{"id":43380,"date":"2025-10-12T19:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T19:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/monte-booker-announces-debut-album-defense-featuring-nami\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T19:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T19:40:18","slug":"monte-booker-announces-debut-album-defense-featuring-nami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/monte-booker-announces-debut-album-defense-featuring-nami\/","title":{"rendered":"Monte Booker Announces Debut Album + \u201cDefense\u201d Featuring Nami."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the heels of Monte Booker\u2019s Grammy win, landing Best Rap Album for his work on Doechii\u2019s \u2018Alligator Bites Never Heal\u2019 and his first <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/heavyweight-producer-songwriter-monte-booker-drops-debut-single-video\/\"><strong>solo single \u201cbalance,\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Monte returns to announce a debut album. The record titled noise \/ meaning showcases Monte\u2019s vocals and comprehensive creative vision for the first time, weaving in the genre-blending, avant-garde beats he\u2019s become known for, the album will drop Oct 24th. Alongside the album announcement Monte shares a taste of the record with new single \u201cdefense.\u201d The song features vocals from fellow LA-based artist Nami.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"monte booker &amp; nami - defense\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kHZg9_1TxCE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"monte booker &amp; nami - defense\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kHZg9_1TxCE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking about the album Monte shares, \u201cI want this album to be a reflection on what noise means to me, and I want it to be a celebration of my community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monte began conceptualizing the project back in 2022, first envisioning it as a 50-song treatise on the way noise, sound, and music functioned in his life. To achieve something that was representative of his artistic vision, he, almost paradoxically, began to study just how impactful the artists he grew up with and the people he surrounds himself with have been and continue to be on his musical journey. Booker realized that everyone he encounters \u2014 whether fellow musicians or people at local restaurants, parks, the grocery store \u2014 impacts the way his music is shaped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monte Booker is known as a pioneering producer from Chicago, Illinois, celebrated for his otherworldly yet organic sound and genre-blurring approach. Since first diving into FL Studio in 2011, he\u2019s drawn inspiration from artists like Kanye West, J Dilla, DJ Rashad, Thom Yorke, Flying Lotus, Aphex Twin and many others, shaping a sonic identity that\u2019s instantly recognizable. Breaking out with his Soulection White Label EP in 2016, Monte became the heartbeat of the Zero Fatigue collective, crafting era-defining sounds for <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/tag\/smino\/\"><strong>Smino<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/tag\/ravyn-lenae\/\"><strong>Ravyn Lenae<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, while also leaving his mark on Chicago\u2019s 2010s scene with Mick Jenkins, Saba, and Noname. His signature drum sounds and textural production have influenced an entire generation of producers, and in 2020, his track Kolors (ft. Smino) became a viral sensation on TikTok. Post-pandemic, he\u2019s collaborated with artists like Kenny Mason, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/tag\/timbaland\/\"><strong>Timbaland<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Pink Siifu, JID, Mavi, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/tag\/vince-staples\/\"><strong>Vince Staples<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/tag\/j-cole\/\"><strong>J Cole<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and Mereba constantly evolving his sonic landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On his debut album Monte is making his first comprehensive solo statement as an artist. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the heels of Monte Booker\u2019s Grammy win, landing Best Rap Album for his work on Doechii\u2019s \u2018Alligator Bites Never<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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