Free P shares the unexpected journey of the beat he created that ultimately got placed on "Two Blunts" from The Game, Wiz Khalifa and Lorine Chia.

https://soundcloud.com/lorine-chia/two-blunts-420

www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-mus…alifa-two-blunts/

Produced By: Free P @freep

Meet producer and engineer Free P 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.

The story of how Free P produced "Two Blunts" ft. The Game, Wiz Khalifa and Lorine Chia

Free P shares the artists he's connected with in TN who have been the core group of people he's been working with to this day.

Produced By: Free P @freep

Meet producer and engineer Free P 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.

How Free P connected with his main collaborators to develop a new sound from the South

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.

Unreleased beat "The Power in Silence" provided by Free P.

Excuse the wind in the clips - we had our interview on the rooftop of producer Joe Hodges's place on Fairfax in LA.

Introduction: Meet Free P

Free P shares the importance of timing and keeping your pace in light of his beat being placed on Starlito's Cold Turkey release. It was a beat Free made years prior to it being on the album.

Produced By: Free P @freep

Meet producer and engineer Free P 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.

Producing for Starlito and the importance of timing and keeping your pace

Free P pays homage to his Southern roots and his ability to redefine the sound with a group of creators he's coming up with from TN.

Produced By: Free P @freep

Meet producer and engineer Free P 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.

On Southern musical influences: "It's a different wave"

Free P shares why it's important to embrace the process because you'll never know how your beats might evolve or where they may be placed months or years from now.

Produced By: Free P @freep

Meet producer and engineer Free P 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.

Embracing the process because you never how your beats will evolve

Free shares what he's grateful for in his life.

Produced By: Free P @freep

Meet producer and engineer Free P 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.

Free P shares his thoughts on gratitude

Free P shares how he feels he's able to channel his emotions and feelings into sound to allow people to feel comfort in knowing that others can relate to.

Produced By: Free P @freep
Meet producer and engineer Free P 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.

Channeling compassion and empathy into producing beats

Free P shares his advice for aspiring producers and fellow producers. Just be.

Produced By: Free P @freep

Meet producer and engineer Free P 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.

Advice for aspiring producers

Free P shares his musical influences from video game music to Pharell and what his first hip hop record he heard was.

Produced By: Free P @freep

Meet producer and engineer Free P 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.

Musical influences

Free P shares how he recorded Isaiah Rashad's "Fake Trill" four years ago in his apartment and recently co-produced "Find a Topic" on The Sun's Tirade.

Isaiah_rashad – Fake-trill
Freep – Isaiah-rashad-find-a-topic-prod-by-free-p-jlbs

Produced By: Free P @freep
Meet producer and engineer Free P 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.

Recording Isaiah Rashad early in his career and co-producing "Find a Topic" on The Sun's Tirade

Free P shares how he invested in a recorder when in TN to give artists an opportunity to record.

Produced By: Free P @freep

Meet producer and engineer Free P 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.

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Free P putting faith into collaborators early on in their careers as their first engineer

Supa Bwe recalls the growth he's experienced by sticking through tough times and never giving up.

"My career always moves forward. I don't even know. I'm just trying to keep working."

On never giving up and getting better: "Everybody told me to stop...I'm glad I didn't stop"

Supa Bwe on leaving his job as a waiter at a restaurant. "I can make $1000 with one email now."

Self-sustaining in music: "If you're not finna do this forever, what are you doing?"

He went to Columbia College in Chicago for one semester to learn audio engineering, so he not only raps and produces his own beats, but also engineers all of his music. 

After working at a studio called The Jungle for a year, he saved up enough money to purchase the studio’s backline and create his own studio for Hurt Everybody. They were cranking away nonstop and Freddy says the motivation was thrilling:

“I went crazy, just off the dreams. I was like ‘I have a dream’ and went crazy.”

Supa Bwe recalls the steps he took before he committed to music full-time

Supa Bwe shares how his relationship with Twista developed.

Sunny Woodz first introduced Twista to Supa Bwe's music before they eventually met, bonded and collaborated. Supa Bwe says says being at Twista’s studio feels like recess because of the space and vibes that allow him to feel creative without burning himself out. He says he never expected to be working with a veteran rapper like Twista whom he grew up listening to.

On his relationship with Twista: "Twista's like my uncle"

Sunny Woodz recalls how the two Chicago artists collaborated.

Their Issa EP is out now https://soundcloud.com/supabwe/sets/issa-ep-supa-bwe-x-sunny-woodz

How Supa Bwe and Sunny Woodz first met

"That’s what Hurt Everybody was built on. No bravado. This is just music. This is pain, this is love, this is life, this is mud. This is the mud you walk through every day."

"This country's about to do a lot of growing...it's okay to hurt and feel."

He particularly wants to explore the parts of music where pain and hurt aren’t as readily shared because of social pressures to be hypermasculine. 

“A lot of guys act invincible, but it’s not true. That mentality comes from being hurt,” he says.

Being honest and vulnerable in music to challenge social pressure of hypermasculinity

Freddy refers to himself as a cartographer. It’s listed in his Twitter bio too.
“I want to go into a corner of music that people just don’t want to go to or feel like exploring or haven’t even thought of going to yet,” he says.

He particularly wants to explore the parts of music where pain and hurt aren’t as readily shared because of social pressures to be hypermasculine.

Supa Bwe as a "cartographer" in music

Supa Bwe has been making music since he was 17. It's been no easy feat pushing through especially in a hypercompetitive city like Chicago.

Challenge of making it in a competitive city like Chicago

Growing up influenced by his father who was a rapper and a boxer, Supa Bwe would "doodle songs" in his head.

"Doodling songs" as a kid

Full story at goo.gl/LCwCCj 

On creating "Sleeping on Gold" from @1993parkave

When making this I wanted to make something that felt like how you feel when you sleep next to someone you love. The bed feels more comfortable, you rest easier and nothing seems to matter. At first I was gonna call it "Sleeping With Gold" but that was too simple. "Sleeping On Gold" goes a little deeper and shows that that person next to you aren't just great themselves, but they also make everything around you great.

Follow Park Ave at:
soundcloud.com/1993parkave
twitter.com/1993parkave

Artwork: Image provided by Park, cursive provided by me (Jane Shin)
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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.

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Park Ave - Sleeping On Gold [new track]

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 LA-based 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.

Park Ave. on gratitude

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.

How progression feels like waves

How "Park" from Isaiah Rashad's debut album The Sun's Tirade came together

Park Ave.'s main takeaways from Chattanooga, including learning from Tiggi (Ktoven)

On meeting theHouse and building a relationship with them over the years

Park Ave. on meeting rapper Tut for the first time through a random beat

On his "SoundCloud Soulection producer phase"

First milestone and sign of progress: producing Dyme-A-Duzin's "My Single"

On teaching himself how to create beats for the first time

How he describes his beats: "...soulful and jazzy, that relaxing feeling"

Introduction: Meet Park Ave.

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