Young Producer Derel "Sir Clef" Haynes Breaks Through The Mainstream With His New Production With TI & Andre 3000

Atlanta (Top40 Charts/ Sir Clef Official Website) Produced by Sir Clef featuring OutKast's Andre 3000, "Sorry" is one of the most talked about collabs launching from T.I.'s upcoming album Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head. With booming bass and some light jazz keys, this trap song incorporates Three Stack's apology to former ATLien Big Boi.

Born in Philadelphia in 1986, Derel "Sir Clef" Haynes knew from his background in church that he wanted to pursue music. Soon, he was taken under the wing of super producers Carvin "Ransum" Haggins and Keith Pelzer where he earned his stripes in music production, working with artists as varied as Will Smith, Floetry, Kenny Latimore, Timbaland, Lil Kim and Boys II Men, just to name a few.



But that wasn't enough for Clef - he stepped up his production game, focusing on musicianship, taught himself to play keys by ear and moved to Atlanta to make his mark. With his own production set-up, he circulated beats he made in ProTools and Logic, landing him gigs with T.I., Andre 3000, Freeway, Charlie Baltimore, Robin Thicke, Keri Hilson and numerous others.

Clef classifies his sound as "unpredictable" with cultural influences that know no boundaries. Clef's current focus is on nothing but the years of work ahead and constantly redefining himself. As he puts it, "Without faith nothing is possible, with it nothing's impossible."