Read the full feature at https://goo.gl/UhuYvu Welcome to Produced By, a series dedicated to sharing the stories of hip hop producers and to spark gratitude and inspiration. I was inspired to interview and share the stories of hip hop producers I've had the opportunity to connect with over the years and hopefully new folks I meet overtime. There are a lot of great features/series on producers out there online that I commend. I wanted to do my own part in my own voice to contribute in providing more visibility for producers. This is my first thing out there, so I'd love any feedback. Drop a comment or PM me. Unreleased beat "Swangin'" by D. Sanders. Photo by @ktoven Special thanks to @jcatsoup for the guidance on the audio clips. Meet D. Sanders, a producer, engineer and DJ from Jackson, TN who currently is based in Los Angeles, CA. He is best known for his production behind some of rapper Isaiah Rashad's greatest tracks and has also produced for TUT, Michael da Vinci, Ye Ali and more. You can hear what he has produced at https://soundcloud.com/d-sanders/sets/prod-by-d-sanders Follow him at @d-sanders and on Instagram and Twitter at @sondaehyun.

Full story at https://goo.gl/LCwCCj Meet producer and engineer Park Ave. @1993parkave who was born in Belize and raised in Brooklyn before moving out to Stone Mountain, Georgia last year where he is currently based. Park Ave. is a 23-year-old producer who is best known for co-producing Isaiah Rashad's "Park" with D.Sanders. He's also produced for Dyme-A-Duzin, Tut, Brian Brown and more. You can hear all the tracks he’s produced for various artists at https://soundcloud.com/1993parkave/sets/prod-parker. As an emerging producer, he's focused on developing his craft and his own identity and branding as a producer. It's taken some pivoting and practicing consistency and patience over the years for him to feel confident in where he's headed with his production today.

Big Sean invited his fans to write and upload their best 16 bars for the instrumental of "Beware" from his upcoming release of Hall of Fame to SoundCloud. He spoke exclusively with SoundCloud about his hopes for finding the next big rapper on SoundCloud, the inspiration behind Hall of Fame, and why he feels strongly about closely interacting with his fans in this digital age. Read more on the blog at http://blog.soundcloud.com/2013/08/26/big-sean-beware-soundcloud/

Read the full feature at https://goo.gl/m2bn0w. Meet producer and engineer Free P @freep who is based in LA and has creative roots in Tennessee and Atlanta. Free P is a 25-year-old LA-based producer and engineer with creative roots in Tennessee and Atlanta. Free has produced for artists like The Game, Lorine Chia, Wiz Khalifa, Isaiah Rashad, Tut, Two-9, Case Arnold, Rikki Blu and more. You can hear all the tracks he’s produced for various artists at soundcloud.com/freep/sets/produced-by-free-p/s-LIbgM. With a calm demeanor and a zen-like approach towards life, Free is not afraid to admit that he’s still learning and trying to get better every day. He looks to failures and hard times as part of the journey and emphasizes the importance of letting go to progress forward.

Supa Bwe’s journey as a musical “cartographer” to connect on a deeper level and challenge social pressure of hypermasculinity. Read full feature at https://goo.gl/HJbT3H Chicago artists Supa Bwe @supabwe and Sunny Woodz @sunnywoodz also released their joint project ISSA EP last week - https://soundcloud.com/supabwe/sets/issa-ep-supa-bwe-x-sunny-woodz The EP epitomizes their friendship over the years and their shared versatility to rap, produce and engineer all of their music. Listen to Supa Bwe recall his motivations and challenges and where he hopes to make an impact through his music.

Musicians use the internet to share their music and collaborate with other artists from all over the world. But how does this change the music-making process? And how does it shape the music itself? To help answer these big questions, @janeshin spoke with a couple of this year’s SoundCloud Fellows, whose projects explored the challenges and triumphs of community collaborations -- online and offline. @kennedykarate is based in Los Angeles, but for his Fellowship project, NightBus Radio, he traveled around the US by Greyhound bus, capturing the culture, sounds and stories of the people he met - and making music along the way. @Guidebooks decided to let the music come to them and asked SoundCloud users from around the world to send them raw sounds and samples, which they then bended, molded and forged into a full-length EP. You can listen to the complete EP at https://soundcloud.com/guidebooks/sets/from-where-im-standing-ep Read more at http://blog.soundcloud.com/2013/01/15/sc-speaks-guidebooks-nightbus/