Monte Booker Last updated February 14, 2025 American musician
Monte Booker
Birth name Ahmanti Booker Born (1995-03-27 ) March 27, 1995 (age 29) Chicago , Illinois , U.S.Genres Occupations Instruments Years active 2013–present Labels Zero Fatigue
Musical artist
Ahmanti Booker (born March 27, 1995), professionally known as Monte Booker is an American record producer from Chicago , Illinois . He is part of the musical collective Zero Fatigue , and has worked with artists such as Smino , Ravyn Lenae , Noname , Saba , Mick Jenkins , Sango , Ari Lennox and JID , among others. [ 1] [ 2]
Career Monte Booker grew up in the South Side of Chicago listening to artists such as Outkast , Gucci Mane , Radiohead and Coldplay . [ 3] He started producing in 2011 with FL Studio incorporating trap music and jazz as well as organic sounds in his music. [ 4] In 2013, he met St. Louis artists Smino , Jay2 and Bari through studio manager Chris Classick, and joined the collective Zero Fatigue , along with Ravyn Lenae . He also became a member of Soulection Radio and released an EP on October 23, 2015, as part of their White Label series. The song "Kolors" became a viral hit in 2020 from TikTok streams, entering the Spotify's Viral 50 Charts . [ 5]
Booker went on to produce projects for Zero Fatigue such as blkjuptr , Moon Shoes , Midnight Moonlight , blkswn , Noir , and MSTRGLSS . [ 6] In 2016, he also worked with Chicago artists Noname , Mick Jenkins , and Saba on the albums Telefone , The Healing Component , and Bucket List Project .
In 2019, Booker was invited to Dreamville 's recording sessions for the compilation Revenge of the Dreamers III by J. Cole . He produced three songs on the album, "Late Night", "Spin Move", and "Passcode". [ 7] In 2020 and 2021, he has worked with other artists including Spillage Village and VanJess . [ 8] On February 1, 2021, Booker released an instrumental mixtape titled Lil Sounds Tape . [ 9]
Artistry Monte Booker has credited producers such as Timbaland , Flying Lotus , The Neptunes , and Kanye West , as his major influences. Speaking about this, he said "what [they were] doing with music kind of inspired me to incorporate my influence to make it my own type of vibe." [ 10] [ 3] His sound has been described as percussive and organic production with "an eclectic amalgamation of Hip-Hop, R&B, and melody-heavy electronic sounds." [ 11]
Discography Extended plays Soulection White Label: 016 (2015)Production discography 2014 Smino - Smellin Like a Re-Up 00. "Smellin Like a Re-Up" 2015 S!Ck S!Ck S!Ck 01. "Ruby Red" 02. "Ballet" (featuring Bari) 03. "Raw" Ravyn Lenae - Moon Shoes 01. "Venezuela Trains" 03. "Blossom Dearie" 04. "Recess" 05. "Free Room" 06. "Sleep Talking" 08. "Everything Above" Monte Booker - Soulection White Label: 016 01. "Flight" 02. "Kolors" (featuring Smino) 03. "Homealone" 04. "Baby" (featuring Ravyn Lenae) Smino - Blkjuptr 01. "Blkjuptr" 02. "Zoom" 03. "Runnin'" (featuring Jay2) 04. "Poppa" (featuring Julian Bell) 05. "Oxygen" 2016 Noname - Telefone 02. "Sunny Duet" (with theMIND) (produced with Cam O'bi ) Mick Jenkins - The Healing Component 14. "Angles" (featuring Xavier Omär & Noname) (produced with Cam O'bi & THEMpeople) Saba - Bucket List Project 12. "California" (featuring Ravyn Lenae & Phoelix) (produced with Phoelix & Daoud) 2017 Ravyn Lenae - Midnight Moonlight 02. "Unknown" 03. "Spice" (solo or remix with Smino) 04. "Hiatus (Interlude)" 05. "Oxygen" 06. "Sleep Talking" Smino - Blkswn 01. "Wild Irish Roses" 02. "Maraca" 03. "Glass Flows" 04. "Flea Flicka" (featuring Bari) 05. "Spit Shine" 06. "Netflix & Dusse" 07. "Anita" 08. "Lobby Kall" 09. "Edgar Allen Poe'd Up" (featuring theMIND) 11. "B Role" 12. "Blkoscars" (featuring Jay2) 14. "Long Run" (featuring Via Rosa) (produced with Phoelix) 15. "Innamission" 16. "Silk Pillows" (featuring Akenya) (produced with THEMpeople) 17. "Ricky Millions" (featuring Drea Smith) (produced with J. Bird) 18. "Amphetamine" (featuring Bari, Jean Deaux & Noname) (produced with Phoelix & J.Robb) Hoosier Scott - Shade Spectrum Didi Park - Neon Bandages 06. "B&W Movies are Voodoo" (produced with JNTHN STEIN) 08. "Method Acting" Zero Fatigue - Manegos 00. "Manegos" (featuring Bari, Smino, and Jay2) Monte Booker - KOMPANY 00. "KOMPANY" (featuring Phoelix & Smino) 2018 Phoelix - TEMPO 14. "Taranphoeno" (featuring Smino and Jean Deaux) (produced with Phoelix) NØIR 03. "Klink" 05. "Spinz" 06. "Summer Salt" (featuring Bari) 07. "Z4L" (featuring Bari & Jay2) 08. "Merlot" 09. "We Got The Biscuits" 12. "Low Down Derrty Blues" 13. "Fenty Sex" (featuring Dreezy) 14. "Bam 2x" 18. "Verizon" (produced with Da-P) Bari - The Prefix 01. "Tortas" 02. "Glacier" 03. "Intrigue" (featuring Smino) Zara Bash - Heaven on Earth 05. "Bad4Me" (featuring Ty Safari) 2019 Young Pink - MSTRGLSS 01. "Ooze" 04. "Relax" 05. "Ice Cup" 06. "Eya" 08. "Luhbish" 10. "Caress" 11. "Fluid" 12. "Joi" 13. "Stamina" Monte Booker - Interstellar 00. "Interstellar" (featuring Bari) Jay2 - 4 Tha Wait 01. "Are You OK?" 02. "Pomegranate" 04. "Dork" (featuring Smino) 05. "Dropped" 07. "Shoppin'" MFnMelo - What a Life 00. What a Life (featuring Saba) MFnMelo- Everybody Eats 04. "Flow Seats" 09. "Notice" 10. "What a Life" (featuring Saba) ICECOLDBISHOP - Creep 00. Creep (featuring Mick Jenkins) (produced with Naz) Smino - High 4 Da Highladays 01. "Sleigh" (featuring Monte Booker & Masego ) (produced with Masego) 2020 Revenge of the Dreamers III: Director's Cut Insecure: Music From The HBO Original Series, Season 4 09. "Rewind" (produced with Phoelix) Hansel Mac - Limbo 01. "Mario" (featuring Saiki Music & Zagor) Smino - Madden NFL 21 14. "Backstage Pass" (with Monte Booker and The Drums ) Spillage Village - Spilligion 06. "Judas" (with JID featuring Ari Lennox, Buddy, Chance the Rapper and Masego) (additional production from Mesita) Buy One, Get One Free Vol. 1 01. "Lifetime" (featuring Saba) Bari - Fuck It... Burn It All Down 13. "One Night" 15. "Heart Is Valuable" This Ain't That 00. "This Ain't That" (featuring Bunge) 2021 Monte Booker - Lil Sounds Tape 01. "Maple" 02. "Stay" 03. "Feels Good" 04. "Astro" 05. "Shordie" 06. "I Been Rollin" (produced with Phoelix) 07. "Transition" 08. "I Luv U All" 09. "FM" VanJess - Homegrown 03. "Roses" (produced with Da-P) Ain't Gon Stop Me Felly - Everybody Loves You 00. "Everybody Loves You" (featuring Kota the Friend) Vince Staples - Vince Staples 05. "Taking Trips" (produced with Kenny Beats) Gumbo'! 15. "Voicemails Uptown" (featuring Monte Booker, Turich Benjy, Lance Skiiiwalker, JayBee Lamahj, VCR & Nelson Bandela) Maxo Kream - Weight of the World 07. "Don't Play With Shawty Ass" (produced with Naz) 11. "Whole Lotta" (produced with Teej) 16. "Believe" (featuring Don Toliver ) (produced with Smino) Mick Jenkins - Elephant In the Room 09. "Truffles" (produced with Renzell) 2022 Saba - Few Good Things 08. "A Simpler Time" (featuring Mereba ) (produced with Daoud & Jacob Rochester) JayBaby TheGreaty - Orange Belt Ravyn Lenae - Hypnos 02. "Venom" 08. "Higher" 09. "3D" (featuring Smino ) (produced with Phoelix) 10. "Satellites" (produced with Luke Titus & Steve Lacy ) 11. "Lullabye" Mavi - Laughing So Hard It Hurts 03. "Baking Soda" (produced with Amarahbeats) 12. "Trip" (featuring Amindi) (produced with AmarahBeats) Smino - Luv 4 Rent 01. "4rm Da Source" 02. "No L's" (produced with Karl Banx) 03. "90 Proof " (featuring J. Cole ) (produced with Groove) 04. "Pro Freak" (featuring Doechii & Fatman Scoop ) (produced with Childish Major , Phoelix, DJ Dahi & Nami) 05. "Ole Ass Kendrick" (produced with prodxvzn) 06. "Louphoria" (featuring Cruza) (produced with Adam Sylvester, AJ Thomas & AmarahBeats) 07. "Blu Billy" 09. "Modennaminute" (featuring Lucky Daye & Phoelix) (produced with Phoelix) 11. "Garden Lady" (produced with Smino, Sucuki & Phoelix) 12. "Settle Down" (featuring Cory Henry & Ravyn Lenae ) (produced with Charlie Myles) 14. "Curtains" (produced with Cory Henry) Tours Headlining European Tour (with Smino ) (2016) Europe Tour (2017) Kouple Drillz Tour (with Smino) (2018) North America Tour (with Soulection) (2018) Supporting ITCO Tour (with Sango ) (2018) This page is based on this
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