# @hazyroomrecords on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWC0amEgnnb
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-18T23:23:55.000+00:00

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‘Exchange’ Bryson Tiller (2015)

“Exchange” was released on August 27, 2015, as the debut single from Bryson Tiller’s debut studio album T R A P S O U L on RCA Records, a project that Tiller originally self-released on SoundCloud before being signed to a major label deal after the record went viral. Produced by Tiller himself under his producer alias Pen Griffey, the track blends elements of R&B, trap, and hip hop in a way that helped define the “trapsoul” subgenre, a moody and introspective style of music that drew heavily from the emotional vulnerability of 90s R&B while layering it over dark, minimalist trap production.

The record centers on Tiller stepping in to pursue a woman in a relationship with someone who does not appreciate her, delivered with a confessional sung rap cadence that immediately separated him from every other R&B artist breaking through in 2015. “Exchange” peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 13 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, eventually being certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA. The song’s success on SoundCloud prior to its official release became one of the most cited examples of independent digital distribution as a pathway to major label deals in modern music industry history, influencing a wave of self-released R&B artists who followed Tiller’s blueprint in the years that followed.

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