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If last year’s Oxnard was Anderson .Paak’s version of Outkast’s Speakerboxxx – a shape-shifting hip-hop LP steeped in eccentric R&B — its sister LP, Ventura, is his The Love Below, an eccentric R&B record tilting towards hip-hop. Ventura even begins with an André 3000 cameo, a memorable one at that, …

Jay Rock hypes his next LP on booming, brass-heavy single “Win,” featuring ad-libs from Top Dawg Entertainment labelmate Kendrick Lamar. “I walk in room/ Their eyes wide, wide, wide,” Rock raps over distorted brass samples and a snaking trap beat. “Third album comin’ soon/ I’m glad y’all gon’ die.” While …