Derrick Hutchins Jr., better known as his stage name Skhye Hutch, is an American

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record producer from

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. The two-time Grammy nominee attended Pacific Palisades High School and graduated from the Musicians Institution in 2004. He began working with the production R&B duo The Underdogs. During this time, he met Rob Knox, now a member of The Y's. During his apprenticeship he met

1500 or Nothin' 1500 or Nothin' is an American musical ensemble composed of record producers, songwriters, musicians and music videographers, formed in 2006, in Los Angeles, California. With headquarters located in Inglewood, California, 1500 or Nothin' is comp ...

, Tyrese, Siege Monstracity and Curtiss King.

Career

In 2007, Skhye signed his first development deal with Mad Heaven as a producer and artist for the group Reign Major. The group released the album ''Growing Pains'', on which all but one song was produced by Skhye. The

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affiliate was introduced to Carson-based independent record label

Top Dawg Entertainment Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) is an American independent record label. Specializing in hip hop and R&B artists, TDE is based in Carson, California. The label was founded in 2004 by record producer Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, who is the chief exec ...

(TDE) recording artists

Black Hippy Black Hippy was an American hip hop supergroupTae Beast Digi+Phonics is an American hip hop production team, composed of California-based record producers Tae Beast, Sounwave, and Willie B, while Dave Free is a former original member and co-founder, having left to focus on his PGLang company. They cu ...

, during the

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mix-tape era. In 2010, Skhye Hutch produced "Space Bars" by Curtiss King featuring

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& Young Rook. 2012 proved to be a banner year for Skhye as he began to work with TDE artists on solo projects. Hutch produced three hip hop tracks for Ab-Soul's debut album ''

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,'' which includes the highly successful “calm and stoic song” single
ILLuminate
. He also produced the album tracks
Empathy"
featuring Alori Joh, Javonte and
Beautiful Death
featuring TDE Vice President Punch and

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. Building on his relationships, he landed a single on

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’s 2012 highly anticipated, '' Good Kid M.A.A.D. City,'' producing ''Dying of Thirst''. The album was nominated at the

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for five awards including Album of The Year,

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and

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. Linking back with Curtiss King for one of the “most highly anticipated independent releases from the west coast.”, ''Atychiphobia'', Hutch produced "The Bottom" featuring Brooke Taylor. Venturing into co-producing, Skhye Hutch and Tae Beast formulated the music production company WeirrdPeople in 2013. The production duo worked with J-GO on the ''Mr.Goins II'' album producing tracks Underdog, Kush & 2k, Down and Catch Me. In 2014, he rejoined Ab-Soul on the '' These Days...'' album producing "Feeling Us" featuring Jay Rock. The year continued with a feature on iTunes as the best hip hop album of the year, ''Under Pressure'' by

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& Visionary Music Group rapper

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. The song "Growing Pains III" was co-produced by Tae Beast, 6ix, and Skhye Hutch, and was released in October 2014. Reaching out to the

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emerging artist Euro League, Hutch delivered “an atmospheric beat” on the single "Gold Chains In a Dungeon" featuring Doley Barnays off the ''Euro Trip: Continuum'' EP of the New York collective ReeLife. In addition, Skhye produced "Eat Sleep and Die" on

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's album, ''XIV:LIX''. In 2015, he branched out to work with the DMV native

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, where the two collaborated on the tracks "Dirty Scale" and "God Said Trap" with additional production from Gamebrand, which serves as the second official leak from the highly anticipated ''SubTrap LP''. He then produced for Jay Rock's first album in over 4 years,

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. The loopy beat on "Easy Bake" featuring Kendrick Lamar &

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premiered on

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. Continuing to reach out to emerging artists, Skhye Hutch joined the

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rapper Shawn Chrys on "NO FCKS" released on Timbaland's Imprint label. He also produced ‘''Flicker''’ by Ash Riser.

Production discography

2012

;

- ''

'' * 10. "ILLuminate" (featuring

) * 13. "Empathy" (featuring Alori Joh and JaVonté) * 15. "Beautiful Death" (featuring Punch and

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) ; Kendrick Lamar - ''

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'' * 10. " Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst" (produced with

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and

Sounwave Mark Anthony Spears (born February 28, 1986), known professionally as Sounwave, is an American record producer and songwriter. He is a frequent collaborator of rapper Kendrick Lamar, having worked on all of his projects since his 2009 self-title ...

)

2014

; Ab-Soul - '' These Days...'' * 13. "Feelin' Us" (featuring

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and

RaVaughn RaVaughn Nichelle Brown, known professionally as RaVaughn, is an American singer-songwriter from Carson, California. She was initially signed to Ne-Yo's imprint Compound University which includes artists such as Adrienne Bailon. RaVaughn is the ...

) ;

- ''

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'' * 07. "Growing Pains III" (produced with

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and 6ix)

2015

; Jay Rock - ''

'' * 02. " Easy Bake" (featuring Kendrick Lamar and

) roduced with The Antydote, ThankGod4Cody, Chris Calor and SmokeyGotBeatz

2016

; Ab-Soul - '' Do What Thou Wilt.'' * 07. "Wifey Vs. WiFi" / / / "P.M.S." (featuring BR3) * 08. "Beat the Case" / / / "Straight Crooked" (featuring

Schoolboy Q Quincy Matthew Hanley (born October 26, 1986), better known by his stage name Schoolboy Q (stylized as ScHoolboy Q), is an American rapper. He began recording in 2007, and released his first two mixtapes, ''ScHoolboy Turned Hustla'' (2008) and '' ...

) roduced with Tae Beast

References

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