{{short description|American music producer and musician}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = | name = Aalias | birth_name = Aaron Kleinstub | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|8|20}} | origin = Cleveland, Ohio, United States | genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|R&B|pop}} | years_active = 2013–present | website = Imprint One80<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imprint180.com/artists/aalias/|title=Aalias – imprint180-com|date=July 3, 2024}}</ref> }}
'''Aaron Kleinstub''' (born August 20, 1989), better known by his stage name '''Aalias''', is an American music producer and musician from Cleveland, Ohio.
==Biography== Aaron "Aalias" Kleinstub is a songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.<ref name="cleveland.com">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2013/10/aalias_--_aka_geauga_countys_a.html |title=Aalias - a.k.a. Geauga County's Aaron Kleinstub - steps into big time as co-producer of Eminem's 'The Monster' |publisher=cleveland.com |date=2013-10-31 |accessdate=2015-09-06}}</ref> As a teenager, he won numerous awards playing jazz trumpet, including the Yamaha Young Performing Artist Award, honorable mention from the National Association for the Advancement of the Arts, a Berklee Music Camp scholarship and a selection to perform in the Grammy Jazz Band at 16.<ref name="primarywave.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.primarywave.com/artist/MTc2ODMtZjgzZDgw/ |title=Primary Wave Music - Aalias |publisher=Primarywave.com |date= |accessdate=2015-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909061359/http://www.primarywave.com/artist/MTc2ODMtZjgzZDgw/ |archive-date=2015-09-09 |url-status=dead}}</ref> After graduating from Kenston High School in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Aalias moved to New York to study at Juilliard.<ref name="cleveland.com"/> He later transferred to Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with a focus in music production.<ref name="cleveland.com"/>
Aalias is perhaps best known for co-writing and co-producing the #1 hit song "The Monster" by Eminem featuring Rihanna.<ref name="cleveland.com"/> "The Monster" reached #1 on eight separate Billboard charts, including four weeks at #1 on the Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5862620/pitbull-kesha-take-timber-to-top-of-hot-100 |title=Pitbull, Ke$ha Take 'Timber' to Top of Hot 100 |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2014-08-10}}</ref> and thirteen weeks at #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/beyonce-earns-7th-no-1-on-hot-rbhip-hop-songs-no-1-with-drunk-in/ |title=Beyonce Earns 7th No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs No. 1 with 'Drunk In Love' |publisher=Billboard |date= |access-date=2014-08-10}}</ref> It also topped the charts in twelve countries including Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom and won a Grammy for Best/Rap Sung Collaboration.<ref name="clevelandjewishnews">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/leisure/entertainment/kleinstub-rocks-with-grammy-award-winning-the-monster/article_dcf8a856-b864-11e4-9e2b-831071b136d3.html |title=Kleinstub rocks with Grammy Award-winning 'The Monster' - Cleveland Jewish News: Entertainment |publisher=Cleveland Jewish News |date=2015-02-19 |accessdate=2015-09-06}}</ref> Other notable songs he produced include “Middle” by DJ Snake and “Open Mind” by Wonho.<ref>{{Citation |title=Middle - DJ Snake {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/middle-mw0002889990 |access-date=2026-03-18 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2017, Kleinstub teamed with friend and fellow writer-producer Corey "Latif" Williams to form duo Lo Boii. The band is signed to London-based label AWAL. Its first single "Floor Seats" dropped in April 2019.
==Selected discography== {{incomplete list|date=July 2015}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Artist ! Song ! Album (label year) |- |Lo Boii & Whole Doubts |"Time 2.0" |(Lo Boii 2020) |- |Lo Boii |"Floor Seats" // "Sweeter" // "Drive" // "Time" // "Chakra" // "Lie to You" // "She Drives Me Crazy" |Sex Doesn't Sell...Anymore (Lo Boii 2019) |- |Macklemore |"Shadow" feat. IRO |(Bendo 2019) |- |AWA |"Comfortable" |(Sony 2019) |- |Yoshi Flower |"Empty" |(Interscope 2019) |- |Whole Doubts |"Shiver" feat. Jaira Burns |(Whole Doubts 2019) |- |Whole Doubts |"Spoke Up" feat. Gabi Sklar |(Whole Doubts 2019) |- |Mallrat |"When I Get My Braces Off" |Driving Music (Nettwerk 2019) |- |John Splithoff |"Proud" |(Asylum 2019) |- |John Splithoff |"Like You Talk To Me" |(East West 2019) |- |The Kite String Tangle |"Give it Time" feat. Aalias |(Warner Music Australia 2018) |- |Jaira Burns |"Low Key in Love" |(Interscope 2018) |- |DYLN & Whole Doubts |"Piece of You" |(DYLN 2018) |- |Eminem |"Revival (Interlude)" feat. Alice and the Glass Lake<br> [Produced with Frequency for Whole Doubts] |Revival (Interscope 2017) |- |Whole Doubts |"Leave" feat. Kevin Garrett |(Whole Doubts 2017) |- |Robin Schulz & Aalias |"Fools" feat. IRO |Uncovered (Warner 2017) |- |John Splithoff |"Show Me" feat. Madison Ryann Ward |Make It Happen (East West 2017) |- |Janelle Kroll & Aalias |"Blush" |(Lokal Legend 2017) |- |Sam Bruno |"Hello Hater" & "Tip of My Tongue" |I Am Sam, Pt. 1 (Atlantic 2017) |- |Bryce Fox |"Coldhearted" [Co-Produced with Frequency] |Heaven on Hold (2017) |- |DJ Snake |"Middle" [Co-Produced with DJ Snake] |Encore (Interscope 2016) |- |TOTEM & Aalias |"Bubblegum" |(Totemic Sound 2016) |- |Ro James |"The Ride" |Eldorado (RCA 2016) |- |Handsome Ghost |"Eyes Wide" feat. Whole Doubts |The Brilliant Glow (Photo Finish 2016) |- |Melanie Martinez |"Mad Hatter" [Produced with Frequency] |Cry Baby (Atlantic 2015) |- |Bebe Rexha |"Gone" [Co-Produced with Frequency; Maki] |(Warner Bros. 2014) |- |Eminem |"The Monster" feat. Rihanna<br> [Co-Produced with Frequency; Add'l Inst. by Maki] |The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (Interscope 2013) |}
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