Biography
BadBadNotGood (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian instrumental band and production team from Toronto, Canada. The group was founded in 2010 by bassist Chester Hansen, keyboardist Matthew Tavares, and drummer Alexander Sowinski. In 2016, they were joined by frequent collaborator Leland Whitty. Among other projects, the group has released six solo studio albums, with the latest, Mid Spiral, released in July 2024. They have had critical and crossover success, finding audiences in the hip hop, jazz, and alternative music communities. The group combines jazz musicianship with a hip hop production perspective and are well known for their collaborations with artists like Tyler, The Creator, Daniel Caesar, Mick Jenkins, Kendrick Lamar, Ghostface Killah, Charlotte Day Wilson, Baby Rose and MF Doom. For their songwriting and production work, they have been nominated for five Grammy Awards, winning two.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Damn
2017
IV
2016
It Is What It Is
2020
III
2014
Sour Soul
2015
99.9%
2016
Doris
2013
Black Panther The Album (Music From And Inspired By)
2018
Key To The Kuffs
2012
The Forever Story
2022
Talk Memory
2021
Isolation
2018
You Only Live 2wice
2017
Bookhead EP
2014
Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute To Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense
2024
Freudian
2017
Old
2013
The Man With The Iron Fists - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2012
Mid Spiral
2024
LateNightTales
2017
Pilgrim's Paradise
2015
Nocturnal Souls
2018
The Healing Component
2017
Stillness In Wonderland
2016
Credited work
218 releases · 41 albums · active 2012–2026
- Production · 167
- Performance · 98
- Other credits · 68
- Engineering · 25
Studios: No Excuses Studios · Windmark Studios (2) · Jungle City Studios · Henson Recording Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Daniel Caesar (2)
- Kali Uchis
- JJ DOOM
- Kendrick Lamar
- Charlotte Day Wilson
- Mary J Blige
- Danny Brown (2)