Louie

As one of rap’s most commanding new presences, Kenny Beats has produced career-defining music for the likes of NBA Youngboy, Rico Nasty, FKA Twigs, Freddie Gibbs and Vince Staples, and recorded agit-punk for Bristol’s IDLES straight to tape. He has also reimagined what it means to be a producer today, leading a generation of bedroom beatmakers through his various tutorial live streams and the episodic production series The Cave. On LOUIE, Kenny draws on the rich soul-soaked traditions of outliers like J.Dilla, Madlib and D’Angelo, to explore themes of his own family, childhood, and upbringing for the first time. A tribute to Kenny's overall relationship to music, LOUIE enlists an ensemble cast of collaborators and players to offer up a new kind of producer album, adding all new layers to his own stillgrowing voice.

Tracks

1~1~Leonard
1~2~Parenthesis
1~3~Hold My Head
1~4~So They Say
1~5~Family Tree
1~6~Hooper
1~7~Still
1~8~Moire
1~9~Get Around
1~10~Eternal
1~11~Last Words
1~12~Drop 10
1~13~The Perch
1~14~Really Really
1~15~That Third Thing
1~16~Rotten
1~17~Hot Hand

Details

Format: Vinyl
Artist: Kenny Beats
Release Date: 13 January 2023
Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop
Label: XL Recordings
Distributor: Inertia Music