# BBNG2 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/BBNG2 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/BBNG2.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBNG2 > Source revision: 1338841634 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) ***BBNG2*** is the second studio album from Canadian music group [BADBADNOTGOOD](/source/BADBADNOTGOOD). It was made available on April 3, 2012, via the band's website as a free download in various formats.[1][2] The album is a mixture of original compositions and covers of [Earl Sweatshirt](/source/Earl_Sweatshirt) (track 1), [Feist](/source/Feist_(singer)) (track 4), [Tyler, The Creator](/source/Tyler,_The_Creator) and [Gucci Mane](/source/Gucci_Mane) (track 5), [James Blake](/source/James_Blake_(musician)) (tracks 4 and 9), [Kanye West](/source/Kanye_West) (track 10), and [My Bloody Valentine](/source/My_Bloody_Valentine_(band)) (track 11). It received generally very positive reviews. ## Production and release Following their prolific first year as a band, which saw the release of the viral *Odd Future Sessions*, an EP, two live albums, and their debut album *[BBNG](/source/BBNG_(album))*, the group self-released their sophomore album on April 3, 2012.[3] The group made the album available for free download online. The entire album was recorded in one ten hour recording session at Revolution Recordings in Toronto, with the group making a note that "no one above the age of 21 was involved in the making of this album."[3] The album included more original material than their first album as well as reworked versions of the previously released songs "Rotten Decay" and "Bastard/Lemonade." This album also contained two collaborative tracks, one featuring Luan Phung and the other with future band member [Leland Whitty](/source/Leland_Whitty). ## Reception Main articles: [BadBadNotGood#Reception](/source/BadBadNotGood#Reception) and [BadBadNotGood#Style](/source/BadBadNotGood#Style) *BBNG2* received more mainstream coverage than any of the band's previous releases, including features in *[The Guardian's](/source/The_Guardian)* New Band of the Week and *[NPR](/source/NPR)'s* Song of the Day.[4][5][6] The album received positive critical reviews, with *Prefix Mag* calling the album a "decisive turning point" and [Anthony Fantano](/source/Anthony_Fantano) of *The Needle Drop* celebrating the band's new sounds and strong improvisations and solos, saying that they were "doing fantastic things for jazz;"[7][8] he gave the album a 9/10 review, his second-highest rated album of the year.[9] Some jazz critics took offense to the band's irreverence toward jazz tradition and accused them of being over-hyped relative to their experience and technical proficiency. Others went as far as to debate the band's right to play and call themselves jazz.[10] Some commentators in the jazz scene, however, like musician Brownman Ali and critic Anthony Dean-Harris, came to the band's defense, with the latter stating, "They have all the attributes of a real cutting edge jazz band who can once again make us all rethink what this genre is capable of doing, being, becoming, and encompassing."[11][12] ## Track listing Credits adapted from Bandcamp.[3] ## Personnel **BADBADNOTGOOD** - [Matthew Tavares](/source/Matthew_Tavares) - keyboards - [Chester Hansen](/source/Chester_Hansen) - bass guitar, upright bass - [Alexander Sowinski](/source/Alexander_Sowinski) - drums, sampler **Other music** - [Leland Whitty](/source/Leland_Whitty) - saxophone (tracks 1 & 7) - Luan Phung - electric guitar (track 11) **Technical** - Matthew Tavares - mixing, mastering - Matt MacNeil - engineer, mixing, mastering - Jack Clow - engineer **Artwork** - Connor Olthuis - photography, art design - Sam Zaret - art design ## References 1. Barton, Chris (April 17, 2012). ["The Odd Future-endorsed sound of BadBadNotGood comes to the Mint"](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-badbadnotgood-20120416,0,5932764.story). *Los Angeles Times* 1. Dart, Chris (April 24, 2012). ["Sound Advice: BBNG2 by Badbadnotgood"](http://torontoist.com/2012/04/sound-advice-bbng2-by-badbadnotgood/). *Torontoist* 1. ["BBNG2, by BADBADNOTGOOD"](https://badbadnotgood.bandcamp.com/album/bbng2). *BADBADNOTGOOD*. Retrieved 2020-12-19. 1. ["New band of the day – No 1,252: BADBADNOTGOOD"](http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/apr/18/new-band-badbadnotgood). *the Guardian*. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2020-12-19. 1. ["BADBADNOTGOOD: A Moody Jazz-Hop Think Piece"](https://www.npr.org/2012/05/30/153928153/badbadnotgood-a-moody-jazz-hop-think-piece). *NPR.org*. Retrieved 2020-12-19. 1. ["Who Is BadBadNotGood?"](https://www.complex.com/music/2012/05/who-is-badbadnotgood/). *Complex*. Retrieved 2020-12-19. 1. Mejia, Paula. ["BBNG2 | Prefixmag.com"](https://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/bbng2/64006/). Retrieved 2020-12-19. 1. Fantano, Anthony (April 5, 2012). [*BADBADNOTGOOD- BBNG2 ALBUM REVIEW*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2g9_YXxfY0) (video). [The Needle Drop](/source/The_Needle_Drop) 1. ["The Needle Drop's Best Albums of 2012"](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/57-the-needle-drop-highest-rated/2012/1). *Album of The Year*. Retrieved 2020-12-19. 1. Dean-Harris, Anthony (2012-04-05). ["How Do We Solve a Problem Like BBNG?"](https://nextbop.com/blog/howdowesolveaproblemlikebbng). *Nextbop*. Retrieved 2020-12-19. 1. Neil, Matthew Sean (2018). ["BadBadNotGood and Jazz Blasphemy"](https://escholarship.org/content/qt6s9417q4/qt6s9417q4.pdf?t=phkcy6). *Locating Jazz in 21st Century American Society*. Riverside, CA: University of California Riverside. pp. 226–230. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200701232930/https://escholarship.org/content/qt6s9417q4/qt6s9417q4.pdf?t=phkcy6) 2020-07-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-07-01. 1. Dean-Harris, Anthony (2012-04-03). ["For Your Consideration: BADBADNOTGOOD'S 'BBNG2'"](https://nextbop.com/blog/foryourconsiderationbadbadnotgoodsbbng2). *Nextbop*. Retrieved 2022-11-24. ## External links - [Official website](https://badbadnotgood.com/) - [BADBADNOTGOOD on Tumblr](http://badbadnotgood.tumblr.com/) - [BADBADNOTGOOD on Bandcamp](https://badbadnotgoodofficial.bandcamp.com/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [BBNG2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBNG2) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBNG2?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.