In 2021, he received the Libera Awards for Best R&B Record 2021 for his album It Is What It Is (Brainfeeder Records) by the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM). In 2020, It Is What It Is won Best Progressive R&B Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
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Thundercat dedicated the album to friend and frequent collaborator Mac Miller. It Is What It Is released on April 3, 2020, and was met with critical acclaim. Another single, "Dragonball Durag", was released on February 17. The second single, "Black Qualls" featuring Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington, and Childish Gambino was released on January 16. In October 2018, Thundercat premiered the song "King of the Hill" from his then upcoming album It Is What It Is. "Them Changes" contains a drum sample from the 1977 track " Footsteps in the Dark" by the Isley Brothers, the same sample used in Ice Cube's " It Was a Good Day" (although the latter more heavily sampled the original). In June 2017, Thundercat appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote his studio album Drunk with Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins. In August 2016, Bruner appeared live with singers Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald in Chicago.
In May of that year, Bruner appeared live with Red Hot Chili Peppers to play additional bass on their song "Go Robot" at iHeartRadio's release party for the band's 2016 album The Getaway. In 2016, Bruner revealed to XXL that he was working on a new album with Flying Lotus as a main contributor. The EP also includes a feature from Herbie Hancock and was the first appearance of "Them Changes". The EP includes tributes to his friend and collaborator Austin Peralta, a jazz pianist who was signed to Brainfeeder before his death in 2012. On June 22, 2015, Thundercat released The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam EP, which was developed during the production of To Pimp a Butterfly. Longtime Thundercat collaborators Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, and Terrace Martin were also major contributors to the album. The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam and To Pimp a Butterfly īruner was a major contributor to Kendrick Lamar's critically acclaimed album To Pimp a Butterfly, and has been described as being "at the creative epicenter" of the project. The next two years saw a return to the recording studio with fellow Brainfeeder artist Flying Lotus, with contributions to the Lotus's Until the Quiet Comes (2012) and You're Dead! (2014), and the release of Thundercat's second album Apocalypse (2013). He released his first solo album in 2011, The Golden Age of Apocalypse, which featured production from Flying Lotus, and was influenced by 1970s fusion artists such as Stanley Clarke and George Duke. Bruner credited Flying Lotus with pushing him to start singing and making his own projects. Around this time, Bruner would play in live bands for Raphael Saadiq and Snoop Dogg, both would make quips towards his playing style. Erykah Badu was credited with helping Bruner find his stage presence and identity as Thundercat.
Īlong with his band duties, Bruner is also a session musician, acclaimed for his work on Erykah Badu's New Amerykah (2008) and Flying Lotus' Cosmogramma (2010). In 2004, Bruner collaborated once again with Kamasi Washington, as well as Cameron Graves and Ronald Jr, under the name the Young Jazz Giants. Bruner's earliest studio album appearances include playing electric bass on Kamasi Washington's Live at 5th Street Dick's and The Proclamation. as a member of the Los Angeles punk band Suicidal Tendencies, replacing former bass player Josh Paul. A year later he joined his brother Ronald Jr. By the age of 15, he had a minor hit in Germany as a member of the boy band No Curfew. īruner began playing the bass at an early age, listening to bass players such as Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller for inspiration. They also sessioned with Terrace Martin in Washington's father's garage during this time. They would later get to play the same venues as the performers they watched. The reunited duo would sneak into jazz concerts, driving around in a worn down 1982 Ford Mustang to do so. Andrews re-introduced Bruner to Kamasi Washington, who originally met as children through their fathers’ play in a gospel fusion band. His teacher, Reggie Andrews, produced and co-wrote Let It Whip and collaborated with Rick James. Bruner attended Locke High School, playing in the school's jazz band. sobered from dealing with cocaine, the children would watch him play gigs at the Crenshaw Christian Center. His father played drums for The Temptations, The Supremes, and Gladys Knight amongst others. They raised him in Compton and other parts of Los Angeles. 1.1 The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam and To Pimp a Butterflyīruner was born into a family of musicians, including his father Ronald Bruner Sr., a drummer, and his mother Pam a flutist and percussionist.
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