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

Aaron Green, known professionally as Mr. Green, is an American musician from Highland Park, New Jersey, United States. He has a very unconventional and highly textured sonic style. In 2023, he played the piano on the intro to the iconic Westside Gunn's And Then You Pray for Me. His project with Lee Scratch Perry combined over 20 different genres and styles of music. He has produced dozens of songs that reached the Billboard charts including number one hit records. He is most known for his unique methods of production, often incorporating street sounds Into his music via the Live from the Streets show. He is also known for producing viral songs "If I Don't Go to Hell", which received over a billion views on TikTok[1])and the original version of "Lay Lay".

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 is working on a fifth edition featuring DJ Kool Herc.[2]

Mr. Green and Sam Lipman-Stern’s web series “Live from the Streets” has been picked up by Vice.[3] 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.

In 2018, Green collaborated on the ep "FLYGOD is good... all the time" with Westside Gunn.[4] He also released over a dozen limited edition 7" vinyl records. In 2019, Mr. Green collaborated with Lee "Scratch" Perry on the EP "Super Ape Vs. 緑: Open Door", featuring Eric Andre, Sheek Louch, Daniel Son and HR. In 2020, a ninja project began, loosely based around the cut and paste movies of the 1980s, the first single featured Gucci Mane entitled "Gucci Ninja Assassins".[5] A second single was announced featuring Rick Ross, “Golden Ninja Empire (Yayo Ninjas)”. The third and fourth singles were "Gucci Ninja Assassins 2: in the Metal Garden of Fire" feat. Gucci Mane and Supreme Ninja Training Montage feat. DMX. On Green's 27th birthday on June 29, 2021, a fifth ninja single feat. Lil Wayne was also released. HotNewHipHop.com compared Mr. Greens inventive work to that of RZA from Wu Tang Clan.[6] In August 2021, a sixth single featuring Jadakiss was also announced. In 2022 he released a single with Dolly White from YSL Records. In 2023 Mr. Green produced two tracks on Westside Gunn's And Then You Pray for Me.

Discography

Instrumental albums

  • 2007 – Green Future[7]
  • 2009 – Classic Beats Vol. 1[8]
  • 2009 – Classic Beats Vol. 2[9]
  • 2011 – Classic Beats Vol. 3[10]
  • 2013 – Classic Beats Vol. 4: Ill Piano[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. ↑ "Ghostface Killah, KRS One and Trippie Redd join Mr. Green on new EP 'If I Don't Go to Hell 3022' : MtvNext".
  2. ↑ "Mr. Green & Kool Herc Release 'Last of the Classic Beats' Project". Hypebeast.com. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Live From The Streets of Medellín". YouTube. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Westside Gunn & Mr. Green Unite for 'FLYGOD Is Good... All The Time' EP". Hypebeast.com. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Urena, Victor (11 May 2020). "Mr. Green x Gucci Mane – "Gucci Ninja Assassins"". Undergroundhiphopblog.com. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Lil Wayne Teams with Mr. Green on "Hall of Flying Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles"". HNHH.
  7. ↑ "Mr. Green Presents: Green Future by Mr. Green on Apple Music". iTunes. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  8. ↑ "Classic Beats, Vol. 1 by Mr. Green on Apple Music". iTunes. 25 March 2009. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  9. ↑ "Classic Beats, Vol. 2 by Mr. Green on Apple Music". iTunes. 25 March 2009. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  10. ↑ "Classic Beats, Vol. 3 by Mr. Green on iTunes". iTunes. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  11. ↑ "Classic Beats, Vol. 4: Ill Piano by Mr. Green on Apple Music". iTunes. 25 June 2013. 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. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  14. ↑ "Live From the Streets by Mr. Green on Apple Music". iTunes. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
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