Zero Fatigue

Zero Fatigue
Founded	2014–present
Founder	Smino
Genre	Hip hop neo soul electro funk
Country of origin	United States
Location	St. Louis, Missouri Chicago, Illinois
Official website	zerofatigue.com

Zero Fatigue is an American musical collective and independent record label with a split-base in both St. Louis, Missouri and Chicago, Illinois. The collective was founded by Smino and includes artists and producers Monte Booker, Ravyn Lenae, JayBaby TheGreaty, and Nosidam. The label is run by Chris "Classick" Innumerable. ^[1]

History

The collective's origins began when Smino met Chris "Classick" Innumerable at Columbia College Chicago, who owned a recording studio in his house in Chicago and later became his manager. Interning for Classick, engineer and mixer Elton "L10MixedIt" Chueng met Smino in that studio where they began working together. ^[2] In 2012, they met rappers Bari Allen and Jay2 and producer Monte Booker while making music together and formed the collective Zero Fatigue after creating a song of the same title, with lyrics "Zero Fatigue, I'm out of my league". ^[3] The crew later expanded and added members Ravyn Lenae and Nosidam. ^[4] Unofficial members and affiliates of Zero Fatigue include Jean Deaux, Drea Smith, and Phoelix. ^[5] Zero Fatigue is a collective creating a safe space for homegrown artists to harvest their raw talent and demonstrate a futuristic funk element of rap. ^[6]

Members

Current acts

• Smino
• Ravyn Lenae
• NOS.
• JayBaby TheGreaty

In-house producers

• Monte Booker
• Phoelix
• Groove
• VZN

Studio personnel

• Chris "Classick" Innumerable
• Elton "L10MixedIt" Chueng
• Jeffrey "Jeffontheboards" Thompson

Former members

• Bari (now known as Young Pink)
• Jay2

Discography

Studio albums

Artist	Album	Details
Smino	blkswn [7]	Released: March 14, 2017 Label: Zero Fatigue, Downtown Format: CD, digital download
Smino	NØIR [8]	Released: November 8, 2018 Label: Zero Fatigue, Downtown, Interscope Format: CD, digital download
Bari	MSTRGLSS [9]	Released: February 1, 2019 Label: Zero Fatigue, Downtown, Interscope Format: Digital download
JayBaby TheGreaty	The Last Dragon	Released: June 11, 2021 Label: Zero Fatigue, Ugly Heart Entertainment Format: Digital download
Smino	Luv 4 Rent	Released: October 28, 2022 Label: Zero Fatigue, Motown Format: Digital download

Mixtapes

Artist	Album	Details
Smino	She Already Decided	Released: April 20, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
JayBaby TheGreaty	White Belt	Released: February 11, 2022 Label: Zero Fatigue, Ugly Heart, Records by Anwar Carrots Format: Digital download
JayBaby TheGreaty	Yellow Belt	Released: April 1, 2022 Label: Zero Fatigue, Ugly Heart, Records by Anwar Carrots Format: Digital download
JayBaby TheGreaty	Orange Belt	Released: May 5, 2022 Label: Zero Fatigue, Ugly Heart, Records by Anwar Carrots Format: Digital download
JayBaby TheGreaty	Green Belt	Released: July 1, 2022 Label: Zero Fatigue, Ugly Heart, Records by Anwar Carrots Format: Digital download
JayBaby TheGreaty	Blue Belt	Released: August 12, 2022 Label: Zero Fatigue, Ugly Heart, Records by Anwar Carrots Format: Digital download
JayBaby TheGreaty	Red Belt	Released: October 20, 2022 Label: Zero Fatigue, Ugly Heart, Records by Anwar Carrots Format: Digital download

Extended plays

Artist	Album	Details
Smino	S!Ck S!Ck S!Ck [10]	Released: October 2, 2015 Label: Zero Fatigue Format: Digital download
Smino	blkjuptr [11]	Released: December 11, 2015 Label: Zero Fatigue Format: Digital download
Bari	Prefix [12]	Released: September 10, 2018 Label: Zero Fatigue Format: Digital download
Jay2	4 Tha Wait [13]	Released: July 24, 2019 Label: Zero Fatigue Format: Digital download
JayBaby TheGreaty	Water	Released: December 4, 2020 Label: Zero Fatigue Format: Digital download

References

1. "You Feel Me? Podcast Smino: Episode 12 Skullcandy". Skullcandy. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
2. "Meet L10MixedIt, the Engineer Behind Chance The Rapper, Noname & Smino's Breakthrough Projects". DJBooth. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
3. "Smino + Zero Fatigue: Day Zero (Documentary)". Mass Appeal. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
4. "Zero Fatigue: Chicago's Next Hip-Hop Visionaries". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
5. Niespodziany, Ben. "Home Team • Jean Deaux". These Days. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
6. "Chicago's Very Own: Zero Fatigue". Medium. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
7. "blkswn by Smino". iTunes. 14 March 2017.
8. "NOIR by Smino". iTunes. 8 November 2018.
9. "MSTRGLSS by Bari". iTunes. February 2019.
10. "S!Ck S!Ck S!Ck by Smino". iTunes. December 2016.
11. "blkjuptr - EP by Smino". iTunes. 3 June 2016.
12. "Prefix - EP by Bari". iTunes. 12 September 2018.
13. "4 Tha Wait by Jay2". Apple Music.