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Nick Hakim - "I Don't Know" + 'Where Will We Go Pt. 2' EP To Drop 9/16
Nick Hakim - "I Don't Know" + 'Where Will We Go Pt. 2' EP To Drop 9/16

Nick Hakim Teases 'Where Will We Go Pt. 2' EP w/ New Single "I Don't Know"

Nick Hakim - "I Don't Know" + 'Where Will We Go Pt. 2' EP To Drop 9/16

Just 3 weeks after Nick Hakim's dulcet Where Will We Go EP hit the web, it seems we're about to be treated to a sequel, signaled by the arrival of his latest single "I Don't Know." Whether you call him a second generation neo-soul cat, a weaver of delicate and organic r&b dreamscapes or a simply a nu-funk pioneer, Hakim is quite simply all that. And "I Don't Know" is yet another gleaming testament to the subterranean blue hue of what the multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/crooner supreme has been cooking up for the heads these past few months.

This new offering commences with a reverb-laden guitar treatment, bringing in playful, soul-jerking piano embellishments and the haunt of Hakim's raspy vox, lush and sweet to the effect of Al Green meets  The Funk Brothers, channeling the tradition's past and future in one ethereal present-day cut. Where Will We Go Pt. 2 will be hitting digital shelves September 16th via his own Earseed Records, so be on the look-out in the coming weeks for some more polished, bluesy gems to be dropped. Stream his latest single "I Don't Know" below.