| Thundercat discography | |
|---|---|
 Thundercat performing in 2018 | |
| Studio albums | 4 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 12 |
The discography of American musician Thundercat includes four studio albums, an extended play, and twelve singles (including three as a featured artist).
| Thundercat discography | |
|---|---|
| Thundercat performing in 2018 | |
| Studio albums | 4 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 12 |
The discography of American musician Thundercat includes four studio albums, an extended play, and twelve singles (including three as a featured artist).
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | AUS [2] | BEL [3] | CAN [4] | GER [5] | IRL [6] | NL [7] | NZ [8] | SWI [9] | UK [10] | ||||
| The Golden Age of Apocalypse |
| — [upper-alpha 1] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Apocalypse |
| 194 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Drunk |
| 50 | 58 | 39 | 78 | 63 | — | 35 | — | 56 | 37 | ||
| It Is What It Is |
| 38 | 50 | 28 | 87 | 30 | 95 | 66 | 36 | 56 | 23 | ||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Heat [11] | US R&B/ HH [14] | BEL [3] | ||
| The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam |
| 9 | 21 | 185 |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [15] | US R&B/ HH [16] | CAN [17] | JPN Over. [18] | MEX Eng. [19] | NZ Hot [20] | POR [21] | UK Sales [22] | UK R&B [23] | WW [24] | ||||||
| "Heartbreaks + Setbacks" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Apocalypse | |||
| "Oh Sheit It's X" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Them Changes" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam and Drunk | |||
| "Bus in These Streets" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Drunk | |||
| "Show You the Way" (featuring Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Friend Zone" | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "King of the Hill" (featuring Flying Lotus and BadBadNotGood) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Brainfeeder X and It Is What It Is | |||
| "Black Qualls" (featuring Steve Lacy and Steve Arrington) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | It Is What It Is | |||
| "Dragonball Durag - Remix" (featuring Smino and Guapdad 4000) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Fair Chance" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign and Lil B) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "After Last Night" [26] (with Silk Sonic and Bootsy Collins) | 2022 | 68 | 17 | 92 | — | — | 8 | 104 | 90 | 20 | 78 | An Evening with Silk Sonic | |||
| "No More Lies" (with Tame Impala) [27] | 2023 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 23 | — | 91 | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart, was not released in that territory, or was released recently. | |||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [15] | US R&B/ HH [16] | US Rock [28] | CAN Rock [29] | IRL [6] | MEX Eng. [19] | NL Tip [30] | NZ Hot [20] | UK [10] | UK R&B [23] | ||||
| "MmmHmm" (Flying Lotus featuring Thundercat) | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cosmogramma | |
| "These Walls" (Kendrick Lamar featuring Thundercat, Bilal, and Anna Wise) | 2015 | 94 | 34 | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | 77 | 12 | To Pimp a Butterfly | |
| "Take the Time" (Ronald Bruner Jr. featuring Thundercat) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Triumph | |
| "Cracker Island" (Gorillaz featuring Thundercat) | 2022 | — | — | 20 | 4 | 97 | 19 | — | 37 | 94 | — | Cracker Island | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart, was not released in that territory, or was released recently. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [15] | US Dance [32] | US R&B/ HH [16] | BEL Tip [3] | IRL [6] | NL Tip [33] | SWE Heat [34] | UK [10] | UK R&B [23] | |||||
| "Wesley's Theory" (Kendrick Lamar featuring George Clinton and Thundercat) | 2015 | 91 | — | 33 | — | 99 | 14 | 16 | 76 | 11 | To Pimp a Butterfly | ||
| "Funny Thing" | 2020 | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | It Is What It Is | ||
| "Black Gold" (Flying Lotus featuring Thundercat) | 2021 | — | 18 | — | — [upper-alpha 2] | — | — | — | — | — | Yasuke | ||
| "Be Careful" (Kaytranada featuring Thundercat) | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Intimidated | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Changes" | 2009 | Shafiq Husayn, Om'Mas Keith | Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka |
| "Drowning" | 2012 | Zack Sekoff | Ancestor's |
| "DMT Song" | Flying Lotus | Until the Quiet Comes | |
| "How Can I Be a Hero?" | 2013 | Dethklok | The Doomstar Requiem: A Klok Opera |
| "II. Shadows" [35] | Childish Gambino | Because the Internet | |
| "Between Villains" | Flying Lotus, Viktor Vaughn, Earl Sweatshirt, Captain Murphy | Ideas+Drafts+Loops | |
| "Black Skinhead (Remix)" | Flying Lotus | ||
| "In the Morning" | Mac Miller, Syd tha Kyd | Live from Space | |
| "Something Special" | 2014 | Wiz Khalifa | 28 Grams |
| "Already There" | Taylor McFerrin, Robert Glasper | Early Riser | |
| "Descent into Madness" | Flying Lotus | You're Dead! | |
| "Wesley's Theory" | 2015 | Kendrick Lamar, George Clinton | To Pimp a Butterfly |
| "These Walls" | Kendrick Lamar, Bilal, Anna Wise | ||
| "Bloomingdale's" | White Boiz, Anderson Paak, Jimetta Rose | Neighborhood Wonderful | |
| "Dead Friends" | Kirk Knight, Noname | Late Knight Special | |
| "Debauchery" | 2016 | Zack Sekoff | Remnants of a Winter Sun |
| "Untitled 08 | 09.06.2014." | Kendrick Lamar | Untitled Unmastered | |
| "Curly Martin" | Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Ronald Bruner Jr. | Velvet Portraits | |
| "Lonely World (Lamentations Version)" [36] | Moses Sumney | Lamentations | |
| "Take the Time" | 2017 | Ronald Bruner Jr. | Triumph |
| "What's the Use?" [37] [38] | 2018 | Mac Miller, Syd, Dâm-Funk, Snoop Dogg | Swimming |
| "Tunnels in the Air" | Louis Cole | Time | |
| "The Climb" | 2019 | Flying Lotus | Flamagra |
| "Track 6" | 2020 | Ty Dolla Sign, Kanye West, Anderson Paak | Featuring Ty Dolla Sign |
| "Right" | Mac Miller | Circles | |
| "3 AM" | 2021 | Haim | Women in Music Pt. III (Expanded edition) |
| "After Last Night" [39] | Silk Sonic | An Evening with Silk Sonic | |
| "Be Careful" [40] | Kaytranada | Intimidated | |
| "Black Gold" | Flying Lotus | Yasuke | |
| "Between Memories" | Flying Lotus, Niki Randa | ||
| "Wondering/Wandering" | 2022 | Kehlani, Ambré | Blue Water Road |
| "Bowling" | Domi and JD Beck | Not Tight | |
| "Not Tight" | |||
| Year | Artist | Release | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Kamasi Washington and The Next Step | Live at 5th Street Dick's | Electric bass |
| 2007 | Kamasi Washington | The Proclamation | Electric bass |
| 2008 | Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) | Bass on "Me", "The Cell", "Master Teacher", "That Hump" |
| 2010 | New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) | Bass on "Window Seat", bass and handclaps on "Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY)", bass on "Umm Hmm" | |
| Flying Lotus | Cosmogramma | Bass on "Pickled!", "Intro//A Cosmic Drama", "Zodiac Shit", "...And the World Laughs with You", "MmmHmm", "Satelllliiiiiiiteee", "Dance of the Pseudo Nymph", "Galaxy in Janaki" | |
| Bilal | Airtight's Revenge | Electric bass on "Levels", "Think It Over" | |
| Suicidal Tendencies | No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family | Bass | |
| Flying Lotus | Pattern+Grid World | Bass | |
| 2011 | Snoop Dogg | Doggumentary | Electric bass on "Toyz N Da Hood" |
| 2012 | Until the Quiet Comes | Bass, composer, vocals | |
| 2013 | Suicidal Tendencies | 13 | Bass |
| Childish Gambino | Because the Internet | Bass on "I. Pink Toes" | |
| 2014 | Schoolboy Q | Oxymoron [42] | Bass on "Hoover Street" |
| Kimbra | The Golden Echo | Writer on "Miracle" and "Madhouse" | |
| Jhené Aiko | Souled Out | Bass | |
| Flying Lotus | You're Dead! | Bass on "Theme", "Tesla", "Cold Dead", "Fkn Dead", "Never Catch Me", "Dead Man's Tetris", "Turkey Dog Coma", "Stirring", "Coronus, the Terminator", "Siren Song", "Turtles", "Ready err Not", "Eyes Above", "Descent into Madness", "The Boys Who Died in Their Sleep", "Obligatory Cadence", "Your Potential // The Beyond", "The Protest", guitar on "Fkn Dead" | |
| 2015 | Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly | Bass on "King Kunta", "These Walls", "The Blacker the Berry", "i", "Mortal Man" |
| Kamasi Washington | The Epic | Electric bass | |
| Mac Miller | GO:OD AM | Bass on "Brand Name" and "Break the Law" | |
| Ty Dolla Sign | Free TC | Writer on "Finale" | |
| 2016 | Kendrick Lamar | Untitled Unmastered | 06.23.2014.", "Untitled 05 | 09.21.2014.", "Untitled 07 | 2014 – 2016" |
| 2017 | Damn | Bass on "Feel" | |
| Kamasi Washington | Harmony of Difference | Electric bass | |
| N.E.R.D. | No One Ever Really Dies | Bass on "Deep Down Body Thurst", "Voilà" | |
| 2018 | Janelle Monáe | Dirty Computer | Bass on "Take a Byte" |
| Kali Uchis | Isolation | Bass, guitar, drums on "Body Language" | |
| Kamasi Washington | Heaven and Earth | Electric bass | |
| Mac Miller | Swimming | Bass on "What's the Use?" | |
| 2019 | Little Simz | Grey Area | Writer on "Venom" |
| Flying Lotus | Flamagra | Bass | |
| 2020 | Mac Miller | Circles | Bass on "Right" and "Floating" |
| 2021 | Silk Sonic | An Evening with Silk Sonic | Bass on "After Last Night" |
| 2022 | Metro Boomin | Heroes & Villains | Bass on "Feel The Fiyaaaah" |
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