NNAMDÏ to play Baby’s All Right on US Tour

NNAMDÏ, the genre bending rapper, singer and producer from Chicago will be coming to the East coast on Friday, October 28 to play Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn. The rapper has been releasing music since 2013, but his latest record is some of his most technical yet.

NNAMDÏ

“Dedication,” track nine on NNAMDÏ’s newest album Please Have A Seat, contains a myriad of influence and originality. The song starts out with squeaky sounds, like two balloons rubbing against each other, in a “Thug Tears” by JPEGMAFIA type of avant garde, deconstructed beat. Then it breaks down into a Tierra Whack-esque perky r&b beat, which NNAMDÏ sing-raps over in a simple monotonous sound. But not even a minute later the song explodes, with layered melodies that evoke Kanye’s gospel choirs. By the time the song ends, with sparkly electric ad-libs and harmonious voices chanting, “It’s dedication,” I can barely remember how it started.

These hops from genre to genre are performed absolutely seamlessly; you don’t even realize it has happened by the time it is over. It’s that consistent inconsistency that defines NNAMDÏ himself; in his songs, performances and personality.

NNAMDÏ came up in the Chicago DIY scene but he broke into the mainstream in 2020 with his eclectic album BRAT. His previous albums had a rep for being weird and inaccessible, so in this album NNAMDÏ set out to make a “hummable” album, hoping to reach a wider audience. 

I consciously wanted to make more communal things, some things that bring people together rather than alienate them — even though I love music that is dissonant and jarring and sometimes off in different ways.

NNAMDÏ, as told to FADER.

In the next months, NNAMDÏ is heading on a tour across the US that will finish in London and Berlin. He’ll be at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn on October 29, click here for tickets. On October 30, he’ll be doing a Q&A and record signing at Rough Trade NYC. 

NNAMDÏ Tour Dates

October 18 –  Davenport, IA – The Raccoon Motel 

October 19 –  Minneapolis, MN –  7th St. Entry 

October 20 –  Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club

October 22 –  Chicago, IL – Metro 

October 24 –  Cleveland, OH – Mahall’s 

October 25 – Toronto, ON –  The Garrison 

October 26 – Montreal, QC – Diving Bell Social Club 

October 27 – Johnson, VT –  Northern Vermont University 

October 28 – Boston, MA – Crystal Ballroom 

October 29 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right 

November 1 – Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA 

November 2 – Washington, DC – Comet Ping Pong 

November 3 – Durham, NC – Pinhook 

November 4 –  Atlanta, GA – 529

November 5 – Nashville, TN – DRKMTTR

November 11 –  London, UK – Pitchfork London

November 14 – Berlin, Germany – Sooper Secretly Slang @ Marie-Antoinette

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