Na-Kel Smith raps like he’s lucid dreaming on NAK

Na-Kel Smith raps like he’s lucid dreaming on NAK

The skater-turned-rapper’s hypnotic new album is fine-tuned to reward close listening. Na-Kel Smith makes rap songs that sound like waking dreams. On his latest album NAK, Smith’s self-produced loops burble and swell like rivulets over pebbled stream beds. Compared to 2023’s brash STAND ALONE STUNTMAN, NAK is hypnotic and subtler, blending inspiration from Bankroll Fresh…

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