10 PARTYNEXTDOOR Deep Cuts You Need to Hear

At press time, PARTYNEXTDOOR'S third project P3 has been out for a little over 12 hours, and if you aren't at least on your third spin of the album you need to reevaluate your life choices. It's been three summers since PND made his appropriately mysterious official entrance onto The Scene, casually dropping the instant-banger "Make a Mil" on SoundCloud via push from his label boss Drake. Since then, two-full lengths, a care-package EP, and various loosies have impacted but PARTY's true moment has undoubtedly​ been delayed until now. The spotlight is on him, his views, plays, and chart impact is up, he may or may not have dated a Kardashian.

But P3, while fire off first impression, is hardly anything new in terms of quality. On a roster that includes the vocal phenom dvsn and new wave pop-infused Majid Jordan, PARTY has long been the true star of OVO Sound signees and he's been lacing us with heaters. You listened to P1 and P2 on Apple Music? That's cool but his catalog goes even deeper. If you're a PARTY philistine that's fine—we're here to help. Admit your shame, step forward and take a brief break from P3 to experience the songs you may have missed that truly showcase his range and talent. You're welcome. *gun cocks*

Producer: PARTYNEXTDOOR

Album: N/A

Unlike the coveted Drake remix of “Sweeterman,” PND and Travi$ Scott’s collaboration “No Feelings” premiered on OVO Sound Radio but a tagless CDQ never emerged. It’s a shame because it has one of Jahron’s best, bleakest hooks. “I said, ‘All I wanna give you, gir/Is this dick and money,’ ” he sings, before murmuring the title over and over, like an incantation. —Ross Scarano

Producer: PARTYNEXTDOOR

Album: PNDCOLOURS

Nevermind about who the eponymous Oakland dime might be—out of all of PARTY's more experimental songs, this may be the most formless. Sonically this sticks out from the rest of his discography but the end result is a win. It's smooth but not in his typical, sensual manner—he's too busy trying to be nonchalant, even while not-so-subtly reminding shorty that "this is your chance." Stay for the unpredictable breakdown at the end that sums up the song's theme in one, fantastic crescendo of a croon. What DO you say, to the girl that's heard it all? —Frazier Tharpe

Producer: PARTYNEXTDOOR

Album: N/A

Few R&B acts in this era possess the sensual bravado that PARTY delivers on “Persian Rugs.” Lyrically it’s explicit (“Come baby, fuck with a pro”), yet his vocals are soothing, which laces the bedroom ballad with a perfect balance of tension and comfort. You might fuck to this, and you might cry after. That’s real. —Edwin Ortiz

Producer: PARTYNEXTDOOR

Album: PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO

“Muse,” PND’s loosie-turned-PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO album closer cuts through the small talk and gets right to the proposal: “Girl I can see you're stressed/Come rely on me for sex,” he croons over a lush backdrop. This straightforward approach is what gives the record its spark, and PARTY’s not afraid to stake his claim—at least for the night. Also that flip of Ginuwine’s “Only When Ur Lonely?” Whew. —Edwin Ortiz

Producer: PARTYNEXTDOOR

Album: N/A

If they ask if PARTYNEXTDOOR can sing like Usher, the answer is no. But he’s an excellent producer and understands how to use the studio to manipulate his vocals not to mask their shortcomings but to layer and treat his voice to make its limits fascinating—within the context of a memorable melody, of course. The propulsive start to “Candy” and its extended hook (he sings the only verse twice, making everything that isn’t Nipsey’s verse a refrain). “It’s out and it’s obvious,” he sings with curious phrasing that clips the final word a syllable short, “The strange shit I do...the way that I speak.” He knows what he does. —Ross Scarano

Producer: PARTYNEXTDOOR

Album: PARTYNEXTDOOR

Breaking news: PARTY stole someone's girl and he wants to tell you all about it on "Right Now." Not only that, but he really wants these girls to stop fucking with these lames, immediately. "You the baddest in the game right now, you can have the whole thang if you came right now," he pleads before later crooning to just let that pussy talk. Bravo, PARTY. —Zach Frydenlund

Producer: PARTYNEXTDOOR

Album: PNDCOLOURS

I'll admit a brief moment of basic-ness. When this first dropped and someone made an edit with PARTY's voice at the correct pitch I scooped it up, and I'm still ashamed to this day. Whatever PARTY did to his voice here only sells the petulance and scorn that much more. Low-key one of his most genius songs. —Frazier Tharpe

Producer: PARTYNEXTDOOR

Album: N/A

This is the definition of a true deep cut because it never actually came out, but rather debuted during an episode of OVO Sound Radio and then never dropped in full. Though rather short, PARTY hits his stride while offering up his services to a girl, promising to her that he hits it nice and slow. Classic, in his bag, PND. —Zach Frydenlund

Producer: Noah "40" Shebib, PARTYNEXTDOOR

Album: N/A

After lacing Drake with a fantastic, classic Toronto-nighttime drive beat for "Days in the East," PARTY took his track right back and delivered an arguably better take. Where Drake used the song to wax poetic about his would-be ride-or-die chick, PND veers left with a harder-edged version. He's admits that he's going out of his way to compensate for emo feelings ("Tell me should a real nigga feel this way?") by doubling down on the tough talk. "West District" is like one of those Entourage episodes where E would try to off-set his simp nature by going hard with the boys only to end it right back mooning over Sloan. Yeah, PARTY's riding with his niggas and their trigger fingers function, but by the end of the song he's right back to pledging truth and trust to bae. —Frazier Tharpe

Producer: PARTYNEXTDOOR

Album: PARTYNEXTDOOR

We've all been there, PARTY. On "Wild Bitches," the classic cut from his debut EP, PND is fully in his bag, crooning about how these girls are all out here telling lies. In particular, he says he has girls telling his new girl, who is from Atlanta, lies about him and what he's doing. If you're a constant listener to PARTY's tunes then you know this subject isn't anything new, and he somehow finds ways to reinvent it. With some chopped and screwed effects and the menacing production, this is just one of many PND's standout deep cuts. —Zach Frydenlund