Tha Green Report

Team Green Presents: The Instrumentals Circa 2007

2009-02-19T13:26:00.000-08:00

I'd like to present to you all some Team Green Instrumentals from 2007. I put some wack ones wit some pretty nice ones. I also threw in some remixes as well. Kinda shows how far along we've come in time, and also reminds me that there's still room to grow. Crazy how you think you're so hot at that moment, shows how important growth and time really is.

Enjoy.

Happy Birthday Michael Jordan!!

2009-02-17T23:57:00.000-08:00

The Greatest To Ever Play The Game

Team Green is now on TWITTER!!!

2009-02-17T23:47:00.000-08:00

Team Green is now on Twitter!!!

http://twitter.com/TeamGreenMusic

Coop Presents: The Presidential Kit

2009-02-17T20:46:00.000-08:00

So to all my producer friends out there My man Coop just released "The Presidential Kit(Barack Edition) with 400+ one shot sounds. Quality Kicks, Snares, Perc, FX, etc.

Make sure you check out his blog!
http://coops-blog-coopmusic.blogspot.com/

The Presidential Kit(Barack Edition) and Drums Kit is compatible with all samplers that use .wav files…

* Reason
* Fruity Loops
* Korg Triton
* Yamaha Motif
* Akai MPC 2000, 3000, 4000, 1000, and 500
* Gigasampler
* Sony ACID
* Ensoniq ASR-10 & ASRX
* Any Sampler that reads WAVs

"With the price, amount of sounds and quality of sounds in this kit i wish this was around when i was getting started."-Djay Cas(Ice Cube, Blood Raw, G- Unit)

lease note that sound kits are delivered electronically. Payments are made through Paypal and download links instantly sent to you via email. If enabled, please make sure to check your spam filter, especially if you are a Hotmail or Yahoo user.

Drake - So Far Gone [MIXTAPE]

2009-02-14T14:20:00.000-08:00

Lil Wayne's Young Money Crew Member & Interscope Signed Rapper Drake drops his heavily anticipated official mixtape!!

Drake's Blog:
www.octobersveryown.blogspot.com

Click here to get it!!

Straight From The SOLE 02/11/09

2009-02-11T18:38:00.000-08:00

Check out my latest purchase...
Air Jordan Retro 1 - ALPHA EDITION

When these first dropped... they really didn't catch my eye. But I saw some dude wearing last weekend and I had to have em! I was able to get these brand new for $50! What a steal!

Cartune Netwerk: Goin Ham Radio Vol. 1 [Features Track Produced by Team Green]

2009-02-11T00:31:00.000-08:00

Checkout the Cartune Netwerk's new mixtape "Ham Radio Vol. 1"... It's hosted by OJ Da Juiceman, Gucci Mane and Young Dro.

Lots of hot tracks on here, especially #24! (Shawty Redd ft. Big Kuntry King - End of The Night) It's produced by TEAM GREEN!!

Also, make sure you checkout #38, "Shawty Redd - Spank You Wit This Money" Produced by fellow Be@tBanger, D. RICH

Guy Makes A Portrait Of President Obama....WITH A PENCIL ONLY!!

2009-02-10T02:15:00.000-08:00

This is too cool!! I draw, but this dude is on another level....PROPS

The 51st annual Grammy Awards winners list

2009-02-09T13:58:00.000-08:00

Who took home a Grammy this year???

Big shouts to my boy Maestro who did work on Lil Wayne's "The Carter III"!

Album of the year
Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, Raising Sand

Rap album
Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III

Pop male vocal performance
John Mayer, Say

Record of the year
Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, Please Read the Letter

New artist
Adele

Rock album
Coldplay, Viva La Vida

Pop collaboration with vocals
Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, Rich Woman

Song of the year
Coldplay, Viva La Vida

Country performance by duo/group
Sugarland, Stay

R&B album
Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson

Short-form music video
Weezer, Pork and Beans

Long-form music video
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Runnin' Down a Dream, directed by Peter Bogdanovich

Traditional blues
B.B. King, One Kind Favor

Contemporary blues
Dr. John and the Lower 911, The City That Care Forgot

Contemporary folk/Americana
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Raising Sand

Male country vocal
Brad Paisley, Letter to Me

Country collaboration with vocals
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Killing the Blues

Country song
Jennifer Nettles, Stay

Traditional pop vocal album
Natalie Cole, Still Unforgettable

Female R&B vocal performance
Alicia Keys, Superwoman

Male R&B vocal performance
Ne-Yo, Miss Independent

R&B duo/group
Al Green featuring John Legend, Stay with Me (By the Sea)

Traditional R&B vocal performance
Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton, You've Got the Love I Need

R&B song
Ne-Yo, Miss Independent

Contemporary R&B album
Mary J. Blige, Growing Pains

Spoken-word album
Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth

Female pop vocal performance
Adele, Chasing Pavements

Pop duo/group
Coldplay, Viva La Vida

Pop vocal album
Duffy, Rockferry

Alternative album
Radiohead, In Rainbows

Solo rock vocal
John Mayer, Gravity

Rock duo/group
Kings of Leon, Sex on Fire

Hard rock performance
The Mars Volta, Wax Simulacra

Metal performance
Metallica, My Apocalypse

Rock song
Bruce Springsteen, Girls in Their Summer Clothes

Producer of the year, non-classical
Rick Rubin

Interview with my Big Dawg "Shawty Redd" @ VIBE.COM

2009-02-08T23:51:00.000-08:00

You Don’t Know Me: Shawty Redd (Producer’s Special)

Here's a lil bio type interview w/ my boss Shawty Redd. He's featured in Jeezy's single, "Who Dat!?" and is nominated for two Grammy's. Not really much that hasn't been said before about Redd, but still a good read nonetheless!

The hottest, under-the-radar producers stake their claim... In their own words.

My Name Is: Shawty Redd
Straight Outta: Memphis, Tennesee

This Is My Story:

My dad was a military man. So [as a kid] I was going back and forth…all over Memphis and Cali, then back to Memphis and back to Atlanta.

He wasn’t really around like that. I was with him probably until I was five. He and my mom separated when I was five or six. She married another military man.

I was at church in my younger days. My mom’s side, they like to go to church and everybody had to learn an instrument. They would make us play an instrument at church. It was just the kids playing an instrument.

I was the dancer at school. You know what I’m saying. C’mon: Most producers are really on top with dancing first. Everybody knew how to dance. That’s why we make the best beats. I thought I was MC Hammer.

I couldn’t really listen to music with a lot of profanity in it. I used to get out of my bed at like 3 o’ clock in the morning and then I have to go to school and sneak in my record tapes and listen to it and have Snoop Dogg on my walkman. When I was done listening to the whole album, I’d sneak back downstairs and put the tape back in the thing so you won’t know what was missing.

This Is My Influence:

My mom’s boyfriend bought me a keyboard when I was little. I wanted to play everything that I found on TV. I’d play it by ear. As I got older, I started creating my own beats.

I was depressed when I was a kid so my piano was my only savior. You know what I’m saying? I was in the room on punishment for the whole summer.

Redd continued on his love for crafting beats. Then one day he met the man who would change his destiny forever.

His name was actually Lil J at the time. I use to always see him at the club but never talked to him. Our mutual friend introduced us and we just clicked. We were partying hard. It wasn’t about the music, we just clicked as friends. We wasn’t really doing much music, we was going to the strip clubs making it rain before people even thought about making it rain. We weren’t really doing any music. We just liked girls. It wasn’t about music. We were homeboys. We didn’t even do any music for about a year. We were just kicking it.

He knew who I was.

“Lil J” became known as Def Jam recording artist Young Jeezy.

I had gave up on the music because I had some situations where people were taking advantage of me, taking my money. I was young and I was just buying cars and hanging out at strip clubs trying to spend money like Jeezy would. My money was nothing compared to his money. [So] I ran out of money. I was trying to get money and people weren’t giving me my check. I got a deal with MCA and I ended up getting some more money [but] that situation didn’t work. They didn’t promote me. They never really backed my project up. I was just sitting. I was on the bench. I was like, “Man, forget it.” There was too much going on.

I had this guy who kept bugging me for beats. They wanted to pay me like $15,000 for six beats. The day I had them coming over, my electricity got cut off. My electricity bill was like $600 and I didn’t have the money to pay it. At the time, I didn’t really have any homeboys that I could call but Jeezy. I was hoping that his number was still the same. When I called him, he was like, “What’s up, boy?” He was telling me, “I’m ready to rap. I’m ready to take it serious now.”

I said, “Man, I’m broke. I have some dudes coming over. But my electricity got cut off. I need about $600.” He was like, “I’m on my way. I got you. Where you at?” He came over and instead of him giving me $600 he was like, “Hey, I got $6,000 for you right here. How many beats can you do for me with $6,000?” I was like, “Man, I’ll do 12 beats for you.”

I ended up getting $6,000 and he ended up getting a deal.

This Is Why I’m Hot:

[After working with Jeezy] I got the title, “Dope Boys Beat Man.” All the dope boys came getting beats from me, twelve beats for $6,000. A lot of dope boys would come to me for that package deal and I ended up just producing everybody. I actually got Jeezy and Gucci Mane together. That’s how they ended up doing the “Icy” song. I was working on both their projects at the same time.

[But] I was not making enough money on these Jeezy type tracks… so I ended up doing a song called, “Drifter” and Snoop ended up hearing it. Because it was real hot in the strip clubs he wanted to buy the record from me.

At the time the heat came, Universal, Motown, JD, and everybody was trying to sign me for that one record. Snoop was like, “Can you make me a record? I don’t care if you write it or whatever. Make me a record.” I made the beat as soon as I got off the phone with Snoop. I sent him [“Sexual Eruption”] in less than an hour. I spent about twenty-five minutes on that beat. It’s just a gift that I got.

“Sexual Eruption” got two Grammy nominations. I just want to win because it will really put me in a situation where I need to be.

I want to be the Puffy of Atlanta. I want to be the Diddy.

[As a producer] the only thing I regret is I didn’t know the business side of music. If I would’ve known that, I would probably be in Diddy’s shoes right now.

Shawty Redd and Big Kuntry King "END OF THE NIGHT" Getting Big Plays!

2008-12-30T05:52:00.000-08:00

Both over 5,000 plays in no time!!
Make sure you add "End of The Night" to your playlist!!javascript:void(0)

www.myspace.com/shawtyredd
www.myspace.com/bigkuntryking
www.myspace.com/teamgr33n

Straight From The SOLE 12/30/08

2008-12-30T05:36:00.000-08:00

If you all didn't already know, I really like shoes, I don't know if I like em as much as I like fitted caps, or I won't go as far as saying I'm a sneakerhead, but you get the idea...

Anywho, This is my first edition of "Straight From The SOLE". I usually cop a few pairs ofa shoes a month, so I figured, why not share? I'll also use this to post some shoes I can only dream of owning.

Check out my latest purchase.... Air Jordan 7 Flints w/ Purple
(my new favorite color!)

The People Have Spoken....

2008-12-30T05:21:00.000-08:00

Yes that's right the people have spoken...

I figured since this thing is for you all to get to know Team Green and myself better, why not let the people decide what kind of content they wanted to see most. As you can see, I held a poll and you guys overwhelmingly chose videos!!

Even though I'm broke as a joke, I went out and braved the sub freezing temps and bought a webcam over the weekend! Now you can watch me making tracks LIVE!!! And if you're lucky something crazy might go down or we might have a special guest appearance! LOL

The only way you can watch is if you subscribe to my uStream page!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/thagreenreport

There's the address above, I usually stream once a day, so be sure to check it out! The other Team Green members and alot of up and coming producer like myself that are making moves in the industry visit as well, so its a good amount of fun and knowledge for everyone!

Next, i'll be visiting my local pawn shop to cop a camcorder, (hopefully I can get a steal on one) so I can make some videos you all can download to your PC/Mac in high quality!

Shawty Redd ft. Big Kuntry King - End Of The Night [Produced by TEAM GREEN]

2008-12-19T10:23:00.000-08:00

http://limelinx.com/files/b969755a60372ac9e15ae3f5fed05318

Shawty Redd ft. Big Kuntry King - End Of The Night [Produced by TEAM GREEN]

The leakers already got a hold of this ruff version, we made this joint like a week ago and its already on the streets lol.

And before everyone asks, there were NO SAMPLES used.

Tell me what ya think folks!!

[VIDEO] Young Jeezy - Who Dat (Produced By Shawty Redd and D. Rich)

2008-12-18T09:57:00.000-08:00

Check out Young Jeezy's new video "Who Dat".

This was my favorite song on a very great album, and I'm not just saying that cuz my Boss Shawty Redd and labelmate D. Rich produced the track (we see u lil homie!)

Video is on some different sh*t that Jeezy would do IMO, I think its a hot video nonetheless.

Hopefully Jeezy gets with Be@tBangerz for more tracks for his next album. This is obviously what the people want!

Young Jeezy: The Recession in stores now! GO COP DAT!

Finals are Kickin My Ass

2008-12-16T06:50:00.000-08:00

Sorry I haven't been posting guys, the title of this post explains it all...

After Thursday, it's all over!

Expect videos, drumkit downloads, some exclusive music and a plethora of fashion post! (I just did some shopping!)

Until then.... Enjoy this leak from me;

Shawty Redd "O" - Produced by Team Green
Off of the upcoming album "Jekyl and Hyde"

Shawty Redd - O from Team G on Vimeo.

Train Like LT Nike Commercial (Music Score By Team Green) Could It Be A Curse?

2008-12-10T18:56:00.000-08:00

"Train Like LT" Commercials for Nike
(Music Score by Team Green & Shawty Redd)
Check out the rest of the commercials @ http://www.myspace.com/teamgr33n

Now there's a long story behind these commercials.

First off, the main idea for the music came from Taurean, then Concept and myself added to it. This all happened around March. Shawty Redd then heard the track and recorded over it. Then LT (LaDainian Tomlinson, Running Back for the San Diego Chargers) hits up Redd and tells him about his ad campaign with Nike and he wants a track like "Sexual Eruption" for the commercial. (He's living on the West Coast so I can see why...)

So Shawty Redd goes in and records the Train Like LT track. This all takes place a month or so after the track we all made was done. After that I hear nothing from it at all... Then all the sudden I'm browsing one of my fave sites (http://www.futureproducers.com/) and I see a thread about a Nike Commercial featuring LT and Kimbo Slice, and to my amazement the song we made MONTHS AGO is on there!

Taurean calls me and confirms it and whatnot. But then I begin to think...

LT: Picked to be the top RB in the NFL before the season started.

Kimbo: His stardom was growing bigger and bigger everyday, many thought he would be the next MMA superstar.

Here's why I think the commcercials might have a "Madden" like curse.

LT: LT got off to a slow start, not having a 100-yard rushing performance until week 4 against the Oakland Raiders while having averaged just 3.3 yards per carry the first 3 weeks. Many experts began to throw out questions as to whether Tomlinson was beginning to loose his legs and maybe indeed needed to participate in the preseason games before the regular season. He only has seven TD's and 885 rushing yards so far this season, way below his season averages and his team is 5-8. No playoffs this year.... :-(

Kimbo: He was a sensation across the globe, his internet fame pretty much led to him being in these Nike commercials. But, after the commercials he fought Seth Petruzelli On October 4, 2008. Slice agreed to take the fight after receiving a raise in pay, and took in $500,000. Petruzelli defeated Slice by TKO in 14 seconds into the first round of the bout.

All of these unfortunate events happened AFTER they shot the commercials!

So in conclusion, I appreciate the opportunity that we had to score these commercials, but at the same time, did Team Green play a role in the cursing two of my favorite superstars??!!?!?!
Who knows, but I think its something to ponder on...

Team Green - PMP Interview

2008-12-09T17:48:00.000-08:00

(Click Pic To Read Interview)

Sup ladies and gents. (prolly no ladies checkin out the blog, but hopefully that will soon change lol.)

To those who been following the Team, have most likely checked this out. But if you haven't its a great introductory starting point. The good peeps over at PMP get pretty in depth with the question on how we got our name and met, got signed, what equipment we use and the future of the music industry and Team Green.

A good read for any upcoming producer.

It Has Begun....

2008-12-08T05:53:00.000-08:00

Greetings! Most likely if you’ve made it this far into this thing, you either already know me and want to get to know more about me; or it could be the complete opposite. Who’s to judge right?

Well periodically, (hopefully frequently) I’ll be posting on this blog. What might the content of my posts be you might ask; Expect to get updates from Team Green, news, info, advice, things that catch my attention, an occasional rant from time to time.

Hopefully you all will enjoy the blog as much as I do. I want this thing is to be hot for everyone; producers whether upcoming or established, sneaker heads, fashion freaks, yuppies, thugs, people young and old, etc etc…

BUT this thing is can only be as hot you want it to be! Be active, post comments, give me ideas, tell me what you want me blog about!

Well that’s all for today folks,

It’s only the beginning…..

Stay Tuned!