BBNG

For a band named 'BADBADNOTGOOD', this is some surprisingly GOODGOODNOTBAD Jazz right here.

These are some pretty damn smooth Jazz covers, I must say. Of course, nothing comes close to the originals, but BBNG do a solid job replicating the songs in their own style that has a bit of Nujabes sprinkled in there, except this is mostly played with live instruments and not done through sampling. I don't think that this is anything special, as they mostly play it safe with how much they alter the ... read more

Yes, it is nice, easy listening hip hop jazz fusion, but BADBADNOTGOOD doesn't make their sound very distinct. I'm glad they built on this on future projects.

"BBNG" is a great fusion of classic hip-hop beats and the group's own signature style of Jazz.

#0421: BBNG

LISTENED: 8 Mar 2023
RELEASED: 17 Sep 2011
ARTIST: BADBADNOTGOOD
DURATION: 46 min
GENRE: Instrumental Hip Hop, Jazz, Nu Jazz, Jazz Fusion

THOUGHTS:

BADBADNOTGOOD’s debut album consisting primarily of raw jazz reinterpretations of hip-hop instrumentals.

This was better in my head than it was actually coming back to it in 2026. To be honest, this thing isn't actually that impressive compared to what BBNG would do on their next few projects, the covers are cool, and they ... read more