Mike Caren

Mike Caren (Born May 5, 1977) is an American Record Producer, Executive Vice President of A&R for Atlantic Records ^[1] and Co-President of Elektra Records.^[2] After completing jobs with SRC/Loud Records and Ruthless Records, he started his career at Atlantic in 1995 at the age of seventeen as Manager of Rap Marketing for the label's 'Big Beat' imprint. He has since been responsible for signing numerous artists that have earned gold and/or platinum-selling records. As a producer and writer, he contributed to the production of T.I.'s Grammy winning "Swagga Like Us," and produced Trick Daddy "Sugar (Gimmie Some)" (Gold), Cobra Starship "Hot Mess" (Gold), Flo Rida "Jump" (Gold), Bruno Mars "Otherside," Kanye West "Hell of a Life," and Jennifer Lopez "Everybody's Girl," among others. He is also credited with co-wrote Flo Rida's hit single, "Sugar," featuring Wynter Gordon, and David Guetta's "Where Them Girlz At" featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj.

As an A&R executive, Caren has signed some of the most successful artists in music. His signings include: Trey Songz, T.I., Flo-Rida, Cody Simpson, Trick Daddy, Twista, Trina, Wiz Khalifa, Juvenile, and Prince Royce.

In 2009, Caren established a boutique publishing company, Artist Publishing Group (APG), in association with Warner/ Chappell Music. The company has placed songs with Madonna, Beyonce, Enrique Iglesias, The Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Flo-Rida, Chris Brown, B.o.B, Toni Braxton, T-Pain, T.I., Keyshia Cole, Lupe Fiasco, Sean Kingston, Birdman, Chamillionaire and numerous Television programs and films. APG has had more than ten top 40 Billboard hits to date.

Discography

A&R

Year	Artist	Album
2000	Original Soundtrack	Any Given Sunday
2001	Greg Street	Six O' Clock, Vol. 1
2002	B Rich	80 Dimes
2002	Nappy Roots	Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz
2002	Trick Daddy	Thug Holiday
2002	Trina	Diamond Princess
2003	Nappy Roots	Wooden Leather
2003	T.I.	Trap Muzik
2004	Handsome Boy Modeling School	White People
2004	T.I.	Urban Legend
2004	Trick Daddy	Thug Matrimony: Married To The Streets
2004	Twista	Kamikaze
2004	Twista / Anthony Hamilton	Sunshine
2005	Anthony Hamilton	Soulife
2005	T.I.	Urban Legend (Chopped & Screwed)
2005	T.I.	I'm a King
2005	Trey Songz	I Gotta Make It
2005	Trina	Glamorest Life
2005	Twista	Day After (Chopped and Screwed)
2005	Twista	Day After
2006	Juvenile	Reality Check
2006	T.I.	King
2006	Trick Daddy	Back By Thug Demand
2006	Young Dro	Best Thang Smokin'
2007	Keke Palmer	So Uncool
2007	Plies	Real Testament
2007	Trey Songz	Trey Day
2008	Flo Rida	Mail On Sunday
2008	Plies	Da Realist
2008	Plies	Definition of Real
2008	Webbie	Savage Life 2
2009	Flo Rida	R.O.O.T.S.
2009	Trey Songz	Ready
2010	B.o.B	The Adventures of Bobby Ray
2010	Cee-Lo Green	The Lady Killer
2010	Flo Rida	Only One Flo (Part 1)
2010	Toni Braxton	Pulse
2010	Trey Songz	Passion, Pain & Pleasure

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Producer

Year	Artist	Album	Track
1998	Heltah Skeltah	Magnum Force	Black Fonzerelli
1999	Saukrates	The Underground Tapes	Ultimate Rush
2002	B Rich	80 Dimes	Show Time
2002	Nappy Roots	Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz	Headz Up, Hoes Down
2003	Nappy Roots	Wooden Leather	Ho Down
2004	Trick Daddy	Thug Matrimony: Married To The Streets	Sugar
2005	Jem	Finally Woken	Just A Ride
2006	Frankie J	Priceless	Dance, If He Can't Be
2007	Amerie	Because I Love It	Take Control
2009	Ashanti	Upcoming Album	TBA
2009	Asher Roth	Asleep in the Bread Aisle	I Love College, There She Goes
2009	Chamillionaire	Upcoming Album	Brand New
2009	Cobra Starship	Hot Mess	Living In The Sky W/ Diamonds, Hot Mess
2009	Cold Flamez	Upcoming Album	Touch Me There, In Ya Mouth
2009	Estelle	Upcoming Album	Little Bit
2009	Flo Rida	R.O.O.T.S.	Jump, Nasty Dancer, Sugar
2009	Kelly Rowland	Upcoming Album	Lonely Hearts, Lost With You
2009	Leighton Meester Ft. Robin Thicke	Upcoming Album	"Somebody To Love"
2009	Mickey Avalon	Upcoming Album	Teenage Dirtbag
2009	Travis Barker	Upcoming Album	Story Ends, Kudi The (Ft.Kid Cudi)
2009	Travis McCoy	Upcoming Album	Froze
2010	Bruno Mars ft B.o.B & Ceelo	Doo Wops & Hooligans	Otherside
2010	Kanye West	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Hell of a Life
2011	Jennifer Lopez	Love?	Beautiful, Everybody's Girl

Executive Producer

Year	Album	Artist
1999	"The Underground Tapes"	Saukrates
2001	"Awnaw"	Nappy Roots
2001	"Six O'Clock, Vol. 1"	Greg Street
2002	"80 Dimes"	B Rich
2002	"Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz"	Nappy Roots
2003	"Wooden Leather"	Nappy Roots
2004	"Kamikaze"	Twista
2005	"I Gotta Make It"	Trey Songz
2005	"Day After"	Twista
2006	"MTV2 My Block: Chicago"	Various Artists
2007	"Time for a Change"	Cupid
2008	"Mail on Sunday"	Flo Rida
2009	"R.O.O.T.S."	Flo Rida

Other Credits

Year	Album	Artist	Credit
1999	"Eye for an Eye"	RBL Posse	Mixing
1999	"The Underground Tapes"	Saukrates	Mixing
2000	"Any Given Sunday"	Original Soundtrack	Editing
2000	"Da Baddest Bitch"	Trina	Art Direction
2002	"80 Dimes"	B Rich	Mixing
2002	"Thug Holiday"	Trick Daddy	Editing, Mixing
2003	"Trap Muzik"	T.I.	Editing
2004	"Urband Legend"	T.I.	Engineer
2004	"Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets"	Trick Daddy	Engineer
2004	"Kamikaze"	Twista	Editing, Engineer, Vocal Producer
2005	"Soulife"	Anthony Hamilton	Mixing
2005	"Coach Carter"	Original Soundtrack	Engineer
2005	"First Lady"	Faith Evens	Engineer
2005	"Urband Legend (Chopped and Screwed)"	T.I.	Engineer
2005	"I Gotta Make It"	Trey Songz	Engineer
2006	"Hello Waveforms"	William Orbit	Drum Programming
2009	"Asleep in the Bread Aisle"	Asher Roth	Programming, Engineer
2009	"R.O.O.T.S."	Flo Rida	Keyboards, Programming

References

1. ^ "Yale Daily News - Atlantic Records VP talks talent". http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/7007. Retrieved 2009-06-01. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Entertainment Weekly - Elektra Returns = 2009-06-01". http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/06/elektra-returns.html. 

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