Best Kept Secret (production team)

Best Kept Secret
OriginWashington, D.C., United States
Genres
Years active2007–present
Members
  • Julian Nixon
  • Craig Balmoris
Past membersErnest "Tone P" Price

Best Kept Secret is an American music production duo, composed of 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 until 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

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

RhymefestMark Ronson Presents: Man In The Mirror (2008)

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

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RhymefestEl Che (2008)

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WaleBack to the Feature (2009)

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

Young Chris30 Days 30 Verses (2009)

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  • 04. "My Interpretation"[7]

Wale - Miscellaneous (2009)

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Logic - Young, Broke & Infamous (2010)

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  • 14. "Ask Em"

Shawty Lo - Miscellaneous (2010)

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WaleMore About Nothing (2010)

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Mike PosnerThe Layover (2011)

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Nipsey Hussle - TMC: X-Tra Laps (2012)

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  • 01. "Faith"

Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock - The Vault (2012)

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  • "Hands Up"

Skyzoo - A Dream Deferred (2012)

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  • 11. "How to Make It Through Hysteria"

Tinashe - Reverie (2012)

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  • 05. "Another Me"

Tinashe - Black Water (2013)

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  • 06. "Midnight Sun"

Wale - (2014)

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  • "Royals (Remix)" ft. Magazeen
  • 02. "Just Different"

Wale - Festivus (2014)

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Tabi Bonney - Miscellaneous (2014)

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  • "Poom Poom"
  • 05. "Timeshare (Suite 509)"
  • 12. "The Bloom (AG3)"
  • "Elephant in the Room"

Dr. Dre - Compton (2015)

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  • 06. "Darkside" ft. King Mez

Wale - (2016)

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  • "Heisman Watch"

SZA - Ctrl (2017)

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Bekon - Get With the Times (2018)

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  • 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)

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  • "Baby I'm Dyin'"

Marsha Ambrosius - Nyla (2018)

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  • 09. "Today" (produced with Focus...)
  • 13. "Scorn"
  • 07. "Fate"
  • 08. "Lord is Coming"

Wale - Miscellaneous (2019)

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  • "09 Folarin"
  • "Do It Like Me" ft. JID
  • 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

Rich Brian - Miscellaneous (2020)

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Rich Brian - 1999 (2020)

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  • "Love in My Pocket"

Joji - Nectar (2020)

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  • 01. "Ew"
  • 01. "Always Rising" (performed by Niki, Rich Brian, and Warren Hue)
  • 02. "Diamonds + and Pearls" (performed by DPR Live, DPR Ian and peace.)
  • 07. "Lose Control" (performed by JJ Lin)
  • 10. "Foolish" (performed by Rich Brian, Warren Hue, and Guapdad 4000)
  • 12. "Act Up" (performed by Rich Brian and EarthGang)
  • 17. "Hot Soup" (performed by 88rising and Simu Liu)
  • 18. "Warriors" (performed by Warren Hue and Seori)
  • 04. "Sunny"

Tanna Leone - "Sleepy Soldier" (2022)

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  • 13. "If There's A God"
  • 14. "February"
  • 08. "Unexplainable"
  • 01. "Eat Your Young"

1999 Write The Future - "hella" (2024)

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  • 01. "avOcadO SHakE"
  • 14. "PrAisE nIgHt BluES InteRLUde ft. Dumbfounded

Hozier - "Unheard" (2024)

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  • 03. "Empire Now"
  • 07. "Love Me Not"

References

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  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. ^ "Nah Right » Rhymefest – el Che Tracklist". Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  5. ^ "Rhymefest – El Che Production Credits + Album Artwork/Packaging".
  6. ^ "Wale & 9th Wonder – Back to the Feature (Mixtape)".
  7. ^ "Nah Right » Skyzoo – the Salvation Artwork + Track List". Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  8. ^ "Pretty Girls by Wale Songfacts". www.songfacts.com.
  9. ^ "New Mixtape: Wale More About Nothing - Rap Radar".