{"title":"BadBadNotGood","description":"\u003cp\u003eBadBadNotGood (stylised in all caps, often abbreviated BBNG) is a Canadian instrumental band and production team from Toronto. The group was founded in 2010 by bassist Chester Hansen, keyboardist Matthew Tavares, and drummer Alexander Sowinski, who met as students in Humber College's jazz programme. They bonded over a shared passion for jazz and hip hop, initially experimenting with improvisational covers of hip-hop tracks by Odd Future, Gucci Mane, Kanye West, and Earl Sweatshirt. Their cover of Gucci Mane's \"Lemonade\" was uploaded to YouTube and caught the attention of Tyler, The Creator, and went viral. They uploaded their first EP \u003cem\u003eBBNG\u003c\/em\u003e to Bandcamp in June 2011, which included covers of A Tribe Called Quest, Waka Flocka Flame, and Odd Future. In September 2011, they released their debut album \u003cem\u003eBBNG\u003c\/em\u003e. In April 2012, they released \u003cem\u003eBBNG2\u003c\/em\u003e, featuring original material and covers of Kanye West, My Bloody Valentine, James Blake, Earl Sweatshirt, and Feist. They were band-in-residence at Coachella 2012 and backed Frank Ocean both weekends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir third album \u003cem\u003eIII \u003c\/em\u003ewas released in 2014 and was the group's first album of entirely original music. \u003cem\u003eSour Soul\u003c\/em\u003e was released 2015 in collaboration with Ghostface Killah and featured MF DOOM, Elzhi, Danny Brown, and Tree. In 2016, frequent collaborator Leland Whitty joined as the fourth member on saxophone. Their fourth solo album \u003cem\u003eIV\u003c\/em\u003e was released in 2016. Tavares stopped touring in 2017 and officially departed in October 2019, reducing the group to a trio. \u003cem\u003eTalk Memory\u003c\/em\u003e was released in 2021, produced with Floating Points, and their latest album \u003cem\u003eMid Spiral\u003c\/em\u003e was released in July 2024. They have collaborated with Tyler, The Creator, Daniel Caesar, Mick Jenkins, Kendrick Lamar, Charlotte Day Wilson, Baby Rose, and Arthur Verocai.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"badbadnotgood-iii-2014-original-us-innovative-leisure-2lp-gatefold","title":"BadBadNotGood - III (2014 Original US Innovative Leisure 2LP Gatefold)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBadBadNotGood - \u003cem\u003eIII\u003c\/em\u003e | 2 x Vinyl LP - 2014 Original US Innovative Leisure Gatefold (IL2019, Stan Ricker Mastering \/ Rainbo Records)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBadBadNotGood's third album\u003c\/strong\u003e and first record of entirely original compositions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe album that established BBNG as a compositional force\u003c\/strong\u003e — moving from their earlier reputation as interpreters of hip-hop classics into original jazz-funk fusion with krautrock and electronic production textures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"Can't Leave the Night\"\u003c\/strong\u003e became the opening theme for the Netflix series \u003cem\u003eLockwood \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/em\u003e in 2023; the album was longlisted for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBadBadNotGood — Chester Hansen on bass, Matthew Tavares on keyboards and Alexander Sowinski on drums — formed at Humber College in Toronto in 2010 and spent their first two albums working through hip-hop source material with jazz musicianship. \u003cem\u003eIII\u003c\/em\u003e, released in May 2014, was their first record of entirely original compositions. The shift is audible immediately. The nine tracks move between jazz-funk grooves, lush balladry, electronic texture and modal improvisation without committing to any single genre frame. Frank Dukes, who would go on to produce for Drake, Kendrick Lamar and others, co-produced the album at Revolution Recording and HalfPad69 Studios. Leland Whitty, then still a guest contributor rather than a full member, appears on saxophone, bass clarinet and violin on \"Confessions\" (B3). Additional contributions come from a trumpeter (T. Moffat) and a string player (T. Paxton) across the nine pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Can't Leave the Night\" (A2) became the opening theme for the 2023 Netflix series \u003cem\u003eLockwood \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/em\u003e, bringing a late audience to a record that had already found its listeners through jazz, hip-hop and the intersection between them. The album ends with \"CS60\" (D9), a closer built around the Yamaha CS-60 synthesizer. BBNG would go on to collaborate with Ghostface Killah on \u003cem\u003eSour Soul\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), with Arthur Verocai, and with Kendrick Lamar, Charlotte Day Wilson and others; \u003cem\u003eIII\u003c\/em\u003e is the pivot point where the compositional ambition became clear. The lacquer was cut at Stan Ricker Mastering — Ricker was known particularly for his half-speed mastering work — and pressed at Rainbo Records in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Innovative Leisure Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43290703659067,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/a0977447903_10.jpg?v=1773875112"}],"url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/collections\/badbadnotgood.oembed","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}