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, Alexander Sowinski, Leland Whitty, and formerly Matthew Tavares. 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.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Non-album singles
Promotional/album singles
Collaborative singles and remixes
Selected discography
2012
2013
2015
2016
2017
  • Matt Martians: "28"
  • Freddie Gibbs: "Alexys" from You Only Live 2wice
  • Mary J. Blige: "Telling the Truth" from Strength of a Woman
  • Snoop Dogg: "Lavender |Lavender " 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
2018
  • Kali Uchis: "After the Storm" from Isolation
  • Lou Phelps: "Miss Phatty" from 002:Love Me
  • Khalid and Swae Lee: "The Ways" from Black Panther
  • Charlotte Day Wilson: "Stone Woman" and "Doubt" from Stone Woman EP
  • Mick Jenkins: "Smoking Song "
  • Mick Jenkins: "Padded Locks" featuring Ghostface Killah; samples "Speaking Gently" from IV
  • Thundercat: "King of the Hill"
2019
  • Shay Lia: "Blue" from Dangerous
Other credits'
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."
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 releases music under his full name and no longer uses the Matty moniker. As Matty, Tavares released multiple singles and one album:
Arrangement Studio
Sowinski is part of the audio/visual design collective . Released exclusively on cassette, Sowinski produces experimental music under the collective's name, in collaboration with Leland Whitty and musician Duncan Hood.
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.
Homer
Homer is an indie rock band consisting of Tavares and longtime BBNG engineer Matt MacNeil.
Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty
In March 2020, Whitty and Tavares released a collaborative jazz record under both of their names.