BadBadNotGood discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
Live albums | 3 |
Collaborative albums | 4 |
DJ mixes | 2 |
The discography of BadBadNotGood, the Canadian instrumental jazz and hip-hop group, includes five solo studio albums as well as collaborative projects like 2015's Sour Soul with Ghostface Killah, and numerous singles. Collaborative since their origin, BBNG is well known for working with artists like Daniel Caesar, MF DOOM, Kali Uchis, and Mick Jenkins. Outside of their own output, BBNG are noted producers and songwriters and often work with fellow Canadian producers Frank Dukes and Kaytranada.
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
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CAN [1] | AUS [2] | BEL (FL) [3] | UK [4] | US [5] | US Taste [6] | US Heat. [7] | US Indie [8] | US Jazz [9] | US Contemp Jazz [10] | US Dance/Elec. [11] | ||
BBNG |
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BBNG2 |
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III |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | 2 | 1 | 10 |
IV |
| 89 | 54 | 48 | 100 | 178 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — |
Talk Memory | — | — | 38 | — | — | 5 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — |
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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AUS [17] | AUS Hits | AUS Urban | BEL (FL) [3] | US [5] | US Taste [6] | US R&B/HH [18] | US Rap [19] | ||
Sour Soul (with Ghostface Killah) |
| 54 | 1 | 5 | 196 | 109 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
Toon Time Raw! (Jerry Paper and Easy Feelings Unlimited) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New Heart Designs EP (with Turnstile) |
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Slow Burn EP (with Baby Rose) |
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Title (A-side/B-side) | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | Ref. |
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US Emerging [31] | ||||
"Rotten Decay" "Hard in da Paint/Wow Rare" [lower-alpha 1] | 2011 | — | Non-album singles | [32] |
"Doom" (MF Doom cover medley) | — | |||
"Fall in Love" (Slum Village cover) | — | BBNG | [33] | |
"Flashing Lights" (Kanye West cover) "UWM" | 2013 | — | BBNG2 | |
"Hedron" | — | III | ||
"Can't Leave the Night" "Sustain" | 2014 | — | ||
"CS60" | — | [34] | ||
"Now or Never" (with Black Milk) | — | Non-album single | [35] [36] | |
"Six Degrees" (with Ghostface Killah featuring Danny Brown) "Tone's Rap" (with Ghostface Killah) | 46 [upper-alpha 1] | Sour Soul | [37] | |
"Velvet" "Boogie No. 69" | 2015 | 21 [upper-alpha 2] | Non-album singles | [38] |
"Here & Now" "Timewave Zero" | 2016 | — | [39] | |
"Speaking Gently" | — | IV | ||
"Time Moves Slow" (featuring Samuel T. Herring) | — | |||
"Confessions Pt. II" | — | |||
"Lavender" [lower-alpha 2] (featuring Kaytranada) | — | |||
"In Your Eyes" (featuring Charlotte Day Wilson) | — | |||
"In Your Eyes [ Nosaj Thing Remix]" (featuring Charlotte Day Wilson) | 2017 | — | [40] | |
"To You" (Andy Shauf cover) | — | LateNightTales | [41] [42] | |
"Confessions, Pt. III" (featuring Colin Stetson) | — | Non-album singles | [43] | |
"I Don't Know" (with Samuel T. Herring) | — | |||
"Tried" (with Little Dragon) | 2018 | — | [44] | |
"Key to Love (Is Understanding)" [lower-alpha 3] (with Jonah Yano) | 2019 | — | [45] | |
"Goodbye Blue" (with Jonah Yano) "Glide (Goodbye Blue Pt. 2)" | 2020 | — | [46] | |
"The Chocolate Conquistadors" (Johnny Hammond cover) [lower-alpha 4] (with MF Doom) "The Chocolate Conquistadors (Instrumental)" | — | [47] | ||
"Signal from the Noise" | 2021 | — | Talk Memory | |
"Beside April" | — | |||
"Open Channels" | 2022 | — | [48] | |
"Unfolding (Momentum 73)" [ Ron Trent Remix] | — | [49] | ||
"Love Proceeding" [Macroblank Remix] | — | |||
"Sleeper" (with Charlotte Day Wilson) | 2023 | — | Non-album single | [50] |
"Take What's Given" | 2024 | — | ||
"One Last Dance" (with Baby Rose) | — | Slow Burn |
Title | Details | Track listing | Album |
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Lavender (Nightfall Remix) (with Snoop Dogg) |
| "Lavender (Nightfall Remix)" (Snoop Dogg featuring Kaytranada and BadBadNotGood) | Neva Left |
"Lavender" (BadBadNotGood featuring Kaytranada) | |||
"Lavender (Nightfall Acappella)" (Snoop Dogg) | |||
Key to Love (Is Understanding) (with Majestics) |
| "Key to Love (Is Understanding)" (Majestics cover) (featuring Jonah Yano) | Non-album single Class A / Key to Love |
"Key to Love (Is Understanding)" (Majestics) |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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US Emerging [31] | US Jazz Digital | US R&B | |||
"Seasons (Waiting on You)" (BadBadNotGood Reinterpretation) (Future Islands, original artist; BBNG, remix artist) | 2014 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
"Drowning" (Mick Jenkins featuring BadBadNotGood) | 2016 | — | — | — | The Healing Component |
"Lavender (Nightfall Remix)" (Snoop Dogg feat. BadBadNotGood and Kaytranada) | 2017 | 4 | 2 | — | Neva Left |
"Ultimate (BBNG Sessions)" / "Sick and Tired (BBNG Sessions)" (Denzel Curry featuring BadBadNotGood) | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Nervous" (Jonah Yano and BadBadNotGood) | 2019 | — | — | — | Nervous EP |
"Qadir" (BadBadNotGood Remix) (Nick Hakim, original artist; BBNG, remix artist) | 2021 | — | — | — | Will This Make Me Good (The Remixes) |
"Running Away" (VANO 3000 with BBNG and Samuel T. Herring) | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Tomorrow - BadBadNotGood Remix" [lower-alpha 5] (Brittany Howard, original artist; BBNG, remix artist) | — | — | — | Jaime (Reimagined) | |
"Break of Dawn" (Skiifall feat. BadBadNotGood) | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Please Do Not Lean" (Daniel Caesar feat. BadBadNotGood) | 2022 | — | — | 20 | TBA |
"To the Floor" (Lil Silva feat. BadBadNotGood) | — | — | — | Yesterday is Heavy | |
"The Ordinary Is Ordinary Because It Ordinarily Repeats" (Jonah Yano with BadBadNotGood) | 2023 | — | — | — | The Ordinary Is Ordinary Because It Ordinarily Repeats |
"Marking My Time (BBNG Edit)" (Elmiene with BadBadNotGood) | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Mint Chocolate" (BadBadNotGood with Westside Gun; featuring Conway the Machine) | — | — | — | Hella |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US Emerging [31] | |||
"Gunshowers" (with Ghostface Killah featuring eLZhi) | 2014 | 12 | Sour Soul |
"Kaleidoscope" | 39 | III | |
"Ray Gun" (with Ghostface Killah featuring Doom) | 2015 | 7 | Sour Soul |
"On the Map" (with Mick Jenkins) | 2017 | 7 | Non-album single [lower-alpha 6] |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Paradise" | 2015 | Daniel Caesar, Sean Leon | Pilgrims's Paradise |
"Weight Off" | 2016 | Kaytranada | 99.9% |
"All Alone" | Stwo, Shay Lia | D.T.S.N.T. EP | |
"Our Conversations" | Little Simz | Stillness in Wonderland | |
"Lavender (Nightfall Remix)" | 2017 | Snoop Dogg, Kaytranada | Neva Left |
"Smoking Song" | 2018 | Mick Jenkins | Pieces of a Man |
"I Can Only Whisper" | 2021 | Charlotte Day Wilson | Alpha |
Much of the early hype around the band focused on their cover versions of popular hip hip and electronica songs which populated their first two studio albums and live records, released in 2011 and 2012. Since that time, the group has produced official covers/remixes (sometimes billed as 'reinterpretations') for other artists across genres and have occasionally released covers as bonus tracks or singles for special projects.
Title | Year | Original artist | Album | Notes |
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"Guv'nor" (BadBadNotGood Version) | 2013 | MF Doom & Jneiro Jarel | Keys to the Kuffs (Butter Edition) Bookhead EP | [53] |
"Shame" (BadBadNotGood Remix) | 2014 | Freddie Gibbs & Madlib | III | Rappcats exclusive bonus track [54] |
"Seasons (Waiting on You)" (BadBadNotGood Reinterpretation) | Future Islands | Non-album singles | [55] | |
"Drive" (BadBadNotGood Remix) | Dornik | [56] | ||
"Sharpness" (Kaytranada Edit) | 2016 | Jaime Woon | With Kaytranada | |
"Ultimate" (BBNG Sessions) / "Sick and Tired" (BBNG Sessions) | 2017 | Denzel Curry | Live with Denzel Curry [57] | |
"Qadir" (BadBadNotGood Remix) | 2021 | Nick Hakim | Will This Make Me Good (The Remixes) | [58] |
"Black Moon Rising" (BadBadNotGood Remix) | Black Pumas | Truth to Power | RSD compilation [59] | |
"Tomorrow" (BadBadNotGood Remix) | Brittany Howard | Jaime (Reimagined) | [60] | |
"Mystery" | 2023 | Turnstile | New Heart Designs | Reinterpretation of Glow On [23] |
"Alien Love Call" | ||||
"Underwater Boi" | ||||
"Marking My Time" (BadBadNotGood Edit) | Elmiene | Non-album single | [61] |
Listed as artist covered, song, BBNG releases/versions
2011–2012
2013–present
Title | Album details | Notes | Ref. |
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Talk Memory |
| Compilation of the album's short films, released at premiere screenings. |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"Can't Leave the Night" | 2014 | Connor Olthuis | |
"Ray Gun" (with Ghostface Killah featuring Doom) | 2015 | Rob Schroeder | |
"Chompy's Paradise" | 2016 | Connor Crawford | |
"Lavender" (featuring Kaytranada) | Fantavious Fritz | ||
"BBNG X Flockey Ocscor" (with Flockey Ocscor) | 2017 | Flockey Ocscor | |
"I Don't Know" (featuring Samuel T. Herring) | 2018 | Will Mayer | |
"Goodbye Blue" (featuring Jonah Yano) | 2020 | Devon Little | |
"Signal from the Noise" | 2021 | Duncan Loudon | [63] |
"Sending Signals" [lower-alpha 7] | Sylvain Chausée | [64] | |
"Beside April" | Camille Summers-Valli | [65] | |
"Love Proceeding" | Jamal Burger | [66] | |
"Timid, Intimidating" | Winston Hacking | [67] | |
"City of Mirrors" | Tomas Morrison | [68] | |
"Talk Meaning" | Danica Kleinknecht | [69] | |
"Beside April (Reprise)" | Rich Smith | [70] | |
"Unfolding (Momentum 73)" | Marvin Lau & Devon Little | [71] | |
"Open Channels" | 2022 | Sylvain Chausée | [72] |
Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
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"Drowning" (Mick Jenkins featuring BadBadNotGood) | 2016 | Nathan R. Smith | |
"Get You" (Daniel Caesar featuring Kali Uchis and BadBadNotGood) | Liam MacRae | ||
"Lavender (Nightfall Remix)" (Snoop Dogg featuring BadBadNotGood and Kaytranada) | 2017 | Jesse Wellens & James DeFina | |
"Nervous" (Jonah Yano and BadBadNotGood) | 2019 | Jonah Yano |
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