Best Kept Secret (production team)

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 members, Ernest "Tone P" Price, was a part of Best Kept Secret from 2007-2009.

Best Kept Secret
OriginWashington, DC, U.S.
GenresHip hop, go-go, dance, pop, R&B
Years active2007-present
Associated actsWale, Mike Posner, Schoolboy Q, ASAP Rocky, Mark Ronson
MembersJulian Nixon, Craig Balmoris

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)
  • 02. "DC Gorillaz"
  • 03. "Ice Cream Girl" [1][2]

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"
  • 08. "Vacation from Ourselves"
  • 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)

Nipsey Hussle - TMC: X-Tra Laps (2012)
  • 01. "Faith"

Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock - 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)

Tabi Bonney - Miscellaneous (2014)
  • "Poom Poom"

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" ft. King Mez

Rittz - Top of the Line (2016)

Wale - (2016)
  • "Heisman Watch"

Jidenna - The Chief (2017)

SZA - Ctrl (2017)
  • 08. "Garden (Say It Like Dat)"

Bekon - Get With the Times (2018)
  • 01. "7am"
  • 02. "America"
  • 03. "Cold As Ice"
  • 04. "9am"
  • 05. "Oxegen"
  • 06. "Catch Me If You Can"
  • 07. "Mama Olivia"
  • 08. "12pm"
  • 09. "17"
  • 10. "30"
  • 11. "4pm"
  • 12. "Get With The Times"
  • 13. "7pm"
  • 14. "Candy and Promises"
  • 15. "10pm Soda Break"
  • 16. "In Your Honor"

Lolawolf - (2018)
  • "Baby I'm Dyin'"

Marsha Ambrosius - Nyla (2018)
  • 09. "Today" (produced with Focus...)
  • 13. "Scorn"

H.E.R. - I Used to Know Her: Part 2 (2018)
  • 07. "Fate"
  • 08. "Lord is Coming"

Wale - Miscellaneous (2019)
  • "09 Folarin"

Higher Brothers - Five Stars (Higher Brothers album) (2019)
  • "Do It Like Me" ft. JID

Rich Brian - The Sailor (2019)
  • 01. "The Sailor"
  • 02. "Rapapapa" ft. RZA
  • 04. "Kids"
  • 05. "Drive Safe"
  • 06. "Confetti"
  • 07. "Vacant"
  • 08. "No Worries"
  • 11. "Curious"
  • 12. "Where Does the Time Go" ft. Joji

H.E.R. - I Used to Know Her (2019)
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References
  1. "Audio: Wale, 100 Miles and Running Mixtape".
  2. "The DMV finds its voice". ww2.gazette.net. Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  3. "10.Deep Presents: Wale - "The Mixtape About Nothing"". www.10deep.com.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2012-01-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Rhymefest – El Che Production Credits + Album Artwork/Packaging".
  6. "Wale & 9th Wonder – Back to the Feature (Mixtape)".
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2012-01-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Pretty Girls by Wale Songfacts". www.songfacts.com.
  9. "New Mixtape: Wale More About Nothing - Rap Radar".
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