Tone Mason facts for kids

Tone Mason is a music production team from Toronto, Canada. They are famous for creating hip-hop and R&B songs. The team includes Mellenius and Don D. Another member, Aloysius Brown, was part of the group before.

Tone Mason has made music for many different projects. Their work has been featured on TV channels like MuchMusic and BET. They also contributed to movies like Barbershop: The Next Cut and comedian Russell Peters' Red, White and Brown. They even made music for EA Sports video games.

How Tone Mason Started

Don D. began his music career in the 1990s. He was a DJ and producer for a hip-hop group called Nefarius. After a group member passed away in 1999, Don D. and MC Collizhun released an album. They later decided to go their separate ways.

Don D. then met Aloysius Brown and Mellenius. They all worked together, learning from each other about music production. Don D. felt their music was too good to keep hidden. So, they decided to form the group Tone Mason.

Big Songs They Produced

In 2003, Tone Mason produced a song called "Back Where I've Stayed." This song was for Choclair's album, Flagrant. That album was very successful and even won a Juno Award.

They also produced a popular song called "Hood Boy" in 2006. This hit song was sung by Fantasia Barrino and featured Big Boi.

Music They Produced

Tone Mason has produced many songs for different artists. Here are some of the songs they helped create:

Singles by Tone Mason

• "The Throwback" featuring BrassMunk, Graph Nobel and G-Stokes

Production Credits for Other Artists

• "Stadium Music" - Lil Kim featuring Yo Gotti
• "The Color Purple" - Freddie Gibbs
• "Double Up" - 50 Cent featuring Hayes
• "Light Up" – Drake featuring Jay-Z
• "Hood Boy" – Fantasia featuring Big Boi
• "We Got the Streets" – Busta Rhymes featuring Papoose and others
• "High Speed Chasin" – Rah Digga featuring Mobb Deep
• "Hot Like the Summer" – Saukrates featuring Andreena Mill
• "Black Girl Pain" – Talib Kweli featuring Jean Grae and Yummy Bingham
• "My Girl" – Lloyd Banks
• "Magic Hour" – AZ featuring CL Smooth
• "Boom Bye Yeah" – Sean Price
• "Fire in Ya Eyes" – JB featuring The Game
• "Back Where I've Stayed" – Choclair
• "Filthy" – Rascalz
• "Struggle" – Eternia featuring Wordsworth and Kenn Starr
• "God Only Knows" – Point Blank
• "Salt n Pepper" – Saukrates featuring Rich Kidd
• "Full Nelson" – Redman featuring Ready Roc, Runt Dawg and Saukrates
• "En La Noche" - Fito Blanko
• "Life" - The Game
• "What It Is" - Sheek Louch featuring Styles P (co-produced by C- Sharp)
• "For The People" - Ice Cube featuring Common
• "Let's Go" - Tassnata featuring Rich Kidd & Tona
• "Designated Driver" - Maestro featuring Skyzoo
• "Day N Nite" - Kennedy Rd.
• "Like Them" - Jeezy featuring Rick Ross & Tory Lanez

TV and Movie Music

Tone Mason has also created music for various television shows and movies:

• They made the theme song for the movie Barbershop: The Next Cut ("For The People" - Ice Cube featuring Common).
• They created theme and intro music for the TV channel MuchVibe (TV channel) and its TV series.
• They provided background music for The Score Television Network and the show Cabbie Unlimited.
• They made background music for BET's show Iron Ring.
• They also created background music for the DVD extras of Russell Peters: Red, White, and Brown.