Thelonious Martin

Thelonious Martin
Birth name	Malcolm Martin
Also known as	King Thelonious
Born	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Origin	New Jersey, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Instruments	Percussion, synthesizer, keyboards, Sampler
Years active	2009-present
Associated acts	SAVEMONEY, Vic Mensa, Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis MellowHigh, Curren$y, Chance The Rapper, A$AP Rocky, Da$h, Retch, Action Bronson, Mac Miller, Smoke DZA

Malcolm Martin, otherwise known as Thelonious Martin or King Thelonious is an American Hip Hop record producer from Chicago, Illinois. He is also a member of the Chicago collective SAVE MONEY, along with Vic Mensa and Chance The Rapper. He is 5'11.

Life and career

Malcolm Martin was born in 1992 in Chicago, Illinois. However, shortly afterwards he and his mother moved to New Jersey.

Martin states his love for music started when he was 14 after watching the late night network Adult Swim and hearing a song by late Hip hop producer J Dilla. He later became a fan of other Underground hip hop producers, most notably Madlib. After graduating from Montclair High School, Thelonious moved back to Chicago joining forces with SAVEMONEY, led by Vic Mensa. He began producing for members of the group throughout 2011 and in 2012, he produced the tracks "Ave." and "If Heaven is a Ghetto" for Odd Future's Hodgy Beats's EP Untitled. Later that year, he appeared on the Pro Era mixtape PEEP: The Aprocalypse, producing the song "K.I.N.G.S." performed by Joey Badass and Capital STEEZ

Later that year, collaborated with the Odd Future group MellowHigh for their single "Go" released on 4/20. In 2013, he began to work with rapper Curren$y on his mixtape New Jet City. Months after the mixtape release, he began to work with Action Bronson and produced 2 songs on New Jersey rapper Da$h's critically acclaimed mixtape V.I.C.E.S.. Later that year, he collaborated with rapper Retch for his mixtape Polo Sporting Goods, entirely produced by Martin.

In 2014, produced half of Curren$y's mixtape Drive In the Theater. He later produced "The Ghost of Dipset" for New York rapper Smoke DZA for his album Dream.ZONE.Achieve. Later that year he released the song "Her" featuring Mac Miller. The song was released as a promotional single for his upcoming album. He later released the song "Atlantis" featuring Curren$y and Odd Future's Domo Genesis. Along with the song he released the album title, artwork, and tracklist. On December 2, 2014, he released his debut album Wünderkid, entirely produced by himself and featured Curren$y, Domo Genesis, Retch, Mac Miller, Ab-Soul, Smoke DZA, and more. He later had his song "September" featured on Adult Swim. He has recently produced the song "Back Home" for A$AP Rocky's sophomore album At.Long.Last.A$AP.

Influences

Martin has stated that he is influenced by Madlib, MF DOOM, J Dilla, Flying Lotus, Alchemist, Pete Rock, and Just Blaze,

Discography

Studio Album

• Wünderkid (2014)

Production Discography

Joey Purp -

• "I Do(n)t Care"

Vic Mensa -

• "Naked Picutures"
• "Children of the Sun"

Kami de Chukwu -

• "Still A Live" featuring Joey Purp and Stix

Hodgy Beats - "Untitled" -

• 06. "Ave."
• 08. "If Heaven is a Ghetto"

MellowHigh -

• "Go"
• "In The Meantime"

Pro Era - PEEP: The Aprocalypse -

• 13. "K.I.N.G.S" (performed by Joey Bada$$ and Capital STEEZ)

Joey Bada$$ -

• "Wendy N Becky" featuring Chance The Rapper

Curren$y - "Net Jet City" -

• 01. "New Jet City"
• 06. "Living For The City"
• 13. "Moe Chettah"
• 14. "New Program" (featuring Young Roddy)

Da$h - "V.I.C.E.S" -

• 08. "Brighton Beach"
• 11. "22 Tabs"

RetcH - "Polo Sporting Goods" -

• 01. "Graceful Jewelry Removal"
• 02. "Marmalade Sky"
• 03. "Burgundy Windbreaker"
• 04. "Odd Sweaters 1992"
• 05. "Pimp Sport"
• 06. "Short $ermons" (featuring Ab-Soul)
• 07. "Special Jim"
• 08. "850 Music (Morimoto Drug Transaction)" (featuring Action Bronson)
• 09. "Since My Dog Died"
• 10. "Paul Allen's Business Card" (featuring Sulaiman)
• 11. "Blue Fin Tuna" (featuring Da$h)

Smoke DZA - "Dream.ZONE.Achieve" -

• 03. "Ghost of Dipset" (featuring Cam'ron)

Curren$y - "The Drive In Theatre" -

• 01. "The Introduction"
• 04. "Vintage Vineyard"
• 05. "Stolen"
• 07. "E.T." (featuring B-Real)
• 08. "Grew Up In This" (featuring Young Roddy & Freddie Gibbs)
• 09. "M.P.R."
• 12. "Hi Top Whites"