Will This Make Me Good

Will This Make Me Good (stylized in capitals) is the second studio album by American musician Nick Hakim. It was released on May 15, 2020, under ATO Records.^[8]

Will This Make Me Good
Studio album by Nick Hakim
Released	May 15, 2020 (2020-05-15)
Length	52:55
Label	ATO
Nick Hakim chronology
Green Twins (2017) Will This Make Me Good (2020)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Clash	7/10[3]
Exclaim!	7/10[4]
Pitchfork	6/10[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Under the Radar	7/10[7]

Background

In an interview for Discogs, Hakim was asked what music he listened to that influenced him during the album's creation, and he listed the following records: Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow (1970) by Funkadelic, There's a Riot Goin' On (1971) by Sly and the Family Stone, Comfort Woman (2003) by Meshell Ndegeocello, Love for Sale by Bilal, Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" (1978) by Stevie Wonder, Bandana (2019) by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, A Quiet Farwell 2016–2018 by Slauson Malone, Black Woman (1970) by Sonny Sharrock, Sweet Exorcist (1973) by Curtis Mayfield, It'll All Be Over by Supreme Jubilees, Fôrça Bruta (1970) by Jorge Ben, and DAMN. (2017) by Kendrick Lamar. He also cited the music of Robert Wyatt, Cities Aviv, MIKE, ESG, and, especially, the Parliament-Funkadelic collective.^[9]

Critical reception

Will This Make Me Good was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75, based on 7 reviews.^[1]

Track listing

Will This Make Me Good track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"All These Changes"	Nick Hakim	4:10
2.	"Wtmmg"	Hakim	4:43
3.	"Bouncing"	Hakim Kyle Miles	6:39
4.	"Let It Out"	Hakim	1:54
5.	"Qadir"	Hakim Miles	7:32
6.	"All These Instruments"	Danny Hakim Nick Hakim	4:09
7.	"Drum Thing"	Hakim Miles	2:48
8.	"Vincent Tyler"	Hakim Naím Thomas	2:58
9.	"Crumpy"	Hakim Spencer Murphy Vishal Nayak	3:08
10.	"Gods Dirty Work"	Hakim Jacob Sherman	4:26
11.	"Seeing Double"	Hakim Murphy Nayak	5:23
12.	"Whoo"	Hakim	5:05
Total length:			52:55

Will This Make Me Good (The Remixes)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"All These Changes" (Sarlo Remix)
2.	"Wtmmg" (Cleo Reed Remix)
3.	"Bouncing" (Nelson Bandela Remix)
4.	"Let It Out" (Pink Siifu Remix)
5.	"Qadir" (BadBadNotGood Remix)
6.	"All These Instruments" (AceMo Remix)
7.	"Drum Thing" (Benamin Remix)
8.	"Vincent Tyler" (Kareem Ali Remix)
9.	"Crumpy" (Slauson Malone Remix)
10.	"Gods Dirty Work" (Luke Temple Remix)
11.	"Seeing Double" (James Krivchenia Remix)
12.	"Whoo" (KeiyaA Remix)