由Bruno Mars和Anderson .Paak联手的闪耀巨星限定组合Silk Sonic发行第二支正式单曲“Skate”。和“Leave The Door Open”纵享丝滑的复古情调不同，新单是一支快节奏舞曲，Anderson .Paak精巧的音乐编排搭配火星哥标志性的嗓音，在伴奏方面也是A＋级别，把鼓点伴奏玩得淋漓尽致。让人按捺不住随之律动。
上个月，Silk Sonic做客BET盛典表演了冠单"Leave The Door Open"并荣获“年度最佳组合”。

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak were already hard at work on what would become An Evening With Silk Sonic when the pandemic shut down live music in early 2020, but they weren’t going to let that stop them from delivering a concert experience to their fans. “All of a sudden, my shows get canceled, Andy's shows get canceled,” Mars told Ebro Darden during their R&B Now interview. “This fear of ‘we’ll never be able to play live again’ comes into play. And to take that away from guys like us, that's all we know. So we're thinking, all right, let's put an album together that sounds like a show.”
It began with the project’s lead single, “Leave the Door Open,” a syrupy-sweet piece of retro soul that Mars considers something of a backbone for the project. After its completion, he and .Paak began building out the nine songs of An Evening With Silk Sonic, soliciting help, in the few instances where they needed it, from friends like Bootsy Collins, Thundercat, and even Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. Their access to HOF-worthy firepower notwithstanding, the pair always understood that their own combined musicality was the real draw. “We just wanted it to feel special,” Mars says. “Instead of trying to get too cute with the concept, it's like, what's more special than Anderson .Paak behind a drum set singing a song and me having his back when it's my turn, you know? And the band moving in the same direction? It was just like a musician's dream.” Below, the pair talk through some of the tracks that make An Evening With Silk Sonic an experience fans won’t soon forget.
“Leave the Door Open”
Bruno Mars: “Me and Andy come from the school of performing and playing live instruments. We wrote ‘Leave the Door Open’ and it was just one of those songs like, dang, I can’t believe we a part of this, and we don't know what it's gonna do, we don't care that it's a ballad or a whatever you wanna call it—to us, this just feels right and it's important. So no matter what, if it hit No. 1 or it didn't, me and Andy both know that that was the best we could do. And we were cool with that.”
“Fly as Me”
Anderson .Paak: “‘Fly as Me’ is a joint hook [Mars] had for a minute. He was trying to figure out some verses for it, trying to figure out the groove, and we spent some time on that.”
Mars: “Andy goes behind the drum set one day and says, ‘The groove gotta be like this,’ and starts playing his groove. D’Mile is on the bass, I'm on the guitar. After all the grooves we tried, I don't know what it is, there's something about someone in the studio, someone that you trust, saying, 'It's gotta be like this.’ And the groove you hear him playing, which is not an easy groove to play, was what he showed me and D. And we just followed suit.”
“After Last Night” (with Thundercat & Bootsy Collins)
Mars: “That one got a lot of Bootsy on it. And my boy Thundercat came in and blessed us. It’s just one of them songs—everything was built to be played live, so that song is one of those we can keep going for 10 minutes.”
“Smokin Out the Window”
Mars: “‘Smokin Out the Window’ was an idea we started four or five years ago on tour. It didn't sound nothing like how it does now, but we just had the idea. On [.Paak’s] birthday, I called him over. He was hysterical that night. After every take he was like, 'I'm the king of R&B! I’m the best! Tell me I’m not the hottest in the game!' We were going back and forth with the lines and who can make who laugh, and we end up finishing that song and he was like, 'I’m out, what we doing tomorrow?'”
“Put On a Smile”
Mars: “I had a song that I played for Andy and I said, ‘What do you think about this?’ and he said, ‘It sucks.’ I start singing it again and he gets behind the drums and that's when the magic happens. So we come up with this hook and these chords and that's when we start cooking, when everything starts moving in the studio. The song's starting to sound real good now. I don’t wanna mess it up, so I call Babyface. I only call Face to know if I got something good, you know, ’cause he’ll tell me too, 'This is wack.' For all of us to finish that record together, that was one of my favorite experiences on this album.”
“Skate”
Mars: “It's hard to be mad on some rollerskates. So really, that's kinda the essence of this album: If me and Andy were to host a party, what would that feel like? Summertime. Outside. Set up the congas and the drums and amplifiers, and what would that sound like? And this is what our best effort was: 'Skate.'”

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak were already hard at work on what would become An Evening With Silk Sonic when the pandemic shut down live music in early 2020, but they weren’t going to let that stop them from delivering a concert experience to their fans. “All of a sudden, my shows get canceled, Andy's shows get canceled,” Mars told Ebro Darden during their R&B Now interview. “This fear of ‘we’ll never be able to play live again’ comes into play. And to take that away from guys like us, that's all we know. So we're thinking, all right, let's put an album together that sounds like a show.”

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Good luck trying to classify Anderson .Paak and his band The Free Nationals. Much of their sound is layered atop a soulful hip-hop foundation; from there, your safest bet is to call it a hodgepodge of genres in the best way possible. Guitarist Jose Rios and bassist Kelsey Gonzalez inject a hard-rock edge into the Hi-Tek-produced "Come Down," this set's opening number. When you hear them play the first few jazz chords of "Heart Don't Stand A Chance," it's hard to simply call this R&B.
It's been a slow build for .Paak, who released a few mixtapes before his 2014 debut album Venice. This year has marked his official breakout with Malibu, on which he did what so many in his position fail to do: He capitalized. After bursting into the spotlight with his appearances on Dr. Dre's Compton LP, he immediately prepped the release of Malibu. The album sculpted an entirely new lane for Anderson .Paak. He can rhyme with best of 'em, and his vocal styling, reminiscent of '70s and '80s greats, is invigorating when set against today's tender R&B elite. Before all that, he's a drummer-slash-bandleader.
I've experienced three separate presentations of this band. First, there's the recorded version, on which .Paak collaborates with some of hip-hop's finest producers. Then, their tight stage show hits you in the chest with 90-plus minutes of pure energy. In the midst of a whirlwind tour, they stopped by the Tiny Desk and reworked three cuts from Malibu, along with an audience request that shocked even them. They stripped down and pulled back just enough to fill the room.
Producers: Bobby Carter, Niki Walker, Abby O'Neill; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Niki Walker, Claire Hannah Collins, Nickolai Hammar; Production Assistant: Sophie Kemp; Photo: Cameron Robert/NPR.

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak celebrate Valentine’s Day with their version of the 1982 Con Funk Shun single.

美国说唱歌手Anderson .Paak携新单“Bubblin’”回归！Anderson .Paak于2016年发行专辑“Malibu”之后一夜成名，该专辑曾荣获第59届格莱美最佳当代城市音乐专辑提名。同年Anderson .Paak与美国新晋说唱歌手Mac Miller合作“Dang!”，被用于著名导演Spike Jonze执导的苹果公司广告片，备受赞誉。

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缔造音乐巅峰 潮流单曲『In The Joy』
JJ Lin林俊杰 与 Anderson .Paak世纪级合作潮流音乐震撼新单曲『In The Joy』！引领流行乐坛潮流连动前所未有。
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『In The Joy』集结蓝调、爵士、福音、放克及节奏蓝调的当代流行Motown流行曲风，赋予时尚潮流与动感欢快的节奏共振，极度catchy和开朗的节拍俐落进曲，旋律层叠渐进，2人主vocal与和谐共鸣的和声，让轻松愉悦的律动感无限环绕，巧妙运用whistles顺势过场，swing dance中场窜动效果细致巧妙，营造出整体的复古欢快而引领全球流行新单曲！
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潮流全新单曲！
词 LYRICS：JJ Lin/Anderson .Paak/Rude Cat
曲 COMPOSER：JJ Lin/Anderson .Paak/Rude Cat
音乐制作 MUSIC PRODUCTION：JFJ Productions/Transparent Arts
编曲 MUSIC ARRANGEMENT：Rude Cat
制作人 PRODUCER：Rude Cat
配唱制作 VOCAL PRODUCTION：JJ Lin
和声编写 BACKGROUND VOCAL ARRANGEMENT：JJ Lin/Rude Cat
和声 BACKGROUND VOCAL：JJ Lin/Rude Cat/Anderson .Paak
录音室 RECORDING STUDIOS：Stones Throw Records (LA, CA)/ROOM 2804 Fairmont Ambassador (Seoul)
录音师 RECORDING ENGINEERS：JJ Lin/Julio Ulloa
混音室 MIXING STUDIO：Aaron Mattes Studio
混音师 MIXING ENGINEER：Aaron Mattes
后期母带处理制作人 MASTERING PRODUCER：Tiernan Cranny
后期母带处理录音室 MASTERING STUDIO：N/A
后期母带处理录音师 MASTERING ENGINEER：Tiernan Cranny