![]() Dre took a step back, and let Anderson take full charge on “Ventura,” which also features collaborations with Pharell Williams, André 3000, Smokey Robinson, Lalah Hathaway, Jazmine Sullivan and Brandy, and a posthumous vocal from Nate Dogg. That was tough.” Anderson switched up his management team. “I was being loyal to a fault almost and I had to do a lot of shedding. “People tell you, ‘Try to stay grounded, stay with the people that keep you grounded.’ But when you looking around and your closest friends are either growing with you or not, what do you do?” he said. Years of partying on the road had also taken its toll. “Venutra” will undoubtedly register as a return to form for fans of the funkier side of Anderson, as the album radiates with warm, elegant soul arrangements and breezy vibes.Īnderson wanted an album of “feel good music … to build people up,” following a year in which, as his star rose, he increasingly began to feel isolated from friends. It’s trippy though, because the more you start selling – not that sales mean much in the end - the more you hear people say they miss ‘the old you.’” “I have to satisfy my needs and broaden my fanbase, and I can’t do that by doing the same thing and expecting the same result. “ you can’t please everyone,” he continues. ![]() “Some thought it was great, but there were people saying it was the worst I’d done.
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