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10. WizzyPro
In the last 12-18 months,
WizzyPro has gone from being a “resident producer” for
Timaya‘s defunct group,
Dem Mama Soldiers, to being the hitmaker behind massive songs like
“Emergency” (featuring Skales, Patoranking, Runtown),
“Girlie O” by Patoranking, and
“O Set” by Phyno and P-Square.
D’Tunes was the undisputed #1 producer for 2012/2013, carting away several awards during that time-frame, and also topping
The 10 Hottest Producers in Nigeria
List. However, he has quite hit those dizzy heights this year. That
said, he produced one of the best Nigerian albums released in 2014: Sean
Tizzle’s “The Journey”. Dope tracks in it from start to finish. D’tunes
remains an Ace producer.
(Happy Birthday, bro!!!)
8. Major Bangz
The name “
Major Bangz” started floating within the
NJO radar as far back as 2012 with productions for up & coming acts
like Tai Koon, Chandon Lucas and Sammie Gravano. However, folks didn’t
fully begin to pay attention till
iLLBLiSS dropped the
Major Bangz produced track “
Powerful” featuring
Chidinma back in September 2013. That was only the beginning. He went on to produce SEVEN (7) songs on
Phyno‘s critically-acclaimed debut album “
No Guts No Glory (N.G.N.G)” including arguably the hardest indigenous hip-hop track this year,
Alobam.
The icing on the cake for
Major Bangz in 2014 is, without doubt the rave song and dance of the moment,
SHOKI by YBNL’s
Lil Kesh and the remix featuring
Davido and
Olamide
7.
Selebobo
Selebobo almost single-handedly took
Yemi Alade from an up & coming artiste to
The 10 hottest artists in Nigeria by fine-tuning her sound and delivering her career-defining hit single “
Johnny” as well as the fan favourite,
Tangerine. In addition to that, the TripleMG in-house producer laced several popular songs for A-lister
Iyanya (
Mr Oreo), EmmaNyra’s “
Elele” (featuring Davido) and many other songs on the TripleMG “
Evolution” album. Let’s not forget he’s the genius behind the production and lyrics to Flavour’s “
Ada Ada” which is still getting loads of spins particularly at weddings.
When you hear the name,
Pheelz, one name automatically comes to mind:
Olamide!
He produced all but one track on Olamide’s most recent album, Baddest
Guy Ever Liveth” which includes smash hits like Turn Up, Durosoke, Eleda
Mi, Anifowose, and more recently, songs like DJ Xclusive’s “
Ibebe” (featuring Olamide), and “
Awon Goons Mi” by Olamide.
Most of
Pheelz‘s hit production credits are connected to
Olamide,
but who cares? As long as he keeps bringing the heat, we’ll continue
dancing. Long may it continue. Big-Ups to Pheelz as he moves from #9 in
2013 to #6 on
The 10 Hottest Producers In Nigeria 2014 list.
Another talented producer whose stock has risen remarkably over the
last 12 months is Del’B. He’s successfully shown he’s no flash in the
pan by continuously dishing out his singles for some of the celebrated
names in the industry. Hit production credits in the past 12-15 months
include Wizkid’s “On Top Your Matter”, HarrySong’s “Beta Pikin”, Kcee’s
“Pull Over” as well as majority of songs on Kcee’s debut album “Take
Over”.
This consistent delivery of hit singles justifies
Del’B‘s rise to the #5 spot from last year’s 9th placement on
The 10 Hottest Producers In Nigeria list.
4. Tspize
The name
Tspize literally sprung outta nowhere in the first quarter of 2014, thanks to monster hit singles “
Aye” by
the Hottest Artist in Nigeria right now,
Davido, and
“Gallardo” by next-rated act Runtown and Davido.
Tspize went ahead to seal his place among the hottest names in the game by cooking up yet another hit single
“Sekem”; this time for comedian-turned-artiste, Nek-Unek hitmaker, MC Galaxy.
With arguably the biggest song of 2014
“Aye” under his belt, you could hardly have a better breakthrough year than 4th place on the list of
The 10 Hottest Producers In Nigeria.
The
Legendury Beatz duo, Mutay and Zei, have become certified hitmakers over the course of the last 2 years. All you have to do is peep their
MyNotJustOk
or Soundcloud pages to see hits upon hits. In the last 12-15 months
alone, the Starboy in-house producers have created hits like
Caro and
Ginger for
L.A.X (and Wizkid ofcourse),
Eledumare, and one of the early fan picks from
Wizkid‘s recently released “Ayo” album, “
Ojuelegba“.
Consistency is key to longevity, and if
Legendury Beatz
can keep their high production standards up, they’ll keep rising up the
charts like they’ve done from 6th position last year to #3 on
The 10 Hottest Producers In Nigeria.
If you ask
Davido who he attributes his success so far in his career to, one name is sure to be on his lips:
SHIZZI ! You can’t think Davido without thinking
Shizzi, and vice versa, thanks to hit songs like
Gobe (2012) and
Skelewu, which rocked the 3rd and 4th quarter of 2013.
In the last 12 months,
Shizzi has spread his wings a bit wider by masterminding hit songs like Wizkid’s “
Show You The Money“, MC Galaxy’s “
Nek-Unek” and Reminisce’s “
Daddy Mi“. Let’s not forget
Shizzi also produced Wande Coal’s controversial single “
Baby Face“.
Shizzi‘s hitmaker status cannot be questioned by
anyone who knows anything about Nigerian music. Congratulations to the
HKN/TeamTalkLess producer for climbing up the ladder from #5 on the 2013
Hottest Producers In Nigeria list to #2 for the year 2014. Deserved leap!
It’s safe to say
Don Jazzy has been the best
Nigerian (and AFRICAN) producer in the last decade. His dominance took a
slight dip after the Mohits dynasty split in 2012. As the smart and
calculated guy that he is, Jazzy decided to step back for a bit, regroup
with a fresh team, and then have another crack at the Nigerian music
scene with renewed vigor. This well-planned move began to bear fruits in
2013, as it laid the foundation for hit singles like Tiwa Savage’s “
Eminado“, Dr SID’s “
Surulere“, and one of the biggest singles of the year 2014, “
Dorobucci“.
In less than 2 years, Don Jazzy (the CEO) has built a new record label –
Mavin Records
– from scratch and turned it into the hottest label in Nigeria today
with some of the most promising acts under his tutelage, and Don Jazzy
(the producer) has blessed us with some of the most memorable and
meaningful songs currently on our playlists and airwaves. A quick look
at the “
Discover” section on
MyNotJustOk.com shows how much dominance the Mavins are currently enjoying with 3 of the 4
MOST DOWNLOADED songs coming from their camp.
With all these obvious facts in mind, it goes without saying that
Don Jazzy is
THE Hottest Producer In Nigeria for the year 2014.
