Ventura
by Anderson .Paak
- Type: Album
- Released: 12 April 2019
- Label: Aftermath
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:40
- Community rating: 3.6/5 from 9 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released a mere five months after the darker, trap-heavy 'Oxnard', this project acts as a bright, soulful counterpart focusing purely on deep grooves and 1970s R&B homage. The record boasts incredibly lush live instrumentation, horn sections, and high-profile features from legends like Smokey Robinson, André 3000, and Nate Dogg. It earned .Paak the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, sampling, conscious, soulful, funky, groove-laden, vocal, melodic
Tracklist
- Come Home (feat. André 3000) (4:26)
- Make It Better (feat. Smokey Robinson) (3:39)
- Reachin' 2 Much (feat. Lalah Hathaway) (5:55)
- Winners Circle (3:29)
- Good Heels (feat. Jazmine Sullivan) (1:38)
- Yada Yada (3:27)
- King James (3:17)
- Chosen One (feat. Sonyae Elise) (4:05)
- Jet Black (feat. Brandy) (3:28)
- Twilight (3:16)
- What Can We Do? (feat. Nate Dogg) (2:56)
Credits
- Kadhja Bonet - arranged by [string arrangement by]
- BJ The Chicago Kid - backing vocals
- SiR - backing vocals, vocals [additional vocals by]
- Andre 3000 - featuring
- The Regiment Horns - horns
- Ashley Norelle - vocals [additional vocals], vocals [additional vocals by]
- Andre Benjamin - written-by
- Brandon Paak Anderson - written-by
- Anderson .Paak - Primary Artist, Percussion, Drums [Live Drums By], Producer, Drums [Live Drums], Producer [Additional Production By], Drums [Additional Drums By]
- Vicky Farewell Nguyen - Backing Vocals, Piano, Keyboards [Additional Keys], Producer, Written-By
- Jairus Mozee - Bass, Guitar, Producer, Written-By
- Jhair Lazo - Engineer, Recorded By [Strings Recorded By]
- Ken Oriole - Engineer
- Eric Gonzalez - Engineer [Assistant Engineer]
- Lola A. Romero - Engineer [Assistant Engineer], Engineer [Mix Engineer], Engineer, Recorded By [Strings Recorded By]
- Dr. Dre - Mixed By
- Focus - Mixed By
- Jose Rios - Bass, Guitar, Written-By
- Kelsey Gonzalez - Bass, Guitar, Written-By, Producer, Bass [Additional Bass By]
- Alchemist - Drums, Producer
- Smokey Robinson - Featuring, Written-By
- Fredwreck Nassar - Keyboards [Keys], Guitar, Producer, Percussion [Live Percussion], Percussion [Additional Percussion By], Electric Piano [Rhodes Piano By], Engineer
- Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Strings [Strings Written And Performed By], Written-By
- Alan Maman - Written-By
- Farid Nassar - Written-By
- Dan Edinberg - Bass
- Lalah Hathaway - Featuring
- Danny McKinnon - Guitar, Written-By
- Marcus Paul - Horns, Horns [Live Horns By]
- Pomo - Keyboards [Keys], Producer, Bass [Synth Bass], Bass
- Justin DiCenzo - Recorded By [Strings Recorded By]
- David Pimentel - Written-By
- Dem Jointz - Backing Vocals, Producer
- Stalone - Backing Vocals
- Callum Connor - Drums [Live Drums By], Producer
- Ron Avant - Keyboards [Additional Keys], Keyboards [Keys], Vocoder, Written-By, Electric Piano [Additional Rhodes Piano By]
- The Free Nationals - Producer
- Dwayne Abernathy - Written-By
- Matt Merisola - Written-By
- Mell Beats - Drum Programming [Additional Drum Programming By], Producer [Additional Production By]
- Durand Bernarr - Vocals [Additional Vocals By]
- Melvin Henderson - Written-By
- Jazmine Sullivan - Featuring, Written-By
- Kiefer - Producer
- Bernard Edwards JR. - Written-By
- Kiefer Shackelford - Written-By
- Alekos Syropoulos - Arranged By [Horn Arrangement By], Tenor Saxophone, Written-By
- Paul Castelluzzo - Guitar
- Cocoa Sarai - Backing Vocals
- Sonyae Elise - Featuring
- Mac Demarco - Performer [Sample From "On The Level"]
- Sean Price - Performer [Sample Of "Onion Head (Acapella)"]
- Sky Covington - Written-By
- Tia Myrie - Written-By
- Olívia Braga - Backing Vocals
- Zumo Kollie - Engineer [Assistant Engineer]
- Brandy - Featuring
- Brandy Norwood - Written-By
- Mike Larson - Engineer
- Thomas Cullison - Engineer [Assistant Engineer]