blah, blah.

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[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

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[Anderson .Paak]

What?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

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[Anderson .Paak]

What?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

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[Anderson .Paak]

What's up, fam?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

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[Anderson .Paak]

His IQ is at a level that we've never seen before.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

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[Anderson .Paak]

We should work on this a little more. It could be better. Stuff like that. Those are the people that I could see that. It's like they're different. Those are the Brunos and those are jt and you know, a lot of different acts that are not a lot. There's. It's kind of. Honestly, it's rare that you, you meet a lot of people. Like John Bellion I'm working with now. He's like that. People that want to get in there and fight and dig and be great, you know, just then it's, it's less and less people because it takes a long time and it's, it's not, it's not always fun and you got to work and you got to, you know, start over. Corday, someone that I've made a lot of records with, that. He's like that as well, but.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, you can tell, you can tell. And it's a whole process, but some people know what they want right away and you do it and you get different results. But I, I honestly, I'll be keeping my expectations kind of low and I just have fun.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I got this one. I've been wondering, give me your top five white R& B soul pop singers. So you got jt, Adele, Robin Thicke, John B. Tina Marie.

[Anderson .Paak]

Isn't John B. Puerto Rican

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

for this argument? He gonna be on there.

[Anderson .Paak]

How y' all gonna do him like that?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Christina Aguilera, Sam Smith.

[Anderson .Paak]

Uh huh. Oh, I gotta go. Bobby Caldwell. Okay, I gotta go. Average white band. The whole band? Who else? Janis Joplin. I gotta go. Donald Fagan, Steely Dan, hall and Oates.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Okay.

[Anderson .Paak]

You said, is this modern? I'm sorry, I'm. No, no, I'm just thinking of. Oh, Michael McDonald's, Doobie Brothers. Doobie Brothers, can't forget. Yeah, I gotta go.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I saw hall of Notes. I've seen them like Five times. They're unbelievable. Well, that was before. They're not together anymore, but, yeah. Did you. Have you seen Adele in concert?

[Anderson .Paak]

Adele? I haven't seen her. Incredible singer. Yeah, that woman, Nika Costa. Remember Nika Costa? She was so.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I'm familiar with her.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, she was dope, but I like

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Robin Thicke, Tina Marie. I know you remember Tina.

[Anderson .Paak]

Tina Marie.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Oh, my goodness.

[Anderson .Paak]

Tina Marie, Joss Stone.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I'd have never guessed. I remember when we first heard Tina Marie back in the early 80s when she was with Rick, before she became a solo artist. And it was like, man, I heard she white. I said, man, if you don't sit down, ain't no way back then you

[Anderson .Paak]

get away with it, though.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yes.

[Anderson .Paak]

Right? Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Because, I mean, that might have been like pre mtv, right? Yeah, yeah. And to hear her and her vocals, I'm like, nah, ain't no way. And then when you actually saw her, she is white and she dismissed me and I'm like, whoa. It's almost like kind of like Stephanie Mills.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

How does somebody have a voice that powerful? Stephanie Mills gotta be like five foot tall.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, straight up. Yes.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

It's the same thing with Tina. So when you hear these voices, and I don't know why, Christian Aguilera is a small woman. Ariana Grande is a small. How do you put a voice like that? This little. Yeah, but they say they pack dynamite in small packages.

[Anderson .Paak]

That's right.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

But I'm like, how do you pick somebody like a voice like that and something so small and it just carries.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah. All the little small guys are the most talented in the world. It's compact in that little thing, you know, Shout out to Bruno. You know, he not small. He big, but it's like pause. But he like.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Bruno might be pushing 5, 5, 2, 5.

[Anderson .Paak]

But you know, they're the most talented, like people.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Prince, you gotta see Bruno chat. I mean, if you've never seen Bruno Mars in concert, you gotta see him. Yeah, you've gotta see him. I'm talking about from playing the instruments to dancing to singing, he's lit. I mean, he's not a one man band, but he's a one man band. Cause he can do it all. He's unbelievable. I've seen him a couple of times and I'm gonna see him again in Babylon, play craps.

[Anderson .Paak]

This is insane. Boy, he can play some baccarat too.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Oh, he played baccarat?

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah. Yeah, he's very talented.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Oh, Lord, my goodness. Did you hear what Jack. Jack Harlow said? That he got blacker now that he's making R B music.

[Anderson .Paak]

I did. I didn't see it. I just.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You heard it?

[Anderson .Paak]

I've been seeing it on the Internet. Yeah. Yeah. What do you think of that?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I didn't know it was possible, but. Okay.

[Anderson .Paak]

Right. Hey, man, good luck with that, man. Sheesh. A rollout is a rollout.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

Because, you know, now I know he has an album out, so.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

But he also talked about white artists stepping away from rap and moving towards traditionally white sounds. You agree with that?

[Anderson .Paak]

Traditionally white sounds? What is traditionally white sounds?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Well, I guess they're moving away from rap because, you know, well, it like there been a whole lot of rappers anyway. I mean, you got ill. But I mean, it's not like what

[Anderson .Paak]

is traditionally white sound? Like yodeling or like what. All the sounds are like black derived. But I'm just saying whatever.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Whatever movies you're talking to, if they

[Anderson .Paak]

start yodeling and I don't know, something like that, I guess that would make sense, but. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know what. What he's getting at with that, but I, I, you know, more power to him.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

And you mentioned. I think you mentioned Leon Thomas earlier, and he's like, yes, you like?

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, yeah. I think that, man, Leon is one of the. The great, like, modern R and B series we have right now.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah. Cause he's gonna be on the tour. He's gonna be on a romantic tour.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So this tour, obviously, you know, you and Bruno, y' all do your thing. So how many artists do you have? So will it be Leon and someone else or.

[Anderson .Paak]

It's his tour. Honestly, we just. He could switch the whole shit up this week if he wanted to.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So in other words, you might have. So Leon Thomas might open like 10 cities, and then you have somebody else come in, open 10 cities and somebody

[Anderson .Paak]

else, however he sees it. Yeah, yeah. I haven't seen the thing, but I know I'm on the whole thing. Which.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

Which is dope. But yeah, I think it's like. I think he's mixing it up. But.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Have you ever met Leon?

[Anderson .Paak]

Yes. Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So. So what advice? Because I don't know if he'd been on anything as big as this right here. So what advice would you give him?

[Anderson .Paak]

Just stay healthy, man, stay focused, and, you know, worry about killing on that stage because that's what everybody else going to be doing.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right?

[Anderson .Paak]

Everybody is killer performer on that stage. And I don't know about them, but when, you know, when we're on there, like, I. I Don't you know, I want people to remember us on that stage. I want it to be hard for the next person. And I think that's a good, healthy, healthy thing to have competitive energy on the stage. And having a tour like that.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

Be amazing. You know, when. Like the movie, like the Five Heartbeats, when they was all on the road and. Yeah, when I even see the documentaries about Motown, when they used to put the temptations with everyone and they was like, hey, we all family, but we trying to take your head off of the.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Oh, yeah, for sure. Yes. But let me ask you this. When you guys are in a. Let's. You're doing a tour and do you guys go out? So do you do anything after, like, okay, the set's over with and say it's 10:30. Do you guys. I mean, what.

[Anderson .Paak]

Them kids can't hang with me. They can't start with the big dogs. They gonna around. They have to cancel the show the next day. They can't drink with us. They don't know they babies. Leon and Ray and. And Victoria, God bless them with them little babies.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You know, you were the old school guy. You didn't rock.

[Anderson .Paak]

We done seen some different things now. I ain't trying to get no one in trouble either. Y'. All. Y' all get ready to get your sleep. It's all good. But. Yeah, no, I'm pretty sure we're gonna be hanging out. You know, it's gonna be a lot of dates.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

Stay healthy. And now, you know, you're older and you can't be part.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah. So you ain't gonna be able to go out there and drink and, you know, you have to be in the bed by 11:30 exactly.

[Anderson .Paak]

I'm gonna be DJing. I'm probably do some choreo and stuff. I'm gonna have to be ready.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Who are some of the artists that you've written for that people would be surprised that you've actually written for?

[Anderson .Paak]

Christina Aguilera.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Okay.

[Anderson .Paak]

Mariah Carey, who else?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I don't think people are gonna be as surprised about Mariah after what they saw. I don't think they're surprised by that anymore. I could be wrong.

[Anderson .Paak]

Who else written for Paul McCartney? Raven Lynnae written for Raven Linnae. Written for a lot of different Korean acts. I know. I'm forgetting stuff. Shoot. Yeah, man.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Is that your favorite? Do you like. Do you like writing more or performing more?

[Anderson .Paak]

Omarion.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Omarion. Okay.

[Anderson .Paak]

Do I like writing, performing?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah. Or it's 50. 50.

[Anderson .Paak]

I like performing.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You like performing?

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, I Do, like, putting on a show. It's nothing like. Like, you know, taking the energy of the crowd.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

You know, just. Yeah, I love it, man. Being on stage.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So how. How. So they come. So how does this work? They come to you and say, hey, hey, hey, Anderson, we. We know. We got an idea. We want you to write. They bring a bunch of writers in, and you guys just try to, like, start going, how does that. How does that work?

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, Usually their team are. The artist will hit me up direct sometimes. A lot of times the artists hit me up direct, like on the DM or something like that, or get my number from somebody, and they'll be, oh, Mary J. Blige wrote for her.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Wow.

[Anderson .Paak]

It's all coming to me now. But, yeah, the teams will hit me up, and we working. They're working on something. Sometimes it's different with the more legacy artists, how they approach it, and the younger artists maybe go direct.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

But it's always different. But, yeah, a lot of times, hey, we got. We have a song, or we want to just get in the studio with you. We want to. We want to just get into your world, and it'll work like that, but everything's different.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Wow.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

What's your favorite lyric that you've written?

[Anderson .Paak]

Time never cares if you're there or not there. All you ever needed was a simple plan, but you're doing well. I mean, you're not dead. So let's celebrate while we still can.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Love it. When people see you in person, do they always try to get you to sing?

[Anderson .Paak]

No, they don't.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

No.

[Anderson .Paak]

They usually be like, you know what? I get a lot of, like, you know who you look like a lot is Anderson Paak. Anybody ever tell you that?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

What you say? Nah, I heard that when he's this

[Anderson .Paak]

tall, bro, I'm way taller than them. Yeah. No, sometimes they get me to sing. Sometimes.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Have you ever received any plagiarism claims

[Anderson .Paak]

like that I stole from somebody? Yeah, not yet. Not yet.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

But you know what I'm interested in? In samples and how do people go about. Because there are some people that won't clear a sample. And then some people, like, I talked to LL and I talked to other people that had songs that's like, well, look, if you're gonna do Bobby Brown, and it's like, I want to hear the song. I ain't gonna just let you mess over my song. And if I don't think it's right, it's like, nah, I'm not gonna clear that.

[Anderson .Paak]

One of the first Platinum albums or gold albums that I got was from somebody who took one of my songs and made his own version. Really blew up at radio. I had a song called Might Be. It was on my. On my first album, Venice, that I did under Anderson Paak, and it was called Might Be. And it was kind of a tricky situation because that song also sampled the. The. I think it's the Jones Girls. Who. Who can I run to? I forget Escape used it too. I think Jones Girls are emotions, but it had a sample already. But I had written a new song over it. And I get the feeling that you might be. And this guy from the south, he was. His name was. I forget something. But he took my song and took the hook, I think the feeling that you might be. And did his own thing over it. And both of our songs were at the same time. And I. I hear this song on the radio and. And people are starting to share it. I'm like, that's my joint. And then it's blowing up more than my joint. I'm pissed. I'm like, he didn't took my. And it made it hot. I'm hitting up everybody. I'm like, what's going on? What's going on? What's going on? They're like, okay. It's tricky situation because it's a sample. So he could already take the. The sample is up for grabs or whatever. But I was like, but that's still my lyric, this and that. And they're like, look, we can shut it down or you could take the publishing and let it rock because it's doing good.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Let it rock.

[Anderson .Paak]

Let it rock and roll. I got my first flag. So, you know, it just goes sometimes. Yeah. People don't. They don't clear it, right. And I learned the hard way with that too. When you don't clear. Yeah. You gonna pay some way. Because a lot of times people will let you go. Let that shit rock, rock, rock, build up. And then they'll hit you for all that back pain, right? So it's best to do your business.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I heard Candy Burris say that because when she did Scrubs, somebody came out with another called Pigeons. Used the same exact thing.

[Anderson .Paak]

Sporty thieves. Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Say we. We got. I took it all.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, you gotta do your business, right? Man, I didn't. I done had it happen for sure. We wanna use a little part of excerpt or something here and there. And they've taken all of it.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Damn.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Hello. You broke the Internet because you was holding Mariah's hand, kissing on the Cheek in a music video. But you know how people are. They take everything music. It doesn't matter. People gonna take everything serious.

[Anderson .Paak]

That really break the Internet.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah, it did.

[Anderson .Paak]

They didn't believe I was dating. No, no.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah, they did. They believed it. Yeah, they like, man, Anderson pack. She done left her boy old thing and she. With Anderson Paak. I like, really?

[Anderson .Paak]

That was fun, man. Mariah's about the music, and that was incredible to be able to work with her and to, like, spend that much time on the album and, you know, do the video. She let me direct that as well. And, you know, now I know about the finer things in life. Like caviar.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Damn.

[Anderson .Paak]

Came as wine. Good shows like. Like, what's it called? Abbott elementary.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

I'm a dog lover now.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Did Nick hit you up? Like, what's up, bro?

[Anderson .Paak]

Nick hit me up, but he wanted tickets to a show.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Oh, okay.

[Anderson .Paak]

He needed tickets to the. To the. The fire not fire fest. But I call. What was that festival? That fest they had for the people that. The poor people that lost their homes.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Oh, yeah. Up in.

[Anderson .Paak]

We threw a thing.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

And Nick was in. The kids, they wanted to go and hit me up, man. Look me up with something. I got you Nick. And. Yeah, but he's great.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I think you got the paparazzi on speed dial, but you were. You were photographed with Jenny Ma.

[Anderson .Paak]

I was simply telling her about the plot.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Simply.

[Anderson .Paak]

Of my movie K Pops, which is also out. You can do that over the phone in AMC theaters.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You could do that over the phone.

[Anderson .Paak]

It was loud in the club. Wanted to show her my club, Andy's. She wanted to have a good time. And you notice I'm in the air talking. I was loud. Live music we have in there. Shout out to Andy's with the live musicians. And like, this here is explaining the plot simply about a struggling musician who finds out that he could have a child that is the next K Pop star. And she also has a child of her own, and she's a big fan of the movie.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Y' all did all that in the club with all that noise playing in the background?

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah. And got home early because we both had an early morning.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Her home or your home?

[Anderson .Paak]

Separate homes. Okay. Okay.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I mean, did y' all share any advice? Cause, you know, both. You know, you guys went through something publicly. Both of you have.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I mean, but did y' all discuss that in the club, too?

[Anderson .Paak]

Some people are built for it, some people aren't. And it comes to territory, man. I used to bag groceries, you know, And I used to dream when I was pushing in carts and shit, I wanted. I wanted this to be on leather couches and fireplaces drinking yak. But I was taking the bus, right? I was selling weed, I was running from freaking, I was getting robbed. I was getting all kinds of shit. And I was praying like, God, please let my biggest problems just be paparazzi and hanging out in my own club, right?

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[Anderson .Paak]

Like kissing Riah Carey and hanging out like, please let that be my life at some point. And lo and behold, you're not gonna get.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Ta da.

[Anderson .Paak]

Sometimes you get that, you know, a little salty with the sweet, but we out here maneuvering and it's all good, man, you know, how's the dating in

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

your 40s after being married in your 20s and 30s? Oh, is it harder? Is it easier? Are you more experienced? You kind of know more now what you're looking for. You're not in awe of the aesthetics. I mean, obviously you still want someone that's attractive to you in a lot of different ways, but not so much. They don't have to be just physically attractive. You want someone that has a little bit more depth to them now. So is it easier now? Is it harder now?

[Anderson .Paak]

No, it's probably hard because I have no clue what I want. And now, not only do I not know I want now, I have little money, I have my own place, I have a crazy schedule.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

And you have people that. Some people like you for you. Some people like you because of the things you got going on. So you don't know which one that is. And sometimes, yes, I want to have someone with depth and someone that's patience, that can cook and like be nurturing. But then I don't want to commit to that one because, oh, well, this one. You know what I'm saying? You know, at the end of the day it's like, I'm also like an artist that's used to like adoration. If in an entertainer, I'm used to being on stage. Yeah. So it's tough when I come off stage and I, and, and you know, you don't have that. And so you're kind of always in this state of like, do I still got that? Is, am I doing it right for this? And going into the dating world with that thing is it could be tough. But honestly, I'm enjoying being alone and, and being like single and being in my own house and. Right. Just learning about that and I really like that. And it's, it's tough, you know, it can get lonely and stuff. But the dating thing is fun because it's like, oh man, you know, you got your own stuff now. You can take trips, you can do,

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

do whatever you want.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yes, you have fun. And as long as you be honest and you're transparent, then it should be cool, you know, but everybody's looking for different things and you can't waste people's time.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

Can't, you know, take people around a loop and just, you know, whatever. And so that, that's, that's the tough part, man, because I love having fun and I have a crazy schedule. So it's tough to kind of like invest in being a real boyfriend right now or like having a relationship because you have to. I know from failed ones that it's not going to work unless you really put the time into them.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

And you haven't spoken a whole lot about your, your mom and your dad. Were they talented like you?

[Anderson .Paak]

My mom is an incredible like hand drawn artist. She can draw, she can sing.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Okay.

[Anderson .Paak]

Big music nerd.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Really.

[Anderson .Paak]

Pops was really good with his hands. He's like a mechanic.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Okay. Could, could fix anything.

[Anderson .Paak]

Cars. That's. I think it was a mixture of both that made me. Both of them had crazy hard upbringings. Right. My pops is a twin from Philly, North Philly that grew up in the hoods. Right.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

And yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

In the 60s. Crazy. And was kicked out of his house when he was just a young teenager and grew up on the streets.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So he grew up hard.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, grew up hard and then finagled his way into the military just because. So he wouldn't be without house or whatever you call it. And so.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Unhoused.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, unhoused. And so he got it made his way in military. And then him and his twin brother were knuckleheads. They used to go to jail for each other. You know, they used to do all kinds of stuff like trick the system and everything. And my mom, that abandoned kid from Korea, her and my uncle found by a dumpster and gathered and were adopted by black military parents in Compton and lived in South Central. And then, you know, she. She was married three times, and it was abused with all of her husbands, with my. My pops was an addict and, you know, got on drugs and he went to prison for damn near trying to take my mom's life. And I saw the whole thing and. And then he went to prison for. For 14 years. I didn't get to. I never got to see him after that. He died after. Then I. And then I had a step pops. And then they. They were together with my mom. And then by the time I was 17, they both went to prison for. For. For securities fraud. And my step pops was an addict as well. It was all kinds of stuff. And I think that through all that stuff, my mom was always very positive and very hard working and never, like, said any bad things, foul things about the other person and that she was in a relationship with. Everything that she. She said was always. She felt like was. She knew better. And it was something that she. She would never point at the blame. You know, she took accountability on certain things. You know, that. Especially when it came to relationships and things that. That happened, it was like, you know, son, I always knew that they were messed up in this way, and I just was kind of just going about it, and. And that was what it was. And then it got myself into this and this and that, and it was my own fault. And I lived this life, and I take full accountability of it. And that was. That was. That's what, you know, I feel like she installed in me too.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So you never had a. You never had a relationship, a real relationship with your biological father or stepfather. So that changed kind of now. And listen that you talk in the beginning of the type of relationship that you want to have with your kids. Yeah. Because you want to have what you didn't have.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah. Yeah, of course. Yeah, I want to have what I didn't have. And I want to show him, you know, rather than just tell him, I want to show improve, too, and let him know, like, you know, this is what it takes. I want to show him what hard work brings. And I want to let him explore and learn life, too, learn things for his own. I know that I could provide a lot of stuff for him and kind of pamper him. And I don't want anything bad to happen.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

If it's up to me, it's like I wanted both of them. I just want to just shield him, shield him forever. But it's like, can't do it because that's not.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

That's not the real world.

[Anderson .Paak]

That's not the real world, and that's not how you create real, you know, people with real character. And.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

And so it's tough, but, yeah. You know, and, you know, even my step pops, he was around. He wasn't perfect, but he was definitely around. And from when I was like, 6 to 17 and we had our issues and stuff, but I had some, you know, and that's more a lot of other people had. But what I want to do with my kids is break a lot of those generational curses.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You know, you mentioned that your father did drugs. You mentioned. I don't know if you dabble or anything like that, but how did you cope?

[Anderson .Paak]

I coped with music. I coped with laughter, with family, with. With, like, tv. And I, I. It was escapism. I created worlds for myself. I was in a house full of love and a house full of characters. I had all sisters and a big family and had cousins, and we would be in that house and we would create our own world. We would go and we would watch wrestling, and we would wrestle, and we would be this and we'd do that, and then we would go and we watch these movies and I'm play this character and this and that. And then we would go, listen, Tupac, be like, oh, my God, this is crazy. I'm gangster. Like, I'mma do this. And it was all escapism, and it was all like, to. To help cope with what was going on. When. When I seen my pops go to jail, or when I. When. When so and so would die from an overdose, or this person now is, oh, well, you know, they went crazy and all this stuff. It was like, damn, okay, we're going to have dinner now. We're going to have, you know, family time. And it was. That was the things that helped me cope. And then I knew that I wanted to be a part of this thing called hip hop. I didn't want to just rap or anything. I wanted to be inside of it.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

So it was important for me to learn how to do something, learn A craft. So I was like, I want to learn how to dj. I want to learn how to make beats. And. And it was that obsession that made me sit in my room and learn how to play drums. And I could be a part of this whole music thing. Wanted to be inside of it, and that's how I cooked. I was. I would close the door. I had a whole little room. It had drums, NPC turntables, everything. And I would just be in there for hours. I didn't care about nothing else. And I was thinking about all these different places that it would take me and. And I would. I would watch different music videos and movies and just be so fascinated about the culture. And I think that's how it coped. And yeah, I think that that's what was like my therapy as a.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Your father was black, your mom's Korean. As a mixed race child growing up in South Central Compton, did. Did you understand your mom's background? Did you know that? My mom's different. And did people. Did kids make fun of you? How was that situation for you growing up as mixed race kids?

[Anderson .Paak]

And we grew up black, like, yeah,

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

it wasn't no mixed race. We was black.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah. And it wasn't until I got older, my mom started. Tell her story.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Okay.

[Anderson .Paak]

Because my mom was a workaholic, she was a hustler, she worked, she had her own business, and she was gone a lot.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Okay.

[Anderson .Paak]

So we would cherish those times when she would come home. And I'm gonna tell y' all about the story and how, you know, it came up. And she was also too, very much like, we. I grew up around a lot of Latinos, okay. In my city, it was a lot of Latinos and whites. So she was very much like, I'm gonna take y' all to la. We gonna go to Sloss and swap meet, we gonna go to Roscoe's. We're gonna go to all these different things where I grew up so you guys can be exposed to some. Some culture.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Because you grew up in Ox. Oxnard.

[Anderson .Paak]

Okay. Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Okay.

[Anderson .Paak]

Very small, very different. And I think that it was important for her to expose us to all those different things and show us her culture. And when she told us we were mixed, it was almost like, oh, now I got something to tell the girls. Like, you know, I'm mixed.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

I'm Malaysian.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

You see it? Yeah. What we on tonight?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You said something earlier in this conversation. About three minutes ago, you said your mom and a brother was found abandoned by a dumpster. Was your Mom. A mix from a mixed relationship.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

And that was. So that had to be around, what, 1950.

[Anderson .Paak]

So when that was around the war.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So they were getting military.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah. You know how it goes. Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, she made efforts to try to find her parents, and it was so chaotic back then. They couldn't find any information. But trying to find stuff.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Wow. It's funny that you say your mom. Your mom was, like, with a workaholic. She had her own business and she was doing things. So she gave you a sense of what hard work and determination, what you could accomplish, what you could overcome. She never felt. She never felt sorry. She never let you believe that she felt sorry for herself or you should feel sorry for yourself. This is the situation. This is what we're gonna do. We're gonna make the best of this situation. And we don't make excuses. We don't owe. Poor me. Oh, my goodness. I don't know how.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yep, this is it. This is what we got. This is. This is. This is what we got ourselves into. This is my fault. This is. If it goes good, it's my fault. If it goes bad, in my fault. You know, this. It takes. Takes two people to tango sometimes, right? And she was very much like that. And she was like, you know, when. When she fell down and when. When things happened bad with my pops, when she got better, she was like, hey, he was great. He was a great pops to you. He got addicted to them drugs. And that's what changed him. But before that, he was an amazing person. And that's who I fell in love with. And that's. That's who you should know. And if you ever get back to that, that's who you should know. You know? And that's how she always was, and that's how she is now, too.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You mentioned she ended up losing her business. What happened?

[Anderson .Paak]

She had a strawberry business, and she had investors that invested in her strawberry field. And we had a thing called el nino. And she lost all the crops one year, and she couldn't pay back the investors. And that started a domino effect. She started borrowing money. She started gambling all kinds of different things and wasn't notifying the government. Other people started finding out that she was paying certain people back and not others. And the D. A Built a case around her, and that's. She lost the business and eventually got a new time. Yeah. Had to do seven and a half years.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Wow. A lot of your upbringing probably. Probably helped you become the businessman, the person that you are today. You saw a Lot of hardships you don't make excuses. You overcome. You look at your mom's situation, how she came into this situation abandoned by a dumpster, raised by a black family, and the hardships that she had made some bad decisions with men in her life, and men probably took and tried to take advantage of a situation, but she didn't make excuses. As I sit here across from you today, you don't make any excuses. I won some. I've lost some, but I keep pushing forward.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yes, sir. That's what it is, man. And I'm having fun. And it's like I'm getting to make the most out of it. It.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yes.

[Anderson .Paak]

You know, and I know what it's like to appreciate certain things because I know what it's like to lose them. Right.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

And Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

Know how it is to treat people with kindness and respect.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

Doesn't cost you anything.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Nope.

[Anderson .Paak]

And. And it might end up saving you in the end. You never know who you're talking to, who you are coming across and what they've been through. So I try to really, you know, sometimes, you know, our days get long and we can get attitudes and sometimes it might be short with people and everything, but it don't cost you none, man, to be kind and respectful to every person you come around. You never know what the hell people been through. And so people think like, oh, he smiles. He's got all these different things, you know, and it's because, like, man, I had to cope with a lot of different things.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Sometimes you smile to hide the pain.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, that's it. And I heard, you know, my boy Nori said, you know, you're protecting your peace, you know, out here. Like, I do a lot of stuff to protect my peace.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right. You own a restaurant?

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You own restaurants? More than one. What's. What's some of. What's the. Probably the number one thing that you probably learned in business.

[Anderson .Paak]

Shit.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Restaurants aren't hard. I mean, they aren't easy. They are very difficult. Very, very difficult. I was reading a study that say, the one thing that you don't want, the number one business that you don't want to start is a restaurant.

[Anderson .Paak]

Don't start a restaurant and try to do as much as you can without using your own money.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yes.

[Anderson .Paak]

That's what. That's what I learned. It's like, man, like, you want to do all these passion projects and all these different things, but sometimes you don't have to put your own capital and everything. And. But I love it, man. I've learned a Lot, man. I like, I love being a host and providing experiences for people, and I didn't plan on getting in the restaurant business, but it was people that reached out, and it was cool because hardly anybody ever reaches out to me to invest. They always want me to be maybe like, a spokesman or the face or do something like that. Nobody ever wants.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

They want you to be an ambassador.

[Anderson .Paak]

Ambassador, no equity or anything like that. And when one of the first people, Christian Corbin, hit me up, he was really good friends with Dre, and he hit me up, he said, you know, I want to start something, man. I want to start my own sushi place. And I was already eating at his place that he managed, and I was like, cool, let's do it. It wasn't nothing that would break me. And so I invested, and they opened it up, and now it's one of the hottest spots at Taisho. And once that spot blew up, he was like, I want to start another spot. Across the street, Mexican and Casita. Now it's like they got two spots going on the cross, and I was already partying. I was already going out and partying at the Houston Brothers Clubs. I think they got the best bars and most creative speakeasies in la. And they hit me up and they said, you know what? We want you to have your own club. You're. You're one of our best friends. We want it. We want to do a club with you. And I'm like, I don't know. And then they just went and got the building, and. And it was right by Troubadour and Dantana is really good location. Yeah, they. They sorted out the building and they started. They just started doing it. They had the sign already. I'm like, all right, well, this is great.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I'm good.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah. I'm gonna start putting my stuff in there. And now we got at, you know, one of the hottest, like, lounges, supper clubs in la. And it's. It's fun. It's like, you know, it's. It's all a part of the legacy and the brand, I feel like. And. And I look forward to, like, you know, doing more of these, especially Andy's in. In different, you know, areas.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Like, you know, how was it making the movie K Pops with your son?

[Anderson .Paak]

It was dope, man. It was. Was one of the, like, funnest experiences, man, being able to hang out with my kid. He was, like, 11 years old, right? And you don't know. You don't know when you're gonna get that little time again, right? Before they go into years to be able to bond with him and do a script that really he inspired.

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[Anderson .Paak]

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[Anderson .Paak]

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[Timbo (Sports Slice Host)]

Last night, a blown call changed the game. This morning, the Internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in.

[Anderson .Paak]

I'm Timbo.

[Timbo (Sports Slice Host)]

Every episode, we're cutting through the noise, breaking down the plays, the controversies, and the stories behind the headlines. We go straight to the source. The athletes themselves, their locker room stories, their reactions. The stuff nobody gets to hear. The laughs, the drama, the triumphs, the moments that never make the highlight reel. From viral moments to historic games, from buzzer beaters to controversial calls, we break it down, give you context, and ask the questions everybody wants answered. Sports Slice brings you closer to the action with stories told by the people who live them. Listen to Sports slice on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Slice Life and the TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

What's up, guys? This is Clifford Taylor the fourth and on my podcast, the Clifford Show. I'm bringing you conversations about all kinds of stuff like being an Internet famous referee. We're in the middle of a game. This linebacker, they know these kids. This linebacker walks up to me, he goes, hey, ref, my mom wants you to wave at her.

[Anderson .Paak]

What?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Time out, quarterback. On off is blue 42. Hey, ref, my mama wants you to wave at her.

[Anderson .Paak]

What?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Where's she at? Hey, Ms. Parker. Listen to the Clifford show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. American soccer is about to explode.

[Anderson .Paak]

The World cup is coming.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Ramos sending on Ernie Stewart. The Chip Score usa. I'm Tab Ramos. I'm Tom Bog. On our podcast, Inside American Soccer, you'll get the real storylines.

[Timbo (Sports Slice Host)]

I'm not worried about Pulisic.

[Anderson .Paak]

I'm not worried about Baligan. I'm not worried about McKinney.

[Timbo (Sports Slice Host)]

My only concern is what happens in the back.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

The biggest decisions.

[Anderson .Paak]

You're gonna look at stats and numbers. He has no shot at making this World cup team.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

And the truth about the US national

[Anderson .Paak]

team, it wouldn't be a huge surprise if our team ends up in the quarterfinals or potentially a great run into the semifinals.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

The World cup is almost here. Experience it all with usa.

[Anderson .Paak]

Usa.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Listen Inside American Soccer with Tom Bogert and Tab ramos on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Anderson .Paak]

See him perform on camera and being a first time actor and kill it and take it serious. Just beyond proud, man. Beyond proud.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You had celebrities, you had I show speed, you had Jaden Smith. What is the biggest difference between the movie business and the record business? Are there some similarities?

[Anderson .Paak]

There's just way more money involved in the movie business and it takes way longer and way more moving parts within the movie business.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Is it more gratifying once you complete the project because it is such so many moving parts?

[Anderson .Paak]

It can be. It can be. It is a lot to do a feature film. You could talk to directors that have been directing for years that never get a chance to do a feature film from their own idea. Right? It's. You could talk to directors that have been, I'm sorry, actors that have been, you know, working on the craft for years, that, you know, wait tables and they wait, they audition, and they never get to do a feature film where they're the lead. And I got to do both. And it was the hardest thing I've ever done, but creatively, it was bliss for me. And yes, both can be gratifying. Finishing an album and doing a tour and It's a successful thing and everything, but the movie was. It was special for me because it was the first time me jumping into that medium and finishing it out. And it took. Took longer than anything I've ever done within music. It took, I mean, there half a decade from start to finish and to see. And we were doing. I was telling a story that hadn't really been done before. No one has really done a family comedy where there's Asians and blacks and it's not nothing to do with like fighting, you know, Rush Hour, Romeo Must Die or something like that was probably the closest thing.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

And so I was trying to do something different and it was pulling from the well in my life. And I'm doing the music, I'm doing a lot of different things. So it was definitely, it was definitely special, man, for me to finish it out.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

The blend of the soundtrack.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

How does this come together?

[Anderson .Paak]

Soundtrack? I'm blending all the cultures. Black, Korean, I got Earth One and Fire. I got really Sierra, Jid, Aespa, Nmixx, Dean Crush. Man, so many, like, unreleased originals, too much music. But I'm doing, you know, kind of how we did in the movie. We're touching on both sides and we're bringing stuff together. The things that unite us. Really happy about the soundtrack. It's gonna be a lot of bangers. Yeah, it's gonna be cool, man.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Is K pop bigger than rap?

[Anderson .Paak]

No, I think it's a part of rap story.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Okay.

[Anderson .Paak]

I don't think it's bigger. It's. It's a part of the lineage. I think it's, you know, I think that hip hop is. The culture has done so much, man, and it has influenced so much, so many different genres, old and new.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

It doesn't get as much credit as it should, I feel like. And K pop is one of the newest branches on the hip hop family tree that is kind of emerging, right, Because. And I think it's pulling. I think K pop pulls from a lot more than hip hop, but I think it's a part of it for sure. You know, I think again, within this point, within the black diaspora of music, K pop is one of them. And I think that, yeah, it's. It's having a huge moment right now. And it's. And it's huge. But. And it's crazy because, you know, now hip hop has kind of fallen off the charts a little bit. So maybe you can say, I guess, truck wise and stuff, but I wouldn't say that. I think there's still a Lot of people that have a lot of questions with K pop music, modern K pop music. And I think that it's huge and it's blossoming and it's getting bigger and bigger. But now that it's getting bigger, it's having to deal with some growing pains and answer a lot of questions. And I think that's good for it. I think that's good for the new generation that's going to make new K pop music as well.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Billbol X freshman class 2016 versus the 2011. You got G Herbo, Savage Kodak, Uzi Burke Yachty Davies Designer Lil Dicky Denzel Curry Levin Kendrick, Mac Miller, meek yg big crit man. Man 16 was woo.

[Anderson .Paak]

It was stacked, Jack. Nothing to play with, man.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Herbo, Savage Kodak Burt Yachty east designer Dicky but man, that 2011 with Kendrick.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Meek, Mac Miller YG.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, it's huge, man. Like that thing meant something to us. Like put them in classes was. That was big, big, big deal for us, man. That was. Yeah, man. I remember, like, that was crazy. When I was doing that though, I was doing a lot of different things at that point. It was like a whirlwind.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right?

[Anderson .Paak]

And I pulled up with the craziest outfit and I remember, I remember Kodak was, was chilling in the, in the, in the lobby playing his music. And I mean, what's his name? Designer probably had the biggest record at the time when we did that, which is insane.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I saw you supporting the Ventura immigrant farmers and field workers. Why was that so important to you?

[Anderson .Paak]

Because that's what the country's built off. The hard work and the backbone, the sweat.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

They believe that and. Cause the people that do the work, they make it seem like the people that are already here want to do that work.

[Anderson .Paak]

Right, right. If they don't, I mean, it's, it's, it's, it's complicated. But I'm pro. I had to support it. And that's where I come from. And I feel like, you know, there should be initiatives to protect the people that want to come out and work and people that want to come out and raise families and, and, and provide and, and be of any kind of. And I don't mean just like service workers, but someone that is going to provide a positive service and to, to

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

the, whatever you do to provide to help the community grow and prosper.

[Anderson .Paak]

Exactly. Because that's how, that's how the whole thing started, you know. And you know, I know everybody feels some type of way and yeah, I think it's just like, you know, any. Any way I. I can help. Help in. In different ways. That's why it's. It's funny that, you know, the things that do get reported on like TMZ and all this stuff. It's cute to get me in the club with the. The girls and stuff. But we also have been putting years into helping expose families and. And underprivileged kids to the arts.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Right.

[Anderson .Paak]

I do have a foundation as well. Every year we pack and get thousands of people out there to see world class shows with artists that are providing their time and donating it and you know, none of that stuff ever pops up on tmz. But I guess it's like, you know, maybe that doesn't drive the needle.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Is it true you fast every day until 2pm?

[Anderson .Paak]

I don't know where you heard that. No, I'd be moving fast up until. Up until about 2am 2am yeah, then I slow it down. This yak got me moving low. So. Can I have a little bit?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah, you.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yes, you could. No, I mean, I'll be trying different things. I try to eat one meal a day, I guess.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

One meal a day?

[Anderson .Paak]

Honestly, it just changes.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Well, how many calories is that one meal exactly?

[Anderson .Paak]

I don't know. I don't. I need a meal plan. I need something. So.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So have you. Have you always kind of been this size? Were you a bigger guy?

[Anderson .Paak]

I was plump. Well, they used to call us husky.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

Back in the day. I don't know if that's proper term to say now, but I was in husky jeans, right. For about. From about 12, about 9 to 17 years old.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Okay.

[Anderson .Paak]

I got fed up. Yeah. I was, I was big. You could probably cut to a clip around this time and see like me senior year, I was a big boy, you know, more than 200, 250 plus.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

250 plus.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You barely. You'd only wear 250. You don't wear 200 now.

[Anderson .Paak]

Right, right. Yeah. Yeah. I ain't looked at skill in a minute. I'm a little scared.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah, I'm probably. I'm looking like 180.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, yeah, that would be. That's around comfort. But yeah, I was big boy and I. And I was like, how the hell

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

you get that big?

[Anderson .Paak]

I had to just get on a treadmill and switch up my. Like this is. I graduated high school in 2004 and there was two things I did. I got on treadmill. I was drinking like a bunch of water. I stopped eating red meat and Pork. Because I remember seeing this. This documentary at the time, and it said like, oh, red meat stays in your system a long time, colon if you're not working out, and blah, blah. So I was like, all right, that's out. No more. I grew up with bad eating habits. You know, my mom would give us 20 bucks, we would just go Pizza Hut, Taco Bell. And that was all we used to do. So by the time I was and like out of high school, I was huge. And I was virgin. And I was like, this is.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah, that was gonna help you. Cause I'm about to get 270.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah, you will. Help you. Yeah.

[Anderson .Paak]

And so I. I just. I got on treadmill and yeah, I just started getting focused. Yeah, it was a little bit of a glow up.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

We saw Michael B. After his Oscar win, go to In N Out.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You say fat burgers better?

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, I believe so. More options. And for myself, person that doesn't eat red meat or pork, they got turkey burgers.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

They got turkey. They don't got turkey burgers. In and out.

[Anderson .Paak]

Hell no. And I've got the same four things for years. And they might have a. The grilled cheese or whatever. And then I know they got. They need to put a turkey burger on the. On the secret menu. That would be. That would be game changer. But nah. And. And also, fat burger usually stays open later than in and out. And you can get a fried egg and get money like, oh, you get Friday.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Get in and out, can't you? I don't know.

[Anderson .Paak]

I ain't never seen nobody Friday.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You can't. Wouldn't know. She, you know, she the. A rhythmic cheese.

[Anderson .Paak]

You gotta check out that burger.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

No,

[Anderson .Paak]

no, it's more options, you know.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Okay. Korean barbecue or black barbecue.

[Anderson .Paak]

Dang. Again, you don't even.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

But you don't eat red meat.

[Anderson .Paak]

Exactly. So I probably have to save black barbecue. Cause you get more options. You gonna get some chicken. You know, if you in my household, you might. You might get somebody hooking up a salmon in the black.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You know, you get Mac and cheese.

[Anderson .Paak]

Mac and cheese. You ain't never gonna get no Mac and cheese with Korean, bro. You get black potato salad.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Ah, man, I don't know about that potato salad. Cause, man, y' all gonna have some pecans and raisins on top of it.

[Anderson .Paak]

Korean potato salad is some of the best. I ain't gonna hold you. Ah, bro, I ain't gonna hold you. And we got different sides. You got chop ch. You got. You got some different panchan. So that's what they call the sides, but yeah, I might say black barbecue.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Man, I don't know about that. Yeah, I don't know. So now if you don't eat red meat, so what, you mainly chicken and fish?

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, yeah, but I'll do vegan too.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

You do vegan?

[Anderson .Paak]

I ain't Japanese. I'll some sushi up.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Okay. Yeah. Cause that's your spot. Yeah, you like?

[Anderson .Paak]

I ain't Mexican. I do work to a taco, I

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

don't mind how long. What kind of taco you can get that ain't got ground beef in it? A veggie taco, you can get a

[Anderson .Paak]

shrimp taco, you can get a pollo taco. Oh, you can get a potato taco.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I'm gonna show you around. I'll tell you something I don't know, man. I ain't never eaten a Taco Bell. I ain't been to no Mexican restaurants with chipotle count, right?

[Anderson .Paak]

Chipotle?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

What? Damn, they say they got burritos and bowls.

[Anderson .Paak]

I ain't got the stomach for chipotle. I can't do chipotle.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Well, damn.

[Anderson .Paak]

We gonna go some real thing. We're gonna take your seat and we're gonna take you around some real good.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So what I need case of deals that count.

[Anderson .Paak]

I mean, quesadilla, if you must. I. I suppose we could get a quesadilla.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

So what if. So, so what's Mexican that I haven't been eating?

[Anderson .Paak]

You ever had mole? Chicken mole?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

No.

[Anderson .Paak]

You might like that.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Chicken mole.

[Anderson .Paak]

Okay, chicken mole.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I'm writing that down. Jordan, write that down. Chicken mole.

[Anderson .Paak]

Chicken mole. Okay, what else you might like? Chili relleno. You might like some. What else we got?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I mean, so, so what about the tacos? Just like the, the soft shell tacos.

[Anderson .Paak]

Yeah, you get some tacos.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

They got that at Taco Bell.

[Anderson .Paak]

They do, they do. They also got. They also got a Dorito taco too.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Oh, you like the Dorito taco?

[Anderson .Paak]

No, but they have a lot of stuff at Taco Bell that you.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I thought you like options now. You don't like options? They got options that you don't like. You just told me.

[Anderson .Paak]

I like Taco Bell, okay? I like Taco Bell. Especially when it's late. It's a time and place for everything.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Yeah, yeah. Oh, so you like one o', clock, two o' clock in the morning.

[Anderson .Paak]

That's when we gonna do it. We don't ever make a conscious effort to be like, you know what we gonna do that. It's always like, damn, I know I shouldn't do this.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

What's over there?

[Anderson .Paak]

But I'm doing this. Yeah, yeah, but they're great. Taco Bell's Fire, Anderson Pack.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Thanks for joining us, bro. Thank you.

[Anderson .Paak]

Appreciate you, man.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Thank you, bro. Thank you again, Double Barrel and the Whiskey Shop in Beverly Hills for hosting us today. With over 3,000 different types of whiskey, the Double Barrel has everything you need and it's a full shop lounge so you can actually try before you buy. Family run and operated with locations in Calabasas, at Saddle Peak Lounge and here in Beverly Hills, the Double Barrel. The Double Barrel and Whiskey Shop is the place for all your whiskey needs. Thank you again to the Double Barrel and Whiskey Shop for having us.

[Anderson .Paak]

All my life been grinding all my

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

life Sacrifice hustle, paid the price, wanna slice, got to roll a dice that's why all my life I've been grinding

[Anderson .Paak]

all my life all my life been grinding all my life Sacrifice hustle paid

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

the price, won a slice not to roll the dice to swap all my

[Anderson .Paak]

life I've been grinding all my life. And Doug, there's nowhere I wouldn't go to help someone customize and save on car insurance with Liberty Mutual. Even if it means sitting front row at a comedy show. Hey, everyone, check out this guy and his bird. What is this, your first date?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Oh, no. We help people customize and save on car insurance with Liberty Mutual.

[Anderson .Paak]

Together we're married. Me to a human, him to a bird. Yeah, the bird looks out of your league. Anyways, get a [e-mail] or with your local agent. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy not quite on Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week. My guests, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel help an acapella band with their between songs. Banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter. Listen to Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Timbo (Sports Slice Host)]

Last night, a blown call changed the game. This morning, the Internet lost its mind and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. And every episode we're cutting through the noise, breaking down the biggest moments in sports and giving you the real story behind the headline. And we're going straight to the source the athletes themselves, their locker room stories, their reactions in the moment, and the stuff nobody gets to hear. Listen to Sports slice on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And for more, follow Timbo, Slice Life 12 and the TikTok Podcast Network on Tick Tock.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

What's up, guys? This is Clifford Taylor the fourth, and on my podcast, the Clifford Show, I'm bringing you conversations about all kinds of stuff, like being an Internet famous referee. We're in the middle of a game. This linebacker, they know these kids. This linebacker walks up to me, he goes, hey, ref, my mom wants you to wave at her.

[Anderson .Paak]

What?

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

Time out, quarterback on office blue 42. Hey, ref, my mama wants you to weigh better. What? Where's she at? Hey, Ms. Parker. Listen to the Clifford show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Anderson .Paak]

I'm Joey Dardano, and on my new

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

podcast, Hope from a Hypocrite, I'll be

[Anderson .Paak]

changing lives, helping people in need with thoughtful solutions. Psych.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

I'm a comedian.

[Anderson .Paak]

I'm not qualified to give good advice. Join me and my comedian friends as

[Timbo (Sports Slice Host)]

we riff, rant and recommend some of the most legally dubious advice known to man. This is help from a hypocrite. The worst advice from the dumbest.

[Podcast Host / Interviewer (possibly a music or culture journalist)]

As people you know, listen to help

[Anderson .Paak]

from Hypocrite Wednesdays on the iHeartRadio app,

[Timbo (Sports Slice Host)]

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.