Mass Appeal presents VideoPrint: BADBADNOTGOOD
As the Canadian trio BADBADNOTGOOD aims to release its third studio album BBNG3 during the course of 2013, the media-defined “hip-hop jazz band” links with perennial publication Mass Appeal to advance its introspective web series VideoPri...
Soulja Boy – Pretty Boy Swag (BADBADNOTGOOD Remix)
Canadian jazz group BADBADNOTGOOD bring us this latest remix of Soulja Boy’s “Pretty Boy Swag.” On the brink of the trio’s recent success, lingering rumors have acknowledged Chester, Matt and Alex working alongside many indust...
Hypebeast Magazine: BADBADNOTGOOD Interview
Clicking through the average playlist of today’s youth, one would not expect to find any jazz songs to be featured. The modern non-relevance of a genre that used to be a leading creative force in the 1920s is a fact that bothers Matt Tavares, A...
BADBADNOTGOOD “Bugg’n” Live @ Mad Decent Block Party
Known for their jazzy reinterpretations of various musical arrangements from a variety of different genres, BADBADNOTGOOD tries their hand at TNGHT’s “Bugg’n.” Performed at the Mad Decent block party in Toronto, the energetic...
BadBadNotGood: The Game-Changers of Jazz
A lightly-struck piano key reverberates in the still air. It flutters and disappears as an upright bass begins to crescendo with a barrage of cymbal crashes. The result is unexpected; a cover of Tyler, the Creator’s “Bastard,” which...
HYPETRAK TV: BADBADNOTGOOD – Behind The Mask
HYPETRAK recently caught up with Toronto-based jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD following their May 4 performance at the Brooklyn Bowl. During the interview, the group touched on a range of subjects, including their jazz school beginnings where they bonded ov...
BADBADNOTGOOD featuring Leland Whitty – UWM | Video
Having already collaborated with Leland Whitty for a Tyler, the Creator cover of “She,” BBNG once again teams up with him for “UWM.” Members Matt Tavares, Chester Hansen and Alex Sowinski all seem to be in top form as their si...
BADBADNOTGOOD – “CMYK/DMZ” Live in London
Hip-hop/jazz fusion trio BADBADNOTGOOD recently made their first overseas trip as a group, performing live at Club Koko in London. During their set, they unveiled two new tracks, “CMYK” and “DMZ,” each of which embody a more t...
BADBADNOTGOOD x Tyler, the Creator – Orange Juice
As a continuation of their recent string of collaborative efforts together, hip-hop jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD and Tyler, the Creator team up on a rendition of the popular Tyler/Earl Sweatshirt song “Orange Juice.” While an instrumental vers...
BADBADNOTGOOD “Flashing Lights Live” @ The Drake
While probably most known for their covers of songs by Tyler, the Creator, hip-hop/jazz fusion group BADBADNOTGOOD just released this smooth yet energized live rendition of the classic Kanye West track “Flashing Lights.” Performed during...
BADBADNOTGOOD – Rotten Decay
Following up to their excellent BBNGLIVE 1 album comes another instrumental track from the Toronto-based jazz aficionados, called “Rotten Decay.” The song will be released as 7″ single featuring the original version of the tune and...
BADBADNOTGOOD ‘BBNG Live 1′ Album Release
Recently, we showed you jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD’s impressive interpretation of the Tyler, the Creator song “She.” Now, the band has released a live album that was recorded during a set at the music venue Redlight in Toronto. Above a...
BADBADNOTGOOD – SHE
Jazz/hip-hop fusion group BADBADNOTGOOD has just dropped a new cover to the Tyler, the Creator single “She.” BADBADNOTGOOD, made up of a trio of young men around the same age as Tyler, garnered much of the attention from their smooth cove...
BADBADNOTGOOD – Doom
Canadian trio BADBADNOTGOOD, fresh off a lively jam-session with Tyler, the Creator, set their musical chops on another genre-bending emcee, DOOM. While this interpretation lacks any vocals, the smooth rendition of such DOOM classics as the Supervill...
BADBADNOTGOOD x Tyler, the Creator – Fish
The second installment of Tyler, the Creator’s jam session with Toronto Jazz trio Badbadnotgood has arrived. While offering a raw and aggressive performance of the Bastard cut “Seven,” Tyler offers an instrumental version of Goblin&...