The Internet | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | |
Years active | 2011–present |
Labels | |
Spinoff of | |
Members |
|
Past members |
|
Website | internet-band |
The Internet is an American alternative R&B and soul band from Los Angeles, California. It consists of vocalist Syd, keyboardist Matt Martians, bassist Patrick Paige II, drummer Christopher Smith, and guitarist Steve Lacy.
Their music is a blend of R&B, hip-hop, jazz, funk, and electronic dance music. They have released four studio albums and three extended plays since their formation in late 2011. The band's 2015 album Ego Death was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album.
The Internet was formed in early 2011 by Odd Future members Syd and Matt Martians, along with touring members Patrick Paige, Christopher Smith, and Tay Walker. The band's name originally started out as a joke, inspired by Left Brain's answer to a reporter asking where he was from, to which he responded, "I hate when people ask me that, I'm going to start saying I'm from the Internet". [3] The idea amused Syd, and inspired the name for her side project that eventually became The Internet.
Their debut album Purple Naked Ladies was released on December 20, 2011. [4] [5] It was the first physical album to be released through Odd Future Records. Two songs from the album, "Cocaine" and "Fastlane", had music videos to accompany their release. The Internet has a song included on the Odd Future album The OF Tape Vol. 2 , called "Ya know". [6]
The band released their second album Feel Good in September 2013, and received praise from fans and critics. The first single from the album, "Give It Time", was released through Odd Future's official SoundCloud. On June 10, [7] 2013, The band backed Mac Miller in London in promotion of his second album Watching Movies with the Sound Off .
Their third album Ego Death was released by Odd Future & Columbia on June 30, 2015, to widespread acclaim. Matt Martians on NPR said about the album's title: "A lot of people that we know [are] just having their egos checked in many ways. Some people losing their jobs when, last year, they were at the top of the mountain; certain people's careers going in different directions that they didn't anticipate. And just kind of two words that you want people to think about these days, because we do have a lot of people who, on the Internet — whether it's Instagram, Twitter — it's a lot of egos that are really based on nothing backing it up." [8]
Following the release of Ego Death, the band's members each focused on releasing individual solo projects. 2017 saw the release of Matt Martians' The Drum Chord Theory , Syd's Fin , Steve Lacy's Demo, Patrick Paige II's Letters of Irrelevance and Christopher A. Smith's Loud, as a part of the duo C&T.
In December 2017, Steve Lacy told DJ Matt Wilkinson of Beats 1 that the follow-up to Ego Death was "95%" finished. He added: "I feel like this is on a higher echelon than Ego Death. I love Ego Death, that was a great record, but I know this one is a step up." [9]
In April 2018, Patrick Paige II announced his debut album Letters of Irrelevance. Later that month, the band released the single "Roll (Burbank Funk)", in promotion of their fourth studio album, Hive Mind . The track features joint lead vocals by Steve Lacy and Syd. The next month the band announced their fourth album, Hive Mind , [10] which released on July 20, 2018. In October 2018, The Internet was the opening act at all but one show for Gorillaz on their North American leg of The Now Now Tour, which concluded with the Demon Dayz Festival. [11] Their performance at the Scotiabank Arena on October 8, 2018, was their first ever performance in a stadium venue.
Contributions refer to members' live roles. On studio recordings, each member plays a variety of instruments.
Timeline
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [12] | US R&B/HH [13] | US R&B [14] | US Heat [15] | AUS [16] | BEL (FL) [17] | NLD [18] | SWI [19] | UK [20] | UK R&B [21] | ||||
Purple Naked Ladies |
| — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Feel Good |
| — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Ego Death |
| 89 | 9 | 3 | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Hive Mind |
| 26 | 14 | 2 | — | 40 | 45 | 53 | 89 | 39 | 3 | ||
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Album details |
---|---|
Purple Naked Ladies: 4 Bonus Songs |
|
|
|
Ego Death (Bonus Tracks) |
|
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Adult R&B [23] | US Rhy. [24] | US R&B/HH Airplay [25] | BEL (FL) Tip [17] | ||||||
"Love Song - 1" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | Purple Naked Ladies | |||
"They Say" | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Cocaine" | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Fastlane" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Partners In Crime Part Two" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | Feel Good | |||
"Dontcha" | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Special Affair" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | Ego Death | |||
"Under Control" | 19 | — | — | — | |||||
"Girl" (featuring Kaytranada) | 19 | 28 | 44 | 89 | |||||
"Roll (Burbank Funk)" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | Hive Mind | |||
"Come Over" [28] | — | — | — | — | |||||
"La Di Da" | — | — | — | — | |||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Lead artist | Album | Credit(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
"They Say" | 2011 | Odd Future | 12 Odd Future Songs | |
"Ya Know" | 2012 | Odd Future | The OF Tape Vol. 2 | Featured artist |
"Navy" | Kilo Kish | Homeschool | Production | |
"Blue Jeans (Odd Future's The Internet Mix)" | Lana Del Rey | Blue Jeans Remixes | Remix | |
"You're the One (Odd Future's The Internet featuring Mike G Remix)" | Charli XCX | Heartbreaks and Earthquakes | ||
"Fitzpleasure (The Internet of Odd Future Remix)" | Alt-J | Summer | ||
"Watergun" | Kilo Kish | non-album single | Production | |
"Pull Me Down (The Internet Remix)" | 2013 | Mikky Ekko | Time | Remix |
"Objects In The Mirror" | Mac Miller | Watching Movies with the Sound Off | Featured artist | |
"Karma (Internet Edition)" | 2015 | Tay Walker | 25HAD |
Year | Nominee/Work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2015 [29] | Themselves | Centric Certified | Nominated |
2018 [30] | "Come Over" | Song of the Year | |
Hive Mind | Album/Mixtape of the Year | ||
"Come Over" | Video of the Year | ||
Year | Nominee/Work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2016 [31] | Ego Death | Best Urban Contemporary Album | Nominated |
Gorillaz is the debut studio album by English virtual band Gorillaz, released on 26 March 2001 in the United Kingdom by Parlophone and June 19, 2001 in the United States by Virgin Records. The album reached number three in the UK and number fourteen in the US, later being certified platinum in the US and triple-platinum in the UK. Gorillaz has sold over seven million copies worldwide. The album's success earned the group an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "Most Successful Virtual Band", and spawned the singles "Clint Eastwood", "19-2000", "Rock the House", and "Tomorrow Comes Today".
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, better known as Odd Future and often abbreviated as OF or OFWGKTA, was an American alternative hip-hop music collective formed in Los Angeles, California in 2007. The group consisted of rappers, producers, filmmakers, skateboarders, and clothing designers. The original members were Tyler, the Creator, Casey Veggies, Hodgy, Left Brain, Matt Martians, Jasper Dolphin, Earl Sweatshirt, Travis "Taco" Bennett, and Syd. Later members included Brandun DeShay, Pyramid Vritra, Domo Genesis, Mike G, L-Boy, Frank Ocean, and Na-Kel Smith.
Goblin is the second studio album by the American rapper Tyler, the Creator. It was released on May 10, 2011, by XL Recordings. Goblin continues Tyler's dialogues with his fictional therapist Dr. TC, first heard on his 2009 album, Bastard. The album's songs were produced almost entirely by Tyler himself, along with a contribution from fellow Odd Future member Left Brain. The album features guest appearances from Odd Future members Frank Ocean, Hodgy Beats, Jasper Dolphin, Taco, Domo Genesis, Mike G and Syd.
The Jet Age of Tomorrow is an American production duo from Atlanta, Georgia and a sub-group of hip hop collective Odd Future that consists of producer-singer Matt Martians, and producer-rapper Pyramid Vritra. According to Martians, the group's music originated from instrumentals turned down by Tyler, the Creator and Hodgy, who liked the tracks Martians sent them, but could not use them in their own music. Outside of their work with the Jet Age, Martians is a member of The Internet with Odd Future member Syd, while Vritra is a member of his own hip hop collective, NRK.
Matthew Robert Martin, known professionally as Matt Martians, is an American record producer, illustrator, singer and songwriter. Aside from his solo career, Martians is a founding member of the hip hop music collective Odd Future and the alternative R&B band The Internet, and is one half of the production duo The Jet Age of Tomorrow with Pyramid Vritra, a sub-group of Odd Future.
Purple Naked Ladies is the debut studio album by American soul band The Internet, a duo consisting of Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians of Odd Future at the time. The digital version of the album was released on December 20, 2011, with a physical copy, with bonus tracks released on January 31, 2012. The album is the first physically released album on Odd Future's own record label Odd Future Records.
The OF Tape Vol. 2 is the only studio album by American hip hop collective Odd Future. It was released on March 20, 2012, by Odd Future Records and RED Distribution. It serves as the sequel to their debut mixtape, The Odd Future Tape (2008). The album features appearances from Odd Future members Hodgy Beats, Tyler, the Creator, Domo Genesis, Frank Ocean, Mike G, The Internet, Taco, Jasper Dolphin, Left Brain and L-Boy, as well as an uncredited appearance from Earl Sweatshirt. Production on the album was primarily handled by Left Brain and Tyler, the Creator, with Frank Ocean, Pyramid Vritra and Matt Martians also receiving production credits. Lyrically the album ranges from being serious to being satirical, with some tracks offering an overly absurdist take on rap.
Numbers is the second and final studio album by American hip hop duo MellowHype. It was released on October 9, 2012. This was their only release under a major label. The album also contains appearances from Odd Future members Frank Ocean, Mike G and Earl Sweatshirt. The album was briefly the number one rap album on iTunes, before being overtaken by The Heist by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
Sydney Loren Bennett, known professionally as Syd, is an American singer and songwriter. She initially gained recognition as a member of the alternative hip hop collective Odd Future, and went on to co-found the band The Internet in 2011. In 2017, Bennett released her debut solo album Fin, followed by the EP Always Never Home. She released her second album, Broken Hearts Club, in 2022.
Doris is the debut studio album by American rapper Earl Sweatshirt. It was released on August 20, 2013, through Odd Future Records and Tan Cressida Records, and distributed by Columbia Records. Doris follows his first mixtape, Earl, which was released in 2010 when he was sixteen. After returning from a forced stay in a Samoan boarding school, he began working on his debut album and signed a deal with Columbia, rather than Odd Future's Odd Future Records.
"Hive" is a song by American rapper Earl Sweatshirt, featuring Casey Veggies and Vince Staples, and the third single from his debut studio album Doris. The writing, recording, production and engineering of the track took place at Syd tha Kyd and Matt Martians' old home, and it was recorded in three hours. The lyrics of the slow-tempo song describes the rapper's image, who says that he wants his critics and interns to call him nothing less than a synonym of menace. Its music video was directed by Hiro Murai.
Hal Donell Williams Jr., known professionally as Pyramid Vritra, is an American rapper and record producer. Aside from his solo career, he is also a member of Los Angeles–based hip hop collective Odd Future via the sub-group The Jet Age of Tomorrow alongside Matt Martians, and Atlanta-based hip hop collective NRK. He has released music under Stones Throw Records, Alpha Pup's The Order Label, and Bad Taste Records.
Ego Death is the third studio album by American R&B band the Internet. It was released on June 26, 2015, through Odd Future and distributed by Columbia Records. The album was supported by the singles "Special Affair" and "Girl". Ego Death was nominated at the 2016 Grammy Awards for Best Urban Contemporary Album.
Steve Thomas Lacy-Moya is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He gained recognition as the guitarist of the alternative R&B band the Internet, which he joined in 2015. His self-produced debut EP, Steve Lacy's Demo (2017), was met with critical praise and became a sleeper hit. Lacy then guest performed alongside Frank Ocean on Tyler, the Creator's 2017 single "911 / Mr. Lonely", which received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). That year, he also co-wrote songs for artists including Solange Knowles, and Kendrick Lamar on his song "Pride".
Fin is the debut solo studio album by American R&B singer Syd. It was released on February 3, 2017, by Columbia Records.
The Drum Chord Theory is the debut solo studio album by musician Matt Martians, member of groups and sub-groups The Internet, Odd Future, The Jet Age of Tomorrow, The Super D3shay, and Sweaty Martians. It was released on January 27, 2017 by Three Quarters Records.
Hive Mind is the fourth studio album by American R&B band the Internet, released on July 20, 2018 by Columbia Records. It was preceded by the singles "Roll ", "Come Over" and "La Di Da".
This article catalogs the songwriting, musician, and production credits for Steve Lacy-Moya, better known as Steve Lacy. Lacy began his career as a guitarist and producer for the Los Angeles-based R&B/soul band, the Internet, and as a solo artist in the mid-to-late 2010s. His debut project, a song series titled Steve Lacy's Demo, was released in February 2017 and his debut album, Apollo XXI, was released in May 2019.
Moonchild is an American alternative R&B band based in Los Angeles, California, consisting of Amber Navran, Andris Mattson, and Max Bryk. The band is known for blending elements of jazz, R&B, and electronic music.
Gemini Rights is the second studio album and major-label debut by American musician Steve Lacy. It was released on July 15, 2022, by RCA Records. It follows Lacy's debut album Apollo XXI (2019), and was preceded by the singles "Mercury", "Bad Habit" and "Sunshine". "Bad Habit" became Lacy's debut entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and later became his first number one single.