# Mark B

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name         = Mark B
| birth_name   = Mark Barnes
| birth_date   = 1970
| birth_place  = [Kingston upon Thames](/source/Kingston_upon_Thames), United Kingdom
| death_date   = {{death date and age|df=y|2016|01|01|1970}}
| occupation   = DJ, producer, rapper
| genre        = [Hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)
| instruments  = Vocals
| years_active = 1995–2016
| label        = {{hlist|Underworld Connection|Disc-Located Beats & Sounds - Volume 1|New Mic Order|Mark B Presents Delta (6) – The Lostralian}}
}}

'''Mark Barnes''' (1970 – 1 January 2016),<ref name="FACT">{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2016/01/01/mark-b-died/|title=UK hip-hop producer Mark B has died|date=1 January 2016|work=FACT}}</ref> known professionally as '''Mark B''', was a [British hip hop](/source/British_hip_hop) record producer.

He was most active in the 1990s and early 2000s, associating with [Blade](/source/Blade_(musician)) and [Task Force](/source/Task_Force_(band)) on many of his records. He was a DJ for Jazz Fudge Recordings for much of his career.

Mark B first signed with Jazz Fudge in 1995. He produced some tracks for [DJ Vadim](/source/DJ_Vadim)'s U.S.S.R. Repertoire. His first individual album was ''Underworld Connection'', released in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mark-b-mn0000280614|title=Artist Biography by John Bush|publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)}}</ref> He died in January 2016.<ref name="FACT"/>

==Discography==
* ''Any More Questions?'' (1995)
* ''Underworld Connection'' (1997)
* ''Disco-Loated Beats & Sounds, Vol. 1'' (1997)
* ''New Skool Dean'' (1998)
* ''Hitmen for Hire'' (Mark B & Blade) (1998)
* ''Nobody Relates'' (Mark B & Blade) (1998)
* ''Split Personalities/From the World Lab'' (Mark B & Blade) (2000)
* ''The Unknown'' (Mark B & Blade)  (2000)
* ''The Unknown: The New Version'' (Mark B & Blade) (2001)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mark-b-mn0000280614/discography/all|title=Discography|publisher=AllMusic}}</ref>
*"0161 Relief" (Mark B remix) (2001)
*"Big Tings" (Mark B remix) (2001)

==References==
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Category:1970 births
Category:2016 deaths
Category:English hip-hop musicians
Category:English DJs
Category:English male rappers
Category:English record producers
Category:British hip-hop record producers
Category:People from Kingston upon Thames
Category:Rappers from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

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