Mr. Green (record producer)

Aaron Green, known professionally as Mr. Green, is an American DJ and record producer from Highland Park, New Jersey. He is known for his production style of blending the classic hip hop sounds of the 1990's with multiple different genres of music and scores which can be heard on MTV, E!, Comedy Central, among others.[1]

Mr. Green
Birth nameAaron Green
OriginHighland Park, New Jersey, U.S.
GenresInstrumental hip hop, underground hip hop
Occupation(s)Record producer, DJ
Years active2006–present
LabelsGreen Music Group, Live from the Streets Productions
Associated acts
Websitegreenhiphop.com

Career

Since 2007, Green has released his instrumental albums, including his Classic Beats series. So far, he has released four "Classic Beats" albums, and in late 2016, announced that he's working on a fifth edition.[2]

Green's most critically acclaimed song is "Children Sing" from his first international released 2008 album, The Only Color That Matters Is Green with Pace Won; it is considered to be an underground classic.[3]

In 2012, Green teamed up with another Outsidaz member, Young Zee. The single "I Love It" from their album One Crazy Weekend was featured on an episode in the fourth season of Jersey Shore. The same year, he and Pace Won returned with their follow-up album The Only Number That Matter Is Won, featuring guest appearances from Masta Ace, Snoop Dogg and Lee "Scratch" Perry.

Green has produced tracks for Snoop Dogg, Perry, Talib Kweli, Vinnie Paz and Jedi Mind Tricks, R.A. the Rugged Man, among others, and has performed internationally several times (including Brazil, Colombia, China, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Spain, Russia, Ireland, England, France, Belgium, Iceland), apart from the hundreds of shows he has put on in the United States. His past sponsors include Mountain Dew,[4] New Era Caps, Native Instruments (Maschine), and Animal Bikes.

Green and Sam Lipman-Stern's web series "Live from the Streets" has been picked up by VICE.[3][5] In 2015, Green compiled the songs from the series onto the album with the same name. He links up with The Roots rapper Malik B for their collaborative LP Unpredictable, and the Roots used his video "Live from the Bedroom" to celebrate their debut episode of The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Falon. Both Unpredictable and Live from the Streets were listed on the 'Best of the Year' list by ABC News.[6]

Discography

Instrumental albums
  • 2007 – Green Future[7]
  • 2009 – Classic Beats Volume 1[8]
  • 2009 – Classic Beats Volume 2[9]
  • 2011 – Classic Beats Volume 3[10]
  • 2013 – Ill Piano Classic Beats Vol. 4[11]
  • 2014 – One Day EP[12]
  • 2016 – The Project[13]
  • 2018 – The Last of the Classic Beats (narrated by Kool Herc) Volume 5

Collaboration albums

Compilation albums

References
  1. eMinor. "Mr. Green Bio | ReverbNation". ReverbNation. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  2. "Log In or Sign Up to View". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  3. "Mr. Green Bio | Mr. Green Career". MTV Artists. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  4. "Mr. Green". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  5. "About". Live from the Streets. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  6. "Why Adele's '25' Isn't the Best Album of 2015". ABC News. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  7. "Mr. Green Presents: Green Future by Mr. Green on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  8. "Classic Beats, Vol. 1 by Mr. Green on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  9. "Classic Beats, Vol. 2 by Mr. Green on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  10. "Classic Beats, Vol. 3 by Mr. Green on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  11. "Classic Beats, Vol. 4: Ill Piano by Mr. Green on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  12. "Mr. Green (3) - One Day EP (June 13th 2014)". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  13. "Mr. Green (3) - The Project". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  14. "Live From the Streets by Mr. Green on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
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