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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 31176" data-attributes="member: 81">Uproxx’s <a href="https://uproxx.com/tag/how-i-blew-up/" target="_blank">How I Blew Up</a> is back with veteran Atlanta trap producer Sonny Digital. Breaking down how he went from selling beats for just $300 to helping redefine the sound of Southern hip-hop, Sonny fondly recalls learning to make beats on his older brother’s beat machine and later downloading FL Studio. He also recounts his influences, including proto-trap mainstays like Drumma Boy and Shawty Redd, who were responsible for hits for the likes of <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/gucci-mane-ti-invented-trap-music/" target="_blank">Gucci Mane and T.I</a>.Sonny’s first beat to blow up was the scintillating production for YC’s 2011 song “Racks,” which also featured a then-emerging <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/future-i-never-liked-you-review/" target="_blank">Future</a>. “None of us were really <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/future-i-neved-liked-you-no-1/" target="_blank">as big as we were gonna be</a>,” he admits. “It wasn’t really a big song to me. It turned into a big song… I sold the beat to them for $300 because I just looked at it like how I was handling business at the time.”That’s right, the song that began Future’s rise to being one of hip-hop’s biggest stars only cost $300 — and Sonny had no idea how the business worked back then. In time, though, he became one of the most in-demand producers in Atlanta, and now has a half-dozen platinum records to his name, including hits with 2 Chainz, 21 Savage, Future, and Travis Scott.You can watch the full episode of How I Blew Up above.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/sonny-digital-how-i-blew-up/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 31176, member: 81"] Uproxx’s [I][URL='https://uproxx.com/tag/how-i-blew-up/']How I Blew Up[/URL][/I] is back with veteran Atlanta trap producer Sonny Digital. Breaking down how he went from selling beats for just $300 to helping redefine the sound of Southern hip-hop, Sonny fondly recalls learning to make beats on his older brother’s beat machine and later downloading FL Studio. He also recounts his influences, including proto-trap mainstays like Drumma Boy and Shawty Redd, who were responsible for hits for the likes of [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/gucci-mane-ti-invented-trap-music/']Gucci Mane and T.I[/URL]. Sonny’s first beat to blow up was the scintillating production for YC’s 2011 song “Racks,” which also featured a then-emerging [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/future-i-never-liked-you-review/']Future[/URL]. “None of us were really [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/future-i-neved-liked-you-no-1/']as big as we were gonna be[/URL],” he admits. “It wasn’t really a big song to me. It turned into a big song… I sold the beat to them for $300 because I just looked at it like how I was handling business at the time.” That’s right, the song that began Future’s rise to being one of hip-hop’s biggest stars only cost $300 — and Sonny had no idea how the business worked back then. In time, though, he became one of the most in-demand producers in Atlanta, and now has a half-dozen platinum records to his name, including hits with 2 Chainz, 21 Savage, Future, and Travis Scott. You can watch the full episode of [I]How I Blew Up[/I] above. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/sonny-digital-how-i-blew-up/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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