Anderson .Paak and Cordae Bicker With Their Pants Off in ‘Step Brothers’-Inspired Album Teaser Video
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- Anderson .Paak and Cordae announced their joint album 'Heavy Is the Head' on Instagram, scheduled for release on Oct. 23.
- The collaboration builds on their prior joint tracks 'RNP' (released in 2019), 'Two Tens,' and 'Summer Drop,' marking their first full-length project together.
- Paak's Instagram teaser featured a 'Step Brothers'-inspired video with both artists in argyle sweaters bickering and play-fighting — with neither wearing pants — set to a snippet of music from the record.
- Partial lyrics from the unreleased track surfaced in the clip ('Sippin' on this brown liquor got me nostalgic...'), but no track list or lead single accompanied the announcement.
- The duo launched a dedicated webstore selling the album exclusively as cassette, CD, or vinyl, while Cordae posted the album cover separately on his own Instagram.
- Coverage from Pitchfork frames the news as a straightforward joint album reveal, while the source outlet leaned into the comedic Step Brothers visual — a tonal split absent from competing headlines.
Why it matters: Six years after 'RNP,' two artists with established solo careers are committing to a full-length joint album — a rarer move in hip-hop than one-off features — and selling it direct-to-fan through cassette, CD, and vinyl only, signaling an artist-controlled release that bypasses streaming-first distribution.
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