Thelonious Martin


Malcolm Martin, 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. 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, Martin collaborated with the Odd Future group MellowHigh for their single "Go" released on April 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, Martin produced half of Curren$y's mixtape The Drive In Theatre. He later produced "Ghost of Dipset" for New York rapper Smoke DZA for his album Dream.ZONE.Achieve. Later that year he released the song "Her" featuring Mac Miller. The song was released as a promotional single for his upcoming album. He later released the song "Atlantis" featuring Curren$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$y, Domo Genesis, Retch, Mac Miller, Ab-Soul, Smoke DZA, and more. He later had his song "September" featured on Adult Swim. He also produced the song "Back Home" for A$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 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. Theo Martins cites Odd Future member Anwar Carrots as the fuel behind collaborating with Martin.

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
  • ''Late Night Programming''

Collaborative albums

Molotov TM As It Is in Heaven Deliver Us from Evil Thy Will Be Done 5-Series Patchworks
  • ''2409 West Slauson''

Production discography

2012

[Hodgy Beats] – ''untitled">Untitled Hodgy Beats EP">untitled''

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

[Skyzoo] – ''Theo vs. JJ (Dreams vs. Reality)''

  • 03. "Fulfillment"
  • 04. "Ever Loyal"

Freeway">Freeway (rapper)">Freeway – ''Freedom of Speech">Freedom of Speech (mixtape)">Freedom of Speech''

  • 10. "Let You Know"

[Curren$y] – ''Priest Andretti''

  • 08. "Talk My Shit"

[Pro Era] – ''PEEP: The aPROcalypse''

  • 13. "K.I.N.G.S."

[Curren$y] - 3 Piece Set / A Closed Session

  • 01. "Pick N Roll"
  • 02. "Can't Get Out"
  • 03. "Yella Cab"

2013

[Joey Bada$$]

  • "Wendy-n-Becky"

Le$ – ''E36''

  • 11. "Autobahn"

[Alex Wiley] – ''Club Wiley''

  • 14. "Icky Woods"

Dash">Dash (rapper)">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">Remy Banks">World's Fair – ''Bastards of the Party''

  • 03. "Heathrow"

[Curren$y] & [Young Roddy] – ''Bales''

  • 03. "Weather Channel"
  • 10. "Walkie Talkies"

RetcH - ''Polo Sporting Goods''

  • 01. Graceful Jewelry Removal
  • 02. Marmalade Sky
  • 03. Burgundy Windbreaker
  • 04. Odd Sweaters 1992
  • 05. Pimp Sport
  • 06. Short $ermons
  • 07. Special Jim
  • 08. 850 Music
  • 09. Since My Dog Died
  • 10. Paul Allen's Business Card
  • 11. Blue Fin Tuna

[Kool A.D.] – ''[Not O.K.]''

  • 07. "PLVYVHVT3"

2014

[Curren$y] - ''The Drive In Theatre''

  • 01. "Introduction"
  • 04. "Vintage Vineyard"
  • 05. "Stolen"
  • 07. "E.T."
  • 08. "Grew Up in This"
  • 09. "M.P.R."
  • 12. "Hi Top Whites"

[Smoke DZA] – ''[Dream. Zone. Achieve]''

  • 03. "Ghost of Dipset"

[Curren$y] - ''Saturday Night Car Tunes''

  • 03. "House Shoes"

Thelonious Martin - ''Wunderkid''

  • 01. "Marvin"
  • 02. "Atlantis"
  • 03. "September"
  • 04. "Corners Of Your Mind"
  • 05. "Purps Interlude"
  • 06. "Ode To Madlib"
  • 07. "Tree Of Life "
  • 08. "The Home Team"
  • 09. "Malcolm Interlude"
  • 10. "All It Takes"
  • 11. "Tonight/Dreaming/Wake Up"
  • 12. "Jazzercise"
  • 13. "Wrong Or Right"
  • 14. "BadGuyGoodGuy"
  • 15. "Purp Outro"

2015

[ASAP Rocky] – ''[At. Long. Last. ASAP]''

  • 18. "Back Home"

[Skyzoo] – ''[Music for My Friends]''

  • 06. "See a Key "
  • 10. "Women Who Can Cook"

RetcH – ''Finesse the World''

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

Da$H">Dash (rapper)">Da$H - ''17 More Minutes''

  • 08. "RUPHUS"

Michael Christmas - ''What A Weird Day''

  • 09. "I Wrote A Poem"
  • 16. "Just Blaze"

2016

[Joey Purp] - ''iiiDrops''

  • 06. "Cornerstone"
  • 08. "Godbody"
  • 10. "Winners Circle"

Hannibal King – ''Don't Die''

  • 05. "88"

Hodgy Beats">Hodgy">Hodgy Beats – ''Dukkha''

  • 01. "Anime"

Xavier Omär - ''The Everlasting Wave''

  • 02. "Grown Woman"
  • 05. "Do Not Disturb"

[Curren$y] - ''Andretti 10/30''

  • 02. "Lifers"

2017

Slayter - ''REAL NIGGAS GET LONLEY''

  • 10. "DRUGS 2 THE PARTY"

Sha Hef - ''Out The Mud''

  • 15. "Before The Pen"

Al.divino - ''DUMP GAWD: DIVINO EDITION''

  • 02. "CEMENT SHOES"

[G Herbo] - ''[Humble Beast]''

  • 01. "Street"

IDK">IDK (rapper)">IDK - ''IWASVERYBAD">IWasVeryBad">IWASVERYBAD''

  • 11. "Black Sheep, White Dove"

2018

[G Herbo] - ''[Humble Beast]'' (Deluxe Edition)

  • 24. "Shook"

Topaz Jones - ''Nectar / Pleasure Pain Passion - Single''

  • 02. "Pleasure Pain Passion"

Colez - ''Poppa EP''

  • 02. "Cool"

Michael Christmas - ''Role Model''

  • 09. "Ball"
  • 13. "Growing Up"

[Joey Purp] - [Quarterthing]

  • 01. "24k Gold / Sanctified"
  • 13. "LEBRON JAMES"

2019

IDK">IDK (rapper)">IDK - ''Is He Real?">Is He Real (album)">Is He Real?''

  • 14. "Julia..."

Wynne">Wynne (rapper)">Wynne - ''If I May''

  • 01. "Roll Call"

2020

[Curren$y] - ''3 Piece Set''

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

Peter CottonTale - ''CATCH''

  • 11. "Find You "

HateSonny - ''Golden Child''

  • 07. "St. Mark"

[Vic Mensa] - ''V TAPE''

  • 02. "Machiavelli"
  • 05. "Bethlehem / SC Freestyle"

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

  • 02. "Back Home"

Michael Christmas - ''Hiding''

  • 03. "Nissan Altima"

2021

[Topaz Jones] - ''Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma''

  • 13. "Buggin'"

[Skyzoo] - ''All the Brilliant Things''

  • 03. "A Tour in the Neighbourhood"

Amaria - ''Bittersweet''

  • 03. "Got Me Like"

Mick Jenkins">Mick Jenkins (rapper)">Mick Jenkins - ''Elephant in the Room">Elephant in the Room (album)">Elephant in the Room''

[Radamiz] – ''[Every Bad Day Has Good News]''

  • 02. "Ash Wednesday"

2022

Marcel Allen - ''Ebony Goddess''

  • 01. "Dinner Wit Hov"
  • 02. "SALT!"
  • 05. "4EvaStackin"
  • 06. "Silver Surfer"
  • 07. "Dead Wrong"
  • 08. "Goddess"

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

  • 01. "This is My City "

[G Herbo] - ''Survivor's Remorse">Survivor's Remorse (album)">Survivor's Remorse''

  • 1-07. "Real Rap"
  • 1-09. "Shordie"
  • 2-07. "Machines"

[Curren$y] - ''The Drive In Theatre, Part 2''

  • 03. "Umbrellas"
  • 11. "Doe Boy"
  • 13. "Sun Storm"
  • 17. "MPR 2"
  • 20. "30 Floors Up"

2023

JELEEL!">Jeleel">JELEEL! - ''REAL RAW!''

  • 08. "CONFETTI"

[Radamiz] & Thelonious Martin - ''2409 West Slauson''

  • 01. "Body Prints, 1992"
  • 02. "33 Dice"
  • 03. "Too Often"
  • 04. "Pope Power"
  • 05. "Lake Shrine/Sam Lindenfeld Speaks"

Nolan Lewis - ''Plastique''

  • 09. "Levels"

AUSAR - ''I NOW KNOW.''

  • 11. "Tattoo"

[Joey Purp] - ''Heavy Heart, Vol. 1''

  • 01. "There Must Be Caesar"

[Vic Mensa] - ''Victor">Victor (Vic Mensa album)">Victor''

  • 05. "Weeping Poets"

Femdot. - ''Free Samples Vol. 2''

  • 06. "Cowboy Bebop"

Nolan Lewis - ''Plastique (Deluxe)''

  • 18. "Levels "

2024

Mick Jenkins">Mick Jenkins (rapper)">Mick Jenkins - ''The Patience (Deluxe Edition)">The Patience">The Patience (Deluxe Edition)''

  • 13. "Perm"

Halsey">Halsey (singer)">Halsey - ''[The Great Impersonator]''

  • 13. "Arsonist"

J'Von - ''Green Suit EP''

  • 01. "Acrylic On Canvas"
  • 02. "Nalgene Supreme"
  • 04. "Friends Again"

[Cordae] - ''The Crossroads">The Crossroads (album)">The Crossroads''

  • 12. "No Bad News"
  • 15. "Syrup Sandwiches"

2025

MIKE">Mike (musician)">MIKE - ''Showbiz!''

  • 19. "Burning House"