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Joshua Howard Luellen (born February 2, 1989),〔(Interview: SouthSide ) The Marrack〕 professionally known as Southside, or by his stage name Young Sizzle, is an American record producer and rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. He gained recognition in the hip hop industry for producing songs by several Southern hip hop artists. Southside produced the majority of Waka Flocka Flame's albums ''Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family'' and ''Ferrari Boyz''. In 2010, Southside and his fellow 1017 label-mate Lex Luger, established their production group 808 Mafia, where Southside currently is at the helm of the group. The basis for his stage name came from the place from where Luellen grew up, Southside, Atlanta. ==Musical career== Southside grew up in the Southside region of Atlanta, Georgia.〔 Growing up, he was an accomplished baseball player and excelled in numerous baseball position but eventually gave up the sport after suffering a head concussion when a ball was thrown toward his head.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview: Southside On Future, Fatherhood, and Making Beats in Six Minutes )〕 He started making beats when he was 14 years old, when he got his first computer.〔(Interview with Southside ) IGetMusic.com〕 It was around his mid teenage years that Southside decided to start take music production as a serious career path.〔(Southside music will make us sizzle ) TheWhatItDo.com〕 He was later discovered by then unknown rapper Waka Flocka Flame when he was 17 and through Waka's network, Gucci Mane eventually signed him to his label 1017 Brick Squad Records.〔 At Bricksquad Records, Luellen met Lex Luger, who was another producer for Waka Flocka, and the two started working together to lay the production groundwork for Waka Flocka's debut album. Southside’s first major release was the song "Fuck the Club Up," which appeared on Waka Flocka’s debut album ''Flockaveli''. In 2011, Southside co-produced the track "Illest Motherfucker Alive," from Kanye West & Jay-Z’s critically acclaimed album ''Watch the Throne''.〔(Southside Talks Producing For Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Watch The Throne" ) HipHopDX〕 This helped to boost his career and bring him into the mainstream. He has since worked with artists such as Rick Ross, B.o.B, Wale, Meek Mill, Lil Scrappy,MGK〔 among others. Southside was the main producer of Gucci Mane & Waka Flocka’s collaboration album ''Ferrari Boyz'' and on Flocka’s sophomore album "Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family". In January 2013, Southside produced "Millions" - the lead single from Pusha T's mixtape ''Wrath of Caine''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/pusha-t-millions )〕 The music video for the song was released on February 10. The song sparked controversy when producer Rico Beats was asked to modify Southside's instrumental for the final version of the song. Southside wasn't notified of the changes, which lead to the two producers exchanging threats over Twitter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2013/01/14/southside-calls-out-rico-beats-on-twitter-over-millions-co-production-credit/ )〕 In ''Wrath of Caine'' In 2015, Southside continued to push his trap sound in the hip hop industry ubiquitously, especially on various songs produced by him and his 808 Mafia collective. Luellen was responsible for producing a significant portion of Future's album, DS2 and nearly the entirety of Future's mixtape, "56 Nights", in which Southside made the entire project's worth of beats in only one night. In addition, Southside also contributed to the production of 3 tracks on the collaborative mixtape ''What a Time to Be Alive'' by Future and Canadian rapper Drake. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southside (record producer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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