Yung Bae

Yung Bae is Dallas Cotton from Sacramento, California. He started making music after digging through his father's vinyl collection, which had soul records from artists like Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye. That early exposure to older sounds eventually shaped what people call his 'future funk' style, which pulls from soul and jazz but puts it through electronic filters.

His 2016 debut album was called 'Bae City Rollaz,' and he's kept that title going with follow-ups like 'Bae City Rollaz 3' in 2020. The track 'Bae City Rollaz' is one of his most recognizable. He often works with other artists on songs, bringing in features from people like bbno$, Billy Marchiafava on 'Bad Boy,' or AWOLNATION on 'Disco Body Parts.'

Some listeners and critics have pointed out how much he samples from older records, which has sparked occasional debates about originality in his music. He's kept making it anyway, treating those vintage sounds as material to reshape rather than just replay. His live shows sometimes include musicians like saxophonist Elijah Green or drummer Carter Eiden, but the recordings are mostly his own productions.