BadBadNotGood discography
Canadian instrumental jazz and hip-hop group BadBadNotGood have released five studio albums, including Sour Soul, a collaborative album with Ghostface Killah, and numerous singles. BBNG consists of Chester Hansen (bass), Alexander Sowinski (drums), Leland Whitty (woodwinds and guitar), and formerly Matthew Tavares (keys). Collaborative since their origin, BBNG is well known for working with artists like Daniel Caesar, Kali Uchis, and Mick Jenkins, as well as more established hip hop acts like MF Doom and Wu-Tang Clan. In the producer role, BBNG often collaborates with fellow Canadian producers Frank Dukes and Kaytranada.
BadBadNotGood discography | |
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Studio albums | 4 |
Live albums | 3 |
Collaborative albums | 1 |
DJ mixes | 2 |
Albums
Studio albums
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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CAN [1] |
BEL (FL) [2] |
UK [3] |
US [4] |
US Taste [5] |
US Heat. [6] |
US Indie [7] |
US R&B/HH [8] |
US Jazz [9] |
US Dance/Elec. [10] | ||
BBNG |
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BBNG2 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
III |
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— | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 2 | 10 |
Sour Soul (with Ghostface Killah)[11] |
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— | — | — | 109 | 12 | — | 12 | 9 | — | — |
IV |
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89 | 48 | 100 | 178 | 9 | 3 | 10 | — | 1 | — |
Live albums
DJ mixes
- DOOM Mix – Lex Records (2013)[14][15]
- LateNightTales: BadBadNotGood – LateNightTales (2017)[16]
Singles
Non-album singles
- "BBNGSingle" (2011)[17][18]
- "Can't Leave the Night" / "Sustain" (2014)
- "Velvet" / "Boogie No. 69" (2015)
- "Here & Now" / "Timewave Zero" (2016)
- "Confessions, Pt. III" (featuring Colin Stetson) (2017)[19]
- "Key to Love (Is Understanding)" (featuring Jonah Yano) (2019) (The Majestics cover for Light In The Attic’s Cover Series)[20]
- "Goodbye Blue" (with Jonah Yano) / "Glide (Goodbye Blue Pt. 2)" (2020)[21]
Promotional/album singles
- "Fall in Love" (Slum Village cover) (2011) (from BBNG)[22]
- "Flashing Lights" / "UWM" (from BBNG2) (2013)
- "Hedron" (2013) (from III)
- "CS60" (2014) (from III)[23]
- "Six Degrees" (featuring Danny Brown) / "Tone's Rap" (from Sour Soul with Ghostface Killah) (2014)[24][25]
- "In Your Eyes" (featuring Charlotte Day Wilson) (2016) (from IV)[26]
- "Time Moves Slow" (featuring Samuel T. Herring) (2016) (from IV)[27]
- "Up" (2016) (bonus track from IV released as a single)[28]
- "To You" (Andy Shauf cover) (2017) (from LateNightTales)[29]
Collaborative singles and remixes
- with Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: "Shame (BADBADNOTGOOD Remix)" (bonus track from III) (2014)[30]
- with Kaytranada: "Kaleidoscope [Kaytranada's Flip]" (2014)[31]
- with Future Islands: "Seasons (Waiting on You)" (BADBADNOTGOOD Reinterpretation) (2014)[32]
- with Black Milk: "Now or Never" (2014)[33][34]
- with Denzel Curry: "Ultimate (BBNG Sessions)" / "Sick and Tired (BBNG Sessions)" (2017)
- with Snoop Dogg and Kaytranada: "Lavender (feat. Kaytranada and BadBadNotGood) [Nightfall Remix]" (2017)
- with Nosaj Thing: "In Your Eyes (feat. Charlotte Day Wilson) [Nosaj Thing Remix]" (2017)[36]
- with Samuel T. Herring: "I Don't Know" (2017)
- with Little Dragon: "Tired" (2018)[37]
- with Jonah Yano: "Nervous" (2019)
Production discography
Selected discography
2012
- Idle Warship: "Get Your Way (Sex Is a Weapon)" from The Man with the Iron Fists (produced with Frank Dukes)
- Wu-Tang Clan and Kool G Rap: "Rivers of Blood" from The Man with the Iron Fists (produced with Frank Dukes)
2013
- JJ Doom: "Guv'nor (BadBadNotGood Version)" from Key to the Kuffs (Butter Edition)
- Earl Sweatshirt: "Hoarse" from Doris
- Danny Brown: "Float On" (featuring Charli XCX) from Old (produced with Frank Dukes)
2015
- Marvel Alexander: "Untitled" from Don't Die Yet[38]
- Daniel Caesar: "Paradise (featuring BadBadNotGood and Sean Leon)" from Pilgrims's Paradise[39]
- Kali Uchis: "Rush" from Por Vida (produced with Kaytranada) (sampled)[40]
2016
- Little Simz: "Our Conversations (Ft. BadBadNotGood)" from Stillness in Wonderland[41][42]
- Kaytranda and Jaime Woon (original artist): "Sharpness [KAYTRANADA Remix ft. BADBADNOTGOOD]" (additional production credit) (2016)[43]
- Mick Jenkins: "On the Map" (cover of TheSenseiBlue)[44]
- Mick Jenkins: "The Artful Dodger" (sampled)[45]
- Snoh Aalegra: "In Your River" from Don't Explain; samples "Stark's Reality" from Sour Soul (sampled)
- Yasiin Bey: "Arcade" (unreleased track)[46]
- Dave East: "It is Written" from Kairi Chanel; samples the single "Seasons (Waiting on You)" (BADBADNOTGOOD Reinterpretation)[47]
- Kendrick Lamar: "Lust." from Damn. (sampled)[48]
- XXXTentacion: "IGotPlentyDickToShare (Snippet);" samples "Kaleidoscope" from III (uncredited sample)
- Smokepurpp: "By My Lonely" (2016); samples "Kaleidoscope" from III (uncredited sample)
- Kaytranada: "Weight Off (feat. BadBadNotGood)" from 99.9% (produced with Kaytranada)
- Stwo: "All Alone (featuring Shay Lia and BadBadNotGood)"[49]
- GoldLink: "Fall in Love" (featuring Cisero) (produced by Kaytranda) (sampled)[50][51]
- Mick Jenkins: "Drowning" (featuring BadBadNotGood) from The Healing Component[44]
- Daniel Caesar: "Get You" (featuring Kali Uchis) (additional production credit) b/w "Japanese Denim"[52][53]
- Hodgy: "Tape Beat" (featuring Lil Wayne) from Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide
2017
- Matt Martians: "28" (produced with Kaytranada)[54]
- Freddie Gibbs: "Alexys" from You Only Live 2wice (produced with Kaytranada)
- Mary J. Blige: "Telling the Truth" from Strength of a Woman (produced with Kaytranada)[55]
- Snoop Dogg: "Lavender [Nightfall Remix]" featuring BadBadNotGood and Kaytranada; samples "Lavender" from IV
- Hus Kingpin: "Serotonin High" featuring Milano Constantine and DJ Q-Bert; samples "Speaking Gently" from IV
- Flockey Ocscor: "BBNG X Flockey Ocscor;" samples "Cashmere" from IV[56][57]
2018
- Kali Uchis: "After the Storm" (featuring Tyler, the Creator and Bootsy Collins) from Isolation[58]
- Lou Phelps: "Miss Phatty" from 002:Love Me (additional production credit)[59]
- Khalid and Swae Lee: "The Ways" from Black Panther (produced by Kendrick Lamar and Sounwave) (sampled)[60]
- Charlotte Day Wilson: "Stone Woman" and "Doubt" from Stone Woman EP
- Mick Jenkins: "Smoking Song (featuring BadBadNotGood)"[61]
- Mick Jenkins: "Padded Locks" featuring Ghostface Killah; samples "Speaking Gently" from IV[62]
- Thundercat: "King of the Hill" (produced with Flying Lotus) (later part of 2020's It is What It Is)[63]
2019
- Shay Lia: "Blue" from Dangerous (produced with Kaytranada)
Other credits
Closely related projects
Jerry Paper & Easy Feelings Unlimited
BBNG served as the backing band on the 2016 record Toon Time Raw! by American musician Jerry Paper. They played under the pseudonym Easy Feelings Unlimited, and, aptly, are individually credited under pseudonyms as well; Whitty as "Chomps Louise," Sowinski as "Albert Sow, Jr.," Hansen as "Chuck Hands," and Tavares as "Baba Marty."[66]
- Toon Time Raw! – Bayonet Records (2016)[67]
Matty
Matty is a solo project of keyboardist Matthew Tavares which utilizes the other members of BBNG as a backing band. As of 2020, Tavares also releases music under his full name. As Matty, Tavares released multiple singles and one album:
- Déjàvu – Matty Unlimited (2018)[68]
Arrangement Studio
Sowinski is part of the audio/visual design collective Arrangement Studio. Released exclusively on cassette, Sowinski produces experimental music under the collective's name, in collaboration with Leland Whitty and musician Duncan Hood.[69][70]
- Vol. 1 – self-released (2018)[71]
Of note, Sowinski and Whitty have also collaborated to score the 2019 Canadian independent film Disappearance at Clifton Hill.
Charlotte Day Wilson
BBNG helped co-write and co-produce many of its tracks on R&B musician Charlotte Day Wilson's sophomore EP.
- Stone Woman EP – self-released (2018)[72]
Homer
Homer is an indie rock band consisting of Tavares and longtime BBNG engineer Matt MacNeil.[73]
- Best New Music – self-released (2019)[74]
Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty
In March 2020, Whitty and Tavares released a collaborative jazz record under both of their names.[75][76][77]
- Visions – Mr Bongo (2020)[78]
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