Monte Booker


Ahmanti Booker, professionally known as Monte Booker is an American record producer from Chicago, Illinois. He is part of the musical collective Zero Fatigue, and has worked with artists such as Smino, Ravyn Lenae, Noname, Saba, Mick Jenkins, Sango, Ari Lennox and JID, among others.

Career

Monte Booker grew up in the South Side of Chicago listening to artists such as Outkast, Gucci Mane, Radiohead and Coldplay. He started producing in 2011 with FL Studio incorporating trap music and jazz as well as organic sounds in his music. In 2013, he met St. Louis artists Smino, Jay2 and Bari through studio manager Chris Classick, and joined the collective Zero Fatigue, along with Ravyn Lenae. He also became a member of Soulection Radio and released an EP on October 23, 2015, as part of their White Label series. The song "Kolors" became a viral hit in 2020 from TikTok streams, entering the Spotify's Viral 50 Charts.
Booker went on to produce projects for Zero Fatigue such as blkjuptr, Moon Shoes, Midnight Moonlight, blkswn, Noir, and MSTRGLSS. In 2016, he also worked with Chicago artists Noname, Mick Jenkins, and Saba on the albums Telefone, The Healing Component, and Bucket List Project.
In 2019, Booker was invited to Dreamville's recording sessions for the compilation Revenge of the Dreamers III by J. Cole. He produced three songs on the album, "Late Night", "Spin Move", and "Passcode". In 2020 and 2021, he has worked with other artists including Spillage Village and VanJess. On February 1, 2021, Booker released an instrumental mixtape titled Lil Sounds Tape.

Artistry

Monte Booker has credited producers such as Timbaland, Flying Lotus, The Neptunes, and Kanye West, as his major influences. Speaking about this, he said "what doing with music kind of inspired me to incorporate my influence to make it my own type of vibe." His sound has been described as percussive and organic production with "an eclectic amalgamation of Hip-Hop, R&B, and melody-heavy electronic sounds."

Discography

Extended plays

  • ''Soulection White Label: 016''

    Instrumental mixtapes

  • ''Lil Sounds Tape''

    Production discography

2014

Smino - ''Smellin Like a Re-Up''

  • 00. "Smellin Like a Re-Up"

    2015

Smino - ''S!Ck S!Ck S!Ck''

  • 01. "Ruby Red"
  • 02. "Ballet"
  • 03. "Raw"

    Ravyn Lenae - ''Moon Shoes''

  • 01. "Venezuela Trains"
  • 03. "Blossom Dearie"
  • 04. "Recess"
  • 05. "Free Room"
  • 06. "Sleep Talking"
  • 08. "Everything Above"

    Monte Booker - ''Soulection White Label: 016''

  • 01. "Flight"
  • 02. "Kolors"
  • 03. "Homealone"
  • 04. "Baby"

    Smino - ''Blkjuptr''

  • 01. "Blkjuptr"
  • 02. "Zoom"
  • 03. "Runnin'"
  • 04. "Poppa"
  • 05. "Oxygen"

    Smino - ''Ciabatta''

  • 00. "Ciabatta"

    2016

Smino - ''Kajun''

  • 00. "Kajun"

    Ravyn Lenae - ''Alive''

  • 00. "Alive"

    Noname - ''Telefone''

  • 02. "Sunny Duet"

    Mick Jenkins - ''The Healing Component''

  • 14. "Angles"

    Saba - ''Bucket List Project''

  • 12. "California"

    2017

Ravyn Lenae - ''Midnight Moonlight''

  • 02. "Unknown"
  • 03. "Spice"
  • 04. "Hiatus "
  • 05. "Oxygen"
  • 06. "Sleep Talking"

    Sango - ''De Mim, Pra Você''

  • 06. "Bem-Estar"

    Smino - ''Blkswn''

  • 01. "Wild Irish Roses"
  • 02. "Maraca"
  • 03. "Glass Flows"
  • 04. "Flea Flicka"
  • 05. "Spit Shine"
  • 06. "Netflix & Dusse"
  • 07. "Anita"
  • 08. "Lobby Kall"
  • 09. "Edgar Allen Poe'd Up"
  • 11. "B Role"
  • 12. "Blkoscars"
  • 14. "Long Run"
  • 15. "Innamission"
  • 16. "Silk Pillows"
  • 17. "Ricky Millions"
  • 18. "Amphetamine"

    Roseangelica - ''Butta''

  • 00. "Butta"

    Bari - ''Protein''

  • 00. "Protein"

    Hoosier Scott - ''Shade Spectrum''

  • 04. "How Would I?"

    Didi Park - ''Neon Bandages''

  • 06. "B&W Movies are Voodoo"
  • 08. "Method Acting"

    Zero Fatigue - ''Manegos''

  • 00. "Manegos"

    Monte Booker - ''KOMPANY''

  • 00. "KOMPANY"

    2018

Phoelix - ''TEMPO''

  • 14. "Taranphoeno"

    KYLE - ''Light of Mine''

  • 11. "ShipTrip"

    Smino - ''NØIR''

  • 03. "Klink"
  • 05. "Spinz"
  • 06. "Summer Salt"
  • 07. "Z4L"
  • 08. "Merlot"
  • 09. "We Got The Biscuits"
  • 12. "Low Down Derrty Blues"
  • 13. "Fenty Sex"
  • 14. "Bam 2x"
  • 18. "Verizon"

    Bari - ''The Prefix''

  • 01. "Tortas"
  • 02. "Glacier"
  • 03. "Intrigue"

    Zara Bash - ''Heaven on Earth''

  • 05. "Bad4Me"

    2019

Young Pink - ''MSTRGLSS''

  • 01. "Ooze"
  • 04. "Relax"
  • 05. "Ice Cup"
  • 06. "Eya"
  • 08. "Luhbish"
  • 10. "Caress"
  • 11. "Fluid"
  • 12. "Joi"
  • 13. "Stamina"

    Ash Jetson - ''814CK.HO13''

  • 04. "used to."

    Monte Booker - ''Interstellar''

  • 00. "Interstellar"

    Jay2 - ''4 Tha Wait''

  • 01. "Are You OK?"
  • 02. "Pomegranate"
  • 04. "Dork"
  • 05. "Dropped"
  • 07. "Shoppin'"

    MFnMelo - ''What a Life''

  • 00. ''What a Life''

    MFnMelo- ''Everybody Eats''

  • 04. "Flow Seats"
  • 09. "Notice"
  • 10. "What a Life"

    ICECOLDBISHOP - ''Creep''

  • 00. ''Creep''

    Smino - ''High 4 Da Highladays''

  • 01. "Sleigh"

    2020

Dreamville - ''Revenge of the Dreamers III: Director's Cut''

  • 22. "Late Night"
  • 23. "Spin Move"
  • 26. "Passcode"

    Ravyn Lenae - ''Insecure: Music From The HBO Original Series, Season 4''

  • 09. "Rewind"

    Hansel Mac - ''Limbo''

  • 01. "Mario"

    Smino - ''Madden NFL 21''

  • 14. "Backstage Pass"

    Spillage Village - ''Spilligion''

  • 06. "Judas"

    Femdot - ''Buy One, Get One Free Vol. 1''

  • 01. "Lifetime"

    Bari - ''Fuck It... Burn It All Down''

  • 13. "One Night"
  • 15. "Heart Is Valuable"

    Plvto - ''Hangout 4''

  • 04. "Apple"
  • 06. "Hues"

    Florence The Infinite - ''This Ain't That''

  • 00. "This Ain't That"

    Lord Red - ''Tired''

  • 00. "Tired"

    2021

Monte Booker - ''Lil Sounds Tape''

  • 01. "Maple"
  • 02. "Stay"
  • 03. "Feels Good"
  • 04. "Astro"
  • 05. "Shordie"
  • 06. "I Been Rollin"
  • 07. "Transition"
  • 08. "I Luv U All"
  • 09. "FM"

    VanJess - ''Homegrown''

  • 03. "Roses"

    Jay2 - ''Send Heartss''

  • 02. "As Cold As It Gets"

    Symphani Soto - ''Energy''

  • 00. "Energy"

    reggie - ''Ain't Gon Stop Me''

  • 00. "Ain't Gon Stop Me"

    Felly - ''Everybody Loves You''

  • 00. "Everybody Loves You"

    Vince Staples - ''Vince Staples''

  • 05. "Taking Trips"

    Pink Siifu - ''Gumbo'!''

  • 15. "Voicemails Uptown"

    Shane Eagle - ''Skydream''

  • 00. "Skydream"

    Maxo Kream - ''Weight of the World''

  • 07. "Don't Play With Shawty Ass"
  • 11. "Whole Lotta"
  • 16. "Believe"

    Mick Jenkins - ''Elephant In the Room''

  • 09. "Truffles"

    2022

Saba - ''Few Good Things''

  • 08. "A Simpler Time"

    JayBaby TheGreaty - ''Orange Belt''

  • 07. "2 Fired Up"

    Ravyn Lenae - ''Hypnos''

  • 02. "Venom"
  • 08. "Higher"
  • 09. "3D"
  • 10. "Satellites"
  • 11. "Lullabye"

    JID - ''The Forever Story''

  • 01. "Galaxy"
  • 12. "Just in Time"
  • 15. "Lauder Too"

    Pandi - #Batposting

  • 01. "Precious"

    Mavi - Laughing So Hard It Hurts

  • 03. "Baking Soda"
  • 12. "Trip"

    Smino - Luv 4 Rent

  • 01. "4rm Da Source"
  • 02. "No L's"
  • 03. "90 Proof"
  • 04. "Pro Freak"
  • 05. "Ole Ass Kendrick"
  • 06. "Louphoria"
  • 07. "Blu Billy"
  • 09. "Modennaminute"
  • 11. "Garden Lady"
  • 12. "Settle Down"
  • 14. "Curtains"

    Tours

;Headlining
;Supporting
  • ITCO Tour