Best Kept Secret (production team)

Best Kept Secret
Origin Washington, DC, U.S.
Genres Hip hop, go-go, dance, pop, R&B
Years active 2007-present
Associated acts Wale, Mike Posner, Schoolboy Q, ASAP Rocky, Mark Ronson
Members Julian Nixon, Craig Balmoris

Best Kept Secret is an American music production duo, composed of Grammy Nominated record producers Julian Nixon and Craig Balmoris. The duo met in 2006, during their time in high school. Former member, Ernest "Tone P" Price, was a part of Best Kept Secret from 2007-2009.

Infusing go-go with hip hop, Best Kept Secret connected with fellow DC native, Wale , to produce the majority of his critically acclaimed mixtape, The Mixtape About Nothing. They would later team up with Clarence "CJ" Mitchell aka "Flawless Tracks" to create one of the most popular SoundClick pages. The SoundClick production is often heard with the producer tag, "Hey it's the Best Kept Secret", and can be found on many Ballislife.com videos and other popular internet content. 

Production discography

Wale – 100 Miles & Running (2007)

Rhymefest – Mark Ronson Presents: Man In The Mirror (2008)

  • 02. "Can't Make It"
  • 07. "Never Can Say Goodbye" ft. Talib Kweli

Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing (2008)

  • 01. "The Opening Title Sequence"
  • 03. "The Feature Heavy Song" ft. Bun B, Pusha T and Tre from UCB
  • 05. "The Perfect Plan"
  • 06. "The Kramer"
  • 07. "The Crazy"
  • 10. "The Grown Up"
  • 11. “The Manipulation"
  • 12. "Artistic Integrity"
  • 18. "The Hype"
  • 19. "The End Credits"[3]

Robin Thicke – Miscellaneous (2008)

Rhymefest – El Che (2008)

Wale – Back to the Feature (2009)

  • 08. "Sweatin Out Weaves" ft. UCB
  • 22. "New Soul ft Yael Naim"[6]

Young Chris – 30 Days 30 Verses (2009)

Skyzoo – The Salvation (2009)

  • 04. "My Interpretation"[7]

Wale – Attention Deficit (2009)

Wale - Miscellaneous (2009)

Logic - Young, Broke & Infamous (2010)

  • 14. "Ask Em"

Shawty Lo - Miscellaneous (2010)

Wale – More About Nothing (2010)

Mike Posner – The Layover (2011)

Kendrick Lamar - "The Vault" (2012)

  • "Hands Up"

Schoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions (2012)

Skyzoo - A Dream Deferred (2012)

  • 11. "How to Make It Through Hysteria"

Tinashe - Reverie (2012)

  • 05. "Another Me"

Epic Rap Battles of History (Season 2) (2013)

Tinashe - Black Water (2013)

  • 06. "Midnight Sun"

Wale - (2014)

  • "Royals (Remix)" ft. Magazeen

Rittz - Next to Nothing (2014)

Teyana Taylor - VII (2014)

  • 02 "Just Different"

Wale - Festivus (2014)

Estelle - True Romance (2015)

  • 05 "Timeshare (Suite 509)"

Wale - The Album About Nothing (2015)

  • 12 "The Bloom (AG3)"

Cyhi the Prynce - (2015)

  • "Elephant in the Room"

Dr. Dre - Compton (2015)

  • 06 "Darkside" featuring King Mez

Rittz - Top of the Line (2016)

Wale - (2016)

  • "Heisman Watch"

Jidenna - The Chief (2017)

  • "Long Live the Chief"

SZA - Ctrl (2017)

  • "Garden (Say It Like Dat)"

References

  1. ↑ "Audio: Wale, 100 Miles and Running Mixtape".
  2. ↑ "The DMV finds its voice". ww2.gazette.net.
  3. ↑ "10.Deep Presents: Wale - "The Mixtape About Nothing"". www.10deep.com.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Rhymefest – El Che Production Credits + Album Artwork/Packaging".
  6. ↑ "Wale & 9th Wonder – Back to the Feature (Mixtape)".
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Pretty Girls by Wale Songfacts". www.songfacts.com.
  9. ↑ "New Mixtape: Wale More About Nothing - Rap Radar".
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