Thelonious Martin Explained

Thelonious Martin
Birth Name:	Malcolm Martin
Alias:	King Thelonious
Birth Date:	19 September 1992
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Origin:	New Jersey, United States
Genre:	Hip hop
Years Active:	2009–present
Associated Acts:	Savemoney

Malcolm Martin (born September 19, 1992), professionally known as Thelonious Martin or King Thelonious is an American hip hop record producer from Chicago, Illinois. He is a member of the Chicago collective Savemoney.

Life and career

Malcolm Martin was born on September 19, 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.^[1] 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^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Later that year, collaborated with the Odd Future group MellowHigh for their single "Go" released on April 20.^[8] 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.^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12]

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 track list. On December 2, 2014, he released his debut album Wünderkid, entirely produced by himself and featured Curren$y, Domo Genesis, Retch, Mac Miller, Ab-Soul, Smoke DZA, and more. He later had his song "September" featured on Adult Swim.^[13] He also produced the song "Back Home" for A$AP Rocky's sophomore album At.Long.Last.A$AP.

In 2015, Martin had collaborated with Rhode Island musician and designer Theo Martins. The two began collaborating after confusion over similarities between their names became incessant. "Show Me Around", which debuted on Okayplayer^[14] was warmly received and the two began work on a full length. "Bad Tendencies" premiered on The Fader September 28, 2016, and the two announced a collaborative EP.^[15] Theo Martins cites Odd Future member Anwar Carrots as the fuel behind collaborating with Martin.^[16] ^[17]

Influences

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

Discography

Studio albums

Wünderkid (2014)
Late Night Programming (2016)

Collaborative albums

Molotov (with Saga) (2017)
TM (with Theo Martins) (2017)
As It Is in Heaven (with Jabee) (2018)
Deliver Us from Evil (with Jabee) (2018)
Thy Will Be Done (with Jabee) (2019)
5-Series (with Jacob Rochester) (2020)
Patchworks (with Jacob Rochester) (2021)
2409 West Slauson (with Radamiz) (2023)

Production discography

2012

Hodgy Beats – untitled

06. "Ave."
08. "If Heaven Is a Ghetto"

Skyzoo – Theo vs. JJ (Dreams vs. Reality)

03. "Fulfillment"
04. "Ever Loyal"

Curren$y – Priest Andretti

08. "Talk My Shit"

Freeway – Freedom of Speech

10. "Let You Know"

Pro Era – PEEP: The aPROcalypse

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

Curren$y - 3 Piece Set / A Closed Session

01. "Pick N Roll" (featuring Young Roddy)"
02. "Can't Get Out" (featuring Young Roddy)
03. "Yella Cab"

2013

Joey Bada$$

"Wendy-n-Becky" (featuring Chance the Rapper)

Le$ – E36

11. "Autobahn" (featuring Smoke DZA)

Alex Wiley – Club Wiley

14. "Icky Woods" (featuring Action Bronson)

Dash – V.I.C.E.S

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

Showyousuck – One Man Pizza Party 4: Slice After Death

04. "Flip Phone"

World's Fair – Bastards of the Party

03. "Heathrow" (performed by Children of the Night)

Curren$y & Young Roddy – Bales

10. "Walkie Talkies"

Kool A.D. – Not O.K.

07. "PLVYVHVT3" (featuring Jabee)

RetcH - Polo Sporting Goods

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

2014

Smoke DZA – Dream. Zone. Achieve

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

Curren$y - The Drive In Theatre

01. 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

2015

ASAP Rocky – At. Long. Last. ASAP

18. "Back Home" (featuring Mos Def, A-Cyde & ASAP Yams)

Skyzoo – Music for My Friends

06. "See a Key (Ki)" (featuring Jadakiss)
10. "Women Who Can Cook"

RetcH – Finesse the World

07. "Bad Luck"
10. "Dirty Ginger Ale"

2016

Joey Purp - iiiDrops

06. "Cornerstone" (featuring Saba & theMIND)
08. "Godbody"
10. "Winners Circle" (featuring Vic Mensa)

Hannibal King – Don't Die

05. "88"

Hodgy Beats – Dukkha

01. "Anime"

Xavier Omär - The Everlasting Wave

02. "Grown Woman"
05. "Do Not Disturb" (co-produced with Carter Lang, Peter Cottontale and Will Miller)

Curren$y - Andretti 10/30

02. "Lifers"

2017

G Herbo - Humble Beast

01. "Street" (co-produced with Isaac Burns)

IDK - IWASVERYBAD

11. "Black Sheep, White Dove" (co-produced with ByLoFi)

2018

G Herbo - Humble Beast (Deluxe Edition)

24. "Shook"

Joey Purp - Quarterthing

01. "24k Gold / Sanctified" (featuring Ravyn Lenae & Jack Red)
13. "LEBRON JAMES" (co-produced with CameOne)

2019

IDK - Is He Real?

14. "Julia..." (co-produced with IDK)

2020

Curren$y - 3 Piece Set

01. "52 Seconds"
02. "Survivor's Remorse"
03. "Rag Top Love Affair"

Peter CottonTale - Catch

11. "Find You (New Jerusalem)" (co-produced with Peter CottonTale)

Vic Mensa - V TAPE

02. "Machiavelli" (featuring Eryn Allen Kane) (co-produced with SC and Amir Johnson)
05. "Bethlehem / SC Freestyle" (co-produced with SC and Niko the Great)

Femdot - Buy One Get One Free, Vol. 1

02. "Back Home"

2021

Topaz Jones - Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma

13. "Buggin'" (co-produced with Topaz Jones, Jack Hallenbeck and Alissia)

Skyzoo - All the Brilliant Things

03. "A Tour in the Neighbourhood" (featuring Al Skratch)

Amaria - Bittersweet

03. "Got Me Like" (featuring Mick Jenkins) (co-produced with Tee-Watt and Niko the Great)

Mick Jenkins - Elephant in the Room

01. The Valley of the Shadow of Death (co-produced with Tee-Watt and Renzell)

Radamiz – Every Bad Day Has Good News

02. "Ash Wednesday"

2022

Marcel Allen - Ebony Goddess

01. "Dinner Wit Hov"
02. "SALT!" (featuring Havoc) (co-produced with Jacob Rochester)
05. "4EvaStackin" (featuring Boldy James)
06. "Silver Surfer" (co-produced with Jacob Rochester)
07. "Dead Wrong" (co-produced with Jacob Rochester)
08. "Goddess" (co-produced with Jacob Rochester)

Cam'ron & A-Trak - U Wasn't There

01. "This is My City (Federal Reserve Version)" (co-produced with A-Trak)

G Herbo - Survivor's Remorse

1-07. "Real Rap" (featuring Benny the Butcher) (co-produced with CameOne and Gerson Zaragoza)
1-09. "Shordie" (featuring Gunna) (co-produced with Oz on the Track and Don Rob)
2-07. "Machines" (featuring Conway the Machine)

Notes and References

Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Yes Please Thelonious Martin . YouTube.
Web site: Untitled EP Mixtape by Hodgy Beats Hosted by OFWGKTA & Mellowhype.
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Joey Purp x Thelonious Martin - iDo(nt)Care - iiiDrops . YouTube.
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Joey Purp - Don't Stop . YouTube.
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Naked Pictures" Vic Mensa & Thelonious Martin . YouTube.
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Vic Mensa - Children of the Sun (prod. by Thelonious Martin) . YouTube.
Web site: Pro Era - Peep the Aprocalypse - the Pro Era . 2016-01-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130428010005/http://theproera.com/music/pro-era-peep-the-aprocalypse/ . 2013-04-28 .
Web site: MellowHigh – "Go". 20 April 2012.
Web site: Polo Sporting Goods Mixtape by Retch Hosted by Thelonious Martin.
Web site: New Jet City Mixtape by Curren$y.
Web site: V.i.c.e.s. HNHH . 30 June 2013.
Web site: Closed Sessions: "Blackbird" featuring Action Bronson (prod by Thelonious Martin) by Rubyhornet on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120721072601/http://soundcloud.com/rubyhornet/closed-sessions-blackbird. 2012-07-21.
Web site: Wünderkid by Thelonious Martin. . 2 December 2014.
Web site: Audio Premiere: Theophilus Martins "Show Me Around (Prod. Thelonious Martin)" - Okayplayer Okayplayer. Okayplayer. www.okayplayer.com. 20 May 2014. 2016-10-06.
Web site: Theo Martins Is Only Giving Light To The Right Energy On "Bad Tendencies". The FADER. 2016-10-06.
Web site: Theo Martins Is Only Giving Light To The Right Energy On "Bad Tendencies". The FADER. 2016-10-06.
Web site: Theo Martins Keeps The Negative Energy Away On "Bad Tendencies" (prod. Thelonious Martin) – Okayplayer Okayplayer. Okayplayer. www.okayplayer.com. 4 October 2016. 2016-10-06.