Dallas Cotton (born July 2, 1994) also known as Yung Bae, is a future funk producer from Portland, Oregon, known for his Bae series of albums which sampled American disco, funk, and 1980s Japanese city pop.
Early life
Born in 1994 as Dallas Cotton,
Yung Bae began as a music producer based out of Portland, Oregon.
He attended Oregon State University for four months before turning to music full time. His first full album was titled
Bae.
He has since moved and begun working out of
Los Angeles.
Music career
Yung Bae works in the future funk and
vaporwave subgenres, releasing tracks online through sites like
Bandcamp—he released eight in total on that site. These received several million streams on
Spotify.
His early release albums included three volumes of his album series
Japanese Disco Edits. In 2016 his releases included
Skyscraper Anonymous,
BAE 2,
BA3, and
Bae: Side B.
In 2017 he released
B4E.
He has collaborated with acts such as
Flamingosis,
Brasstracks,
Method Man,
Mike Posner,
Sam Fischer,
Channel Tres, Marc E. Bassy,
Jon Batiste,
EarthGang,
Awolnation,
Pink Sweats, and
Nile Rodgers, amongst others.
In 2019 he released the single "Must Be Love"
and "Bad Boy"
which were included in his album
Bae 5.
"Bad Boy" was also his first single release after signing to major label
Arista Records.
In 2019 Yung Bae was named to the Billboard Dance Ones to Watch list.
Discography
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| Bae |
| BAE 2 |
| BA3 |
| Skyscraper Anonymous |
| Bae: Side B |
| B4E |
| Bae 5 |
Groove Continental: Side A |
| 2023 | Groove Continental: Side B |
| 2024 | BAE 6 |
See also
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