| Thundercat discography | |
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 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 |
| — [A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 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) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Fair Chance" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign and Lil B) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "After Last Night" [27] (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) [28] | 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 [29] | CAN Rock [30] | IRL [6] | MEX Eng. [19] | NL Tip [31] | 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 [33] | US R&B/ HH [16] | BEL Tip [3] | IRL [6] | NL Tip [34] | SWE Heat [35] | 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 | — | — [B] | — | — | — | — | — | 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" [36] | 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)" [37] | Moses Sumney | Lamentations | |
| "Take the Time" | 2017 | Ronald Bruner Jr. | Triumph |
| "What's the Use?" [38] [39] | 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" [40] | Silk Sonic | An Evening with Silk Sonic | |
| "Be Careful" [41] | 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" | |||
| "The End" | 2024 | Justice | Hyperdrama |
| 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 | Flying Lotus | 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 [43] | Bass on "Hoover Street" |
| Mac Miller | Faces | Bass on "Ave Maria" and "New Faces v2" | |
| 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" |
| Mac Miller | The Divine Feminine | Additional vocals on "We" | |
| 2017 | Kendrick Lamar | 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 and additional vocals 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 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | Bass on "Die Hard" and "Mother I Sober" |
| JID | The Forever Story | Bass on "Lauder Too" | |
| Metro Boomin | Heroes & Villains | Bass on "Feel The Fiyaaaah" | |
| 2025 | Mac Miller | Balloonerism | Bass on "DJ's Chord Organ", "5 Dollar Pony Rides", "Friendly Hallucinations", "Mrs. Deborah Downer", "Funny Papers", "Transformations", "Rick's Piano" and "Tomorrow Will Never Know"; additional vocals on "DJ's Chord Organ" |
Stephen Lee Bruner, better known by his stage name Thundercat, is an American musician, singer, record producer, and songwriter from Los Angeles. First coming to prominence as a member of crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, he switched his music with funk, soul, progressive R&B, psychedelia and jazz-fusion, has since released four solo studio albums and is noted for his work with producer Flying Lotus and his appearances on Kendrick Lamar's 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly. In 2016, Thundercat won a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Performance for his work on the track "These Walls" from To Pimp a Butterfly. In 2020, Thundercat released his fourth studio album, It Is What It Is, which earned him a Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album.
"King Kunta" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar, from his third album, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015). It was released as the album's third single on March 24, 2015. Lamar co-wrote the song with Thundercat, while Terrace Martin, Michael Kuhle, and Sounwave served as producers. The song features interpolations and references to lyrics written by Michael Jackson, James Brown, Fred Wesley, John Starks, Ahmad, Redfoo, and Johnny Burns, who are all credited as songwriters.
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Dacoury Dahi Natche, known professionally as DJ Dahi or simply Dahi, is an American record producer, songwriter, disc jockey and singer from Inglewood, California. Working primarily in hip hop and R&B music, he has been credited on commercially successful singles including "Money Trees" by Kendrick Lamar, "Worst Behavior" by Drake, and "I Don't Fuck with You" by Big Sean—the latter rose to number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. He made his vocal debut on Lamar's 2018 single "Loyalty", which he also produced.
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"That Part" is a hip hop song by American hip hop recording artist Schoolboy Q featuring Kanye West. It was released on May 13, 2016 by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) and Interscope Records, as the lead single from Schoolboy Q's fourth album Blank Face LP, and was produced by Cardo, Yung Exclusive, Cubeatz and Sounwave. The song was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. HipHopDX named it the ninth best hip-hop song of 2016.
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"Yah" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, from his fourth studio album DAMN, released on April 14, 2017. The third track on the album, the song was written by Lamar, Mark Spears, a.k.a. Sounwave, DJ Dahi, and Anthony Tiffith, and produced by, Sounwave, DJ Dahi, and Tiffith, with additional production by Bēkon.
"Feel" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, from his fourth studio album Damn, released on April 14, 2017. The fifth track on the album, the song was written by Lamar and Mark Spears, a.k.a. Sounwave, and produced by Sounwave. The song features bass from bass guitarist Thundercat and vocals from Chelsea Blythe. The song originally had a music video which was never released and randomly leaked on YouTube.
"Lust" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, from his fourth studio album Damn, released on April 14, 2017. The ninth track on the album, the song was written by Lamar, DJ Dahi, Mark Spears a.k.a. Sounwave, and BadBadNotGood, and was produced by DJ Dahi, Sounwave, and BadBadNotGood. The song features uncredited guest vocals from record producer Kaytranada. Although not released as a single, the song charted in multiple countries in 2017.
"All the Stars" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar and American singer SZA. Written alongside Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith and producers Sounwave and Al Shux, the song was released on January 4, 2018, as the lead single to the soundtrack album of the film Black Panther. Its release coincided with Top Dawg Entertainment's announcement that Tiffith and Lamar would be producing the Black Panther soundtrack album. Marvel Studios confirmed the news and revealed that Lamar was hand-picked by Black Panther's director Ryan Coogler to produce the soundtrack album. The song appeared in the movie's end credits.
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