Tony began playing the bass at 14 years old. After forming his band in 1971, the Roadwork crew, Tony's passion for the music business grew tremendously. In 1975, L.J. Reynolds from The Dramatics noticed Tony's talent playing at a local club in Detroit. After auditioning for The Dramatics, Tony earned the bass players position in the group. Tony played bass, wrote, and produced many of their many of their hits including four songs from The Dramatic's gold album ‘Do What You Wanna Do’, as well as their last top 10 song ‘Welcome Back Home’. In 1978, Tony Green and Ron Banks of the Dramatics teamed up with George Clinton and wrote one of hip-hop's most sampled songs ‘One Of Those Funky Things’ from Parliament's ‘Motor Booty Affair’. Even greater success came when Tony became the band director and bass player for Death Row Records in 1993. Throughout the development of the G-Funk sound, Tony's signature bass lines elevated several hit projects that went platinum including the Doggystyle album by Snoop Dogg, the All Eyez on Me album by Tupac, the Poetic Justice Soundtrack, the Above The Rim Soundtrack, the Grammy award-winning ‘Let Me Ride’ by Dr. Dre, and Regulate by Warren G. As Founder and CEO of Hyped International Records, Tony has continued to develop an impressive repertoire of compositions referred to simply as ‘The Vault’. Many of his projects are an eclectic blend of R&B, Hip-Hop, Funk, Soul, and Rock n’ Roll. His works have been sampled by artists such as DMX, EPMD, Erykah Badu, Ice Cube, Gang Starr, Master P, Ruff Ryders, The Game, and Tupac.
Discography
Samples
DMX/Ruff Ryders - ‘The Ruff Ryders Anthem’ from the ‘It’s Dark & Hell is Hot’ album
EPMD - ‘Head Banger’ ft. K-Solo & Redman from the ‘Business Never Personal’ album
Erykah Badu - ‘Jump Up In the Air and Stay There’ ft. Lil Wayne & Bilal from the ‘New Amerykah Part Two’ album & ‘U Don’t Have To Call’ from the ‘But You Caint Use My Phone’ mixtape
Gang Starr – ‘Make Em’ Pay’ ft. Krumbsnatcha from the ‘Moment of Truth’ album
Master P - ‘How Ya Do Dat’ ft. Young Bleed and C-Loc from the ‘I’m Bout It’ soundtrack
The Game - ‘Cali Sunshine’ ft. Bilal from the ‘LAX’ album
Tupac - ‘Tha Lunatic’ from the ‘2Pacalypse Now’ album
XV – ‘Lights Please Vizzy Remix' ft. J. Cole
Soundtracks
Writer/Producer/Musician for "Above The Rim" on ‘Jus So Ya Know’ by CPO and ‘My Money Right’ by Lord G
Vocals/Musician for "Murder Was The Case" on the entire album including ‘21 Jumpstreet’, ‘What’ Would You Do’, ‘U Better Recognize’, ‘Dollaz + Sense’, ‘The Eulogy’, and ‘One More Day’
Musician for "Clueless" on ‘Rollin With My Homies’ by Coolio
Musician for "Jason's Lyric" on ‘First Round Draft Pick’ by The Twinz ft. Warren G, and ‘Walk Away’ by The Five Footaz
Musician for "Poetic Justice" on ‘Indo Smoke’ by Mista Grimm, and ‘Niggas Don’t Give a Fuck’ by Tha Dogg Pound
