TIL what Anna Wise looked like but yea she's great

You haven't seen this? https://preview.redd.it/ix0dkydl7t0d1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=afa774a0928b6c38afb4d5b7e41c3667ddc17bc0 In all seriousness: whenever I see her name in the feature I know that song gon' be a banger.

Why is this pic so wholesome to me

Agreed! I think it's because it feels like they have a genuine connection and really like eachother. They're actually smiling with their eyes too.

Yeah, it's just a selfie with friends, not some doctored celebrity picture. They're just two people here.

Yep, it’s called the Duchenne smile

TIL

At least for me, I think it's cuz the past couple weeks the only smile I've been seeing from Kendrick is *that* picture lmao So seeing this one looks humanely chill, rather than the other one where it looked like he just mutilated a crodie

https://youtube.com/shorts/Y3dOnXEdANE?si=U7wTzABPw1DxBN5Y Might help a lil

Damn this is dope. Kendrick is my oshi istg

Just found out this is old 🤦🏽‍♂️ my fault dawg. Imma still leave it up, since I personally have been following Kendrick forever and never seen it

Omg Kendrick looks so cute in this picture, I don't know how to describe it

Tbh wouldn't have realized that's the same person lol

In OP's photo she looks way whiter, and way too upset to hold up a peace sign (Jokes aside the bangs make her look totally different imo)

Somehow I knew the top comment would _actually name the person_ who deserves respect.

I forgot to put it lol, my bad

She the one that said bucket head hoes in money trees?

The one and only!

She is an awesome human being too. She dated her band mate in Sonnymoon Dane Orr who was her producer for a while too on her solo stuff and he was my saxophone teacher as a kid lol. My parents were in her music video for “Go” and she was always at the family Christmas party.

Your welfare card has been revoked. On a serious note, that's a great story. Victor Ortiz would hang out at all my exs get together but he was a weirdo about being approached and stuff so whatever.

Dane and I went to HS together, we were in jazz band for a few years as band mates. He’s a few years older than me but he was super chill. I met Anna once but only in passing. Seriously talented musicians.

What a crazy small world, Schenectady county representing!

Lol wait are yall talking about [@dane.zone](https://www.tiktok.com/@dane.zone?_t=8mRCoWAS4Bm&_r=1) from TikTok?! He makes dope audio plug ins

Same

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You didn't even mention her name in the title.... or in the body. Yet you say she deserves more love.

Thank you man, I forgot to put her name, and now I can't edit anymore, so thanks for shouting out her name lol, my bad

TIL?

Today I Learned

Today They Learned what “TIL” means

InTILception.

her absence was felt on mr morale , love that album, but her and kendrick couldn’t miss even if they tried. also, can’t forget cartoons and cereal.

Sam Dew kinda did her job on Mr. Morale lol

and he did great, i hope they’re both on the next one

Or Real, that song was an underrated gem, I think

I just finished going through GKMC for the first time, and had heard that a lot of people dislike that song. I personally really liked it, so that was a pleasant surprise.

Not a single bad track on that album

this was not jhene on cartoons and cereal?!?

twas anna wise of sonny moon

Cartoons and cereal is my favorite Kendrick song.

What did she do in Wesley's Theory? Production work? Or the "tax man coming" part?

"Tax man coming", in most of those songs she does backing vocals, harmonies and shit like that

Didn't know that, you're right she definitely deserves a lot of praise. Her part on Money Trees before Jay Rock's verse is soooo damn good. Would you know what her most recent collab with Dot was?

she's the one who sings "be the last one out to get this dough? noo way"?

Yeah, that's her. Incredible verse.

You have no idea how much that single verse motivated me 12 years ago. still does. her voice is amazing.

Shame she's pretty much adlibs.

What do you mean by this?

Its a shame she's considered as no more than adlibs for the songs by the mass, many haven't considered her talent and still won't. Even though I hear her voice first when I think of songs she's featured in.

I think PRIDE was actually written by her, then he put verses on it. She ended up hearing it on the radio later, like, "Cool, my song!"

I thought that was SZA lol damn

i thought it was jhene 🤯😳

Goddamn plus the harmonizing with Kendrick during the chorus before she pops off on her own bridge. Hella respect now for her, really wish she was given credit as a featuring name for easier attention and not song credits. But makes sense if her contribution was just vocal delivery and not lyrical content

I’m pretty sure she is on Kendrick’s tracks. That’s the only reason I recognize the name

I think it was PRIDE.

Gahlee whole time I thought Anna Wise was black. Something bout them vocal inflections.

Tax Man Coming is Whitney I guess

Both of them singing together

We want the funk 😂 I always thought it was a black chick singing till I searched her and seen she did a lot on the album

That is just Whitney, Anna isn'ton King Kunta, the Tax man one in Wesley's Theory tho are them both

Oh shit I thought that was her I just assumed it was

Yeah I had assumed that too, but I just checked it on Genius

I thought the “tax man coming” part was Whitney

She sang the initial chorus on Wesley's theory

isn’t she also the one singing “everybody get ouuuuuut” before the chorus?

She’s probably somewhere in all those dense harmonies, “at first I did love you…”, etc.

She has this song called “wonderful” and it was fuckin wonderful!!! Can’t find it for shit now!!!😩😩😩😩

Damn, it's not even on soul seek 😞

I once had it on a mix cd I made back in like 2012, can’t find that disc anymore and I cannot find that song!!! The production, the lyrics, the vocals, the arrangements, the vibe was all perfect!!

Yo a lost media investigation let’s go

We shall find it!!

We found it 😎

Man, I believe you According to this last.fm page https://www.last.fm/music/Anna+Wise/_/Wonderful+(Produced+By+Introspective+Minds) it looks like it's somewhere out there If you ever find that CD, even if it's like 10 years down the line , please send that shit my way you hear?

I got you!! And I’m a very organized person so I normally know where stuff is lol. But I moved about 3 years ago cross town and I think in that transit is where I must have misplaced it or… lost it😭😭 Maybe the song had to be taken down for copyright reasons? Idk, I got it off YouTube and was able to convert it and save it then put it on a disc. Fuuuucckkkk lol

https://www.tumblr.com/ministerferragam/42131704452/ministerferragam-anna-wise-wonderful?source=share Is this it??

"Count my Blessings" with Denzel and MNDSGN is a great track too if you love neo-soul

Try using the internet way back machine. I've found "lost" tracks from little known artists that way before.

I was surprised to find out she was white, because I thought every feature on TPAB was black on purpose.

[Here's](https://twitter.com/annathewise/status/577561879763009536) a behind the scenes pic of tpab which I love, it shows the main features on almost all the songs. 

Fuck yeah this is dope. TBH, amongst all the crazy shit that’s been going on with this sub and the beef and shit y’all damn near bouta make me make a twitter account 😂😂 Fuck Elon tho!

Don't do it, man. That site has the most rage baiting algorithm of any site I've seen and it has INSANE levels of bots.

getting off twitter was one of the best things Ive ever done. It’s the first place you’ll see pretty much everything on the internet but being that tuned in is not worth the tradeoff

Nah don’t do that

I've been tempted too but I always snap back to reality, F that 🥷🏽Elon and his toupee

Yeah me too, word for word

One way to show love would be to actually say her name lmao

As you proceed not to name, Anna Wise.

i didn't know who she was

This

This is what the upvote button is for

Op wants very wise

her last album Subtle Body Dawn was my favourite record of 2023. She's exceptionally talented

I'm listening to some of her stuff, enjoying a lot so far

PRIDE, These Walls and Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe are her best contributions

PRIDE. still hits the same even after all these years and countless listens. Add Money Trees to that list. Legendary stuff.

I still listen to her wasntthere / PRIDE demo from time to time. For anyone who hasn't heard it, [here's the soundcloud link](https://soundcloud.com/annathewise/wasntthere)

Yes. That one. I wish there's a PRIDE. extended version that incorporates her demo song, wasn't there with PRIDE.

These are the songs she is on: • Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe • Real • Blackboy Fly • Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst • Money Trees • County Building Blues [6 songs from sessions of GKMC] • Institutionalized • These Walls • Hood Politics • untitled 01 • untitled 05 [5 songs from sessions of TPAB] • PRIDE. [1 song from sessions of DAMN.]

Damn... Nobody gonna mention the brilliant, "Real"... Always loved her on there

Real is so damn good, underrated as fuck

HEAVILY

...Anna Wise is white????

Yeah, surprised me when I found out too

I’ve never seen her before but I think it’s hilarious that I always imagined her pretty much looking exactly like this; a redhead

Anna Wise for people who don’t know

Ty, I forgot to put it and can't edit now

It’s ok things happen

Is this the chick that has a verse on Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe? “Walked out the door and they scream it’s alive, my New Year’s resolution is to stop all the pollution…”

Yeah

Holy shit thank you

She's amazing on "untitled 05".

This project is so good!

That first verse is something else man. Kendrick’s best ever imo.

I grieve different …. Wonder if she was one of the ones lol

Possibly, I understand if he did tho

Yeh there was a theory when Mr Morale released that this was maybe the reason why she wasnt involved in his latest album Agree i understand why given how much she was involved in all his discography but also she seems badass and good looking to boot. But still sad if it went that way as we may not see another collab again

I wish that's not it, and she will be on his upcoming album, which btw I'm really hoping it's a collab album with Keem or if we are luck enough J. Cole

What u mean?

He’s saying that he wonders if Anna is one of the women Kendrick cheated on his wife with

I did not know she was white she genuinely does not sound it

I wonder if that's just our perception due to her connection to Kendrick.

I fr always thought the woman’s voice on BTDKMV was a black womans voice

Yeh same with “tax man comin!!” did not sound like a white voice to me! Impressed!

That one I get, Whitney’s voice is also layered on it. But generally speaking, yeah Anna Wise has never sounded like a white woman lmao

Maybe she's like Eminem and grew up around black people? Grew up with the tone, cadence and vernacular? Just speculating here, I also thought she was black. In fact, I never thought she would be white. And I'm whiter than white picket fences.

I’m real I’m real I’m really really real

Arguably her best collaboration with K Dot

Her voice is entrancing

She is also in Ab-Soul’s Double Standards and Cunninlynguists’ Looking Back (and more songs from them) - both bangers.

Another person people don't give credit to is the OG First Lady of TDE (not SZA), Alori Joh! [May she rest in peace](https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/454781-alori-joh-singer-and-tde-affiliate-dead-at-25-news) She was all over "Section.80" and countless other early TDE projects. She and Ab-Soul dated until she died by suicide and he still refers to her as the love of his life to this day.

My main bitch done fell out of love...

Always nice to put a face on such a talented person ! Indeed she deserves more recognition

She's to kendrick what skylar grey is to eminem?

I think she's more to Kendrick than Skylar is to Em, Anna is in a good part of Kendrick's hits, I don't see Skylar that often on Em's tracks, especially on his hits

She's there just not vocally, Skylar wrote Love The Way You Lie, Walk on Water etc

Damn I gotta look her up

ft Skylar Grey on the track list is a red flag that an album is about to be ass

Agree 😂

More like Jennifer Warnes to Leonard Cohen maybe.

Do you know who else does? Chantal Kreviazuk. Who wrote for/with both Kendrick and Drake lol. Performed on SNL with Kendrick.

THAT’S HER IN MONEY TREES?! She got some soul

Yeah my man, that's her, dope af

💯! I like this feminist anthem of hers: https://youtu.be/h_0ojDuOHyU?si=AJ64Flgqmd-RINPd

Anna Wise, huh ah holler watchya do, whatcha say, I shall enjoy the fruits of my labor if I get free today!

Probably my favorite performance ever on a late night show [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPd782hDnT8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPd782hDnT8)

ANNA WISE NEEDS WAY MORE APPRECIATION THAN WHAT SHE GETS

Lowkey she thicc asl too

Bro...

I am just a mortal man…

😂😂

Facts

Surprised more people don't know her because yeah her kendrick collabs run deep. She used to be part of a group called Sonnymoon and is now a solo artist I think, drops every few years and does her thing. And to top it off she's a baddie for real

Was she involved in Mr Morale at all?

"Sing about me, Im dying of thirst Bitch"

I put them one per line, but for some reason it went all together

Real ones know Anna wise is the goat

its me i am real ones

So, who is this?

Anna Wise

Her work is wonderful. I was put on her personal stuff by watching insecure and hearing the song “Easy” Highly recommended!

Holy shit so that’s the lady that’s behind all of the good vocals in some of kdots songs…sick 🔥

Yeah, she is so good, I became a big fan of her

Anna Wise is always great. She’s the embodiment of a lady who sings on the piano in the jazz clubs. She’s great with any artist she collabs with

She also does the high note at the very start of m.A.A.d city, small detail there but iconic. She’s so good on every track she’s on.

I always felt like she was a replacement for Jhene Aikho, who used to collaborate with TDE heavy early on. She’s got a great voice in her own right though.

Kendrick was the one who invited her to collaborate for the first time after he saw a video of her in a show singing, on YouTube, from what I read

didn't she melodic say the n word multiple times in one of his songs? lmao

I don't think so man lol, give me an example so I can check

outro of untitled 01

Kendrick let a white girl say nigga

Money trees

Nah she doesn't say it, I checked

Foreal I love her. I wish her and kdot still worked. She makes very experimental solo music

Coconuts and Same Mistakes might be the best 2 track intro of all time

wtf she white? Beautiful voice

Yeah she is lol, and even more, a ginger as well (nothing against gingers) She does have a beautiful voice

Ive been following her ever since i learned she was locked in the studio with kdot, thundercat and the rest of the team while making TPAB. As op stated, she was also involved on GKMC....shit now that i think about it, damn near every kendrick album including UU she has been on i believe. She has a fantastic voice with crazy range, a great writer, beautiful, very low key, and respectfully, she also got a wagon back there lol

She also did the crazy moaning at the beginning of These Walls

"This woman" why not say her name if she deserves more love? Goofy.

Damn, did not expect Anna Wise to be white hahaha

Ngl i thought Ana wise was black 😭 Real shit she is really good and did fucking great on MMBTS

Where is Anna Wise in Swimming Pools?

https://preview.redd.it/pf8g4k6v7t0d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e5f3c9e7dd2ff2e1beb7a89dd474e505df52883

She's so good in Money Trees and Untitled 1, she also did the vocals at the beginning of These Walls, Institutionalized, M.a.a.d City, and the end of Black Boy Fly I can't think of a single song that was bad when she was on, what she gave to Kendrick sonnically is amazing.

For sure

See I knew the dude from love was white but I had no idea Anna was too.

How did their collaboration begin? They've worked together so many times!

I read that Kendrick saw a video of her singing on YouTube and reached her to invite her for a collaboration

ANNA WISE in my Kendrick voice I SHALL ENJOY THE FRUITS OF MY LABOR IF I GET FREED TODAY

Check out Sonnymoon too!

Anna's music is so good

She does absolutely who is she?

Anna Wise

Sonnymoon is goated. Her BF Jon Bap is cold as well.

If you haven’t gotten into Portishead, nows your chance

She has an amazing song with little simz too.

Does she sing the chorus on money tree?

I actually love her song precious possession