Will This Make Me Good

by Nick Hakim

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	05/15/2020
Label:	Ato
UPC:	0880882372514
Rank:	77158

Tracks

Disc 1

1. All These Changes
2. Wtmmg
3. Bouncing
4. Let It Out
5. Qadir
6. All These Instruments

Disc 2

7. Drum Thing
8. Vincent Tyler
9. Crumpy
10. Gods Dirty Works
11. Seeing Double
12. Whoo

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nick Hakim   Primary Artist,Bass,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Jupiter 6,Keyboards,Mellotron,Wurlitzer,Micro Moog,Vibraphone,Synthesizer,Glockenspiel,Fender Rhodes,Piano (Grand),Guitar (Acoustic),Arp String Ensemble
Luke Temple   Primary Artist
James Krivchenia   Primary Artist
Slauson Malone 1   Primary Artist
KeiyaA   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kareem Ali   Primary Artist
Benamin   Primary Artist
Nelson Mandela   Vocals
Quess   Vocals
Jake Sherman   Organ,Guitar,Jupiter 6,Mellotron
Naima   Vocals
Vishal Nayak   Drums,Congas
Paris Strother   Jupiter 6
Spencer Murphy   Bass
Amber Strother   Vocals
Mac DeMarco   Guitar
Joel Mateo   Percussion
Isaiah Barr   Saxophone
Kyle Miles   Bass
Margaux Whitney   Strings
Pink Siifu   Vocals
Jesse Scheinin   Flute,Vocals
Dylan Day   Slide Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Danny Hakim   Bass,Guitar
Forever and Oyinda   Vocals
Maassai   Vocals

Technical Credits

Luke Temple   Producer,Remix Engineer
John Hill   Engineer
Daniel Schlett   Engineer
Rob Cohen   Engineer
Vishal Nayak   Composer
Spencer Murphy   Composer
BadBadNotGood   Producer,Remix Engineer,Remix Producer
Nick Hakim   Mixing,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Programming,Tape Recorders,Drum Programming
Andrew Sarlo   Mixing,Producer,Remix Engineer
James Krivchenia   Producer,Remix Engineer
Jacob Portrait   Additional Production
Kyle Miles   Composer
AceMo   Producer,Remix Engineer,Remix Producer
Margaux Whitney   Composer
Pink Siifu   Producer,Remix Engineer,Remix Producer
Slauson Malone 1   Producer,Remix Engineer
Jacob Sherman   Composer
KeiyaA   Producer,Remix Engineer
Nelson Bandela   Producer,Remix Engineer,Remix Producer
Naima Thomas   Composer
Danny Hakim   Composer
Benamin Julia   Engineer
Kareem Ali   Producer,Remix Engineer
Cleo Reed   Remix Engineer,Remix Producer
Benamin   Producer,Remix Engineer
Sarlo   Remix Engineer,Remix Producer