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Amid scattered featured appearances made between the 2017 and 2020 release dates of Green Twins and Will This Make Me Good, Nick Hakim also recorded a split collaborative single with his associates in Onyx Collective. He was the headliner on the A-side, "Vincent Tyler," an uneasy if driving ballad about discovering a slain body. The song reappears on the second album from the singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in a very different shape, stretched out with a backmasking effect as a percussive accent to a muffled bass drum thud, augmented by a new vocal that's almost vaporous. The reconfiguration is a slightly exaggerated way of exemplifying how Will This Make Me Good feels more surreal, fraught, and turbulent than Green Twins. In the title song, Hakim's agitation simmers through the first few minutes and boils over when he insists with a howl, "But don't give in to a master plan/Burn it down, lock that shit up in flames." "Drum Thing," far more complex and ornamented than the title implies, finds Hakim in a crazed state, delivering a screaming, stream-of-consciousness rant that escalates from boastful to combative to lustful, and signs off with "What's the use?" As in "Vincent Tyler," real-life loss informs "Qadir," a slowly rolling dedication to a late friend. It's a plea to maintain soul-to-soul connections as much as an elegy, with Pink Siifu and We Are King's Paris Strother among many voices in a swirling, acid mix that recalls early Funkadelic. Respite from death and other forms of anguished imagery -- aimless lost souls, dwindling hope, sleeplessness -- is rare. There's no way out, but Hakim provides consolation that is flavorful and tripped-out. Moreover, it's a little reassuring that he's able to flash some of his pitch-black, bone-dry sense of humor. The first two lines of "Crumpy" in particular should not be missed.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Nick Hakim, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sarlo, Producer - Margaux Whitney, Author - SArlo, MainArtist - The Sound of Trying (Ribbon Music) (BMI), MusicPublisher
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Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Nick Hakim, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sarlo, Producer - Cleo Reed, Producer, MainArtist - Ella Moore (BMI), MusicPublisher
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Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Nick Hakim, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sarlo, Producer - Margaux Whitney, Author - Kyle Miles, Author - Nelson Bandela, Producer, MainArtist - NorvisJr (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Nick Hakim, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sarlo, Producer - Pink Siifu, Producer, MainArtist, MusicPublisher
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Badbadnotgood, Producer, MainArtist - Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Nick Hakim, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sarlo, Producer - Kyle Miles, Author
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Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Nick Hakim, Author, Producer, MainArtist - AceMo, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sarlo, Producer - Danny Hakim, Author - AceMo Publishing, MusicPublisher
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Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Nick Hakim, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sarlo, Producer - Kyle Miles, Author - Benamin, Producer, MainArtist - TRIUMPF RECORDING PRODUCTIONS ENTERPRISES, MusicPublisher
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Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Nick Hakim, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sarlo, Producer - Kareem Ali, Producer, MainArtist - Naima Thomas, Author - Kareem Ali Glover,, MusicPublisher
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Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Nick Hakim, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sarlo, Producer - Spencer Murphy, Author - Slauson Malone, Producer, MainArtist - Vishal Nayak, Author - Antes Que Luz Music, MusicPublisher - Antes Que Luz Music, Slauson Malone Publishing, MusicPublisher
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Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Luke Temple, Producer, MainArtist - Nick Hakim, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sarlo, Producer - Jacob Sherman, Author - Jake Sherman Songs, MusicPublisher - Jake Sherman Songs, luke temple breneman (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Nick Hakim, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sarlo, Producer - Spencer Murphy, Author - James Krivchenia, Producer, MainArtist - Vishal Nayak, Author - Antes Que Luz Music, MusicPublisher - James Krivchenia Publishing (SESAC), MusicPublisher
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Downtown Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Nick Hakim, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sarlo, Producer - keiyaA, Producer, MainArtist - Forever Recordings, MusicPublisher
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Album review
Amid scattered featured appearances made between the 2017 and 2020 release dates of Green Twins and Will This Make Me Good, Nick Hakim also recorded a split collaborative single with his associates in Onyx Collective. He was the headliner on the A-side, "Vincent Tyler," an uneasy if driving ballad about discovering a slain body. The song reappears on the second album from the singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in a very different shape, stretched out with a backmasking effect as a percussive accent to a muffled bass drum thud, augmented by a new vocal that's almost vaporous. The reconfiguration is a slightly exaggerated way of exemplifying how Will This Make Me Good feels more surreal, fraught, and turbulent than Green Twins. In the title song, Hakim's agitation simmers through the first few minutes and boils over when he insists with a howl, "But don't give in to a master plan/Burn it down, lock that shit up in flames." "Drum Thing," far more complex and ornamented than the title implies, finds Hakim in a crazed state, delivering a screaming, stream-of-consciousness rant that escalates from boastful to combative to lustful, and signs off with "What's the use?" As in "Vincent Tyler," real-life loss informs "Qadir," a slowly rolling dedication to a late friend. It's a plea to maintain soul-to-soul connections as much as an elegy, with Pink Siifu and We Are King's Paris Strother among many voices in a swirling, acid mix that recalls early Funkadelic. Respite from death and other forms of anguished imagery -- aimless lost souls, dwindling hope, sleeplessness -- is rare. There's no way out, but Hakim provides consolation that is flavorful and tripped-out. Moreover, it's a little reassuring that he's able to flash some of his pitch-black, bone-dry sense of humor. The first two lines of "Crumpy" in particular should not be missed.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:52
- Main artists: Nick Hakim
- Label: ATO RECORDS
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
2021 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2021 ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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