Best Kept Secret (production team)


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.
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Production discography

Wale">Wale (rapper)">Wale – ''[100 Miles & Running]'' (2007)

  • 02. "DC Gorillaz"
  • 03. "Ice Cream Girl"

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

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

Wale">Wale (rapper)">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"

[Robin Thicke] – Miscellaneous (2008)

[Rhymefest] – ''El Che">El Che (album)">El Che'' (2008)

  • 02. "Talk My Shit"

Wale">Wale (rapper)">Wale – ''Back to the Feature'' (2009)

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

[Young Chris] – ''30 Days 30 Verses'' (2009)

[Skyzoo] – ''The Salvation">The Salvation (album)">The Salvation'' (2009)

  • 04. "My Interpretation"

Wale">Wale (rapper)">Wale – ''Attention Deficit">Attention Deficit (album)">Attention Deficit'' (2009)

Wale">Wale (rapper)">Wale - Miscellaneous (2009)

Logic">Logic (musician)">Logic - ''Young, Broke & Infamous'' (2010)

  • 14. "Ask Em"

[Shawty Lo] - Miscellaneous (2010)

Wale">Wale (rapper)">Wale – ''More About Nothing'' (2010)

[Mike Posner] – ''The Layover'' (2011)

[Skyzoo] – ''The Great Debater'' (2011)

  • 01. "Complicated Rhythm"
  • 06. "We Here"

[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">A Dream Deferred (album)">A Dream Deferred'' (2012)

  • 11. "How to Make It Through Hysteria"

[Tinashe] - ''Reverie">Reverie (Tinashe album)">Reverie'' (2012)

  • 05. "Another Me"

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

[Tinashe] - ''Black Water'' (2013)

  • 06. "Midnight Sun"

Wale">Wale (rapper)">Wale - (2014)

  • "Royals " ft. Magazeen

[Rittz] - [Next [to Nothing (Rittz album)|Next to Nothing]] (2014)

[Teyana Taylor] - VII">VII (Teyana Taylor album)">VII (2014)

  • 02. "Just Different"

Wale">Wale (rapper)">Wale - Festivus (2014)

[Tabi Bonney] - Miscellaneous (2014)

  • "Poom Poom"

Estelle">Estelle (musician)">Estelle - True Romance">True Romance (Estelle album)">True Romance (2015)

  • 05. "Timeshare "

Wale">Wale (rapper)">Wale - [The Album About Nothing] (2015)

  • 12. "The Bloom "

[Cyhi the Prynce] - (2015)

  • "Elephant in the Room"

[Dr. Dre] - ''Compton">Compton (album)">Compton'' (2015)

  • 06. "Darkside" ft. King Mez

[Rittz] - [Top of [the Line (Rittz album)|Top of the Line]] (2016)

Wale">Wale (rapper)">Wale - (2016)

  • "Heisman Watch"

[Jidenna] - [The [Chief (album)|The Chief]] (2017)

SZA">SZA (singer)">SZA - Ctrl">Ctrl (SZA album)">Ctrl (2017)

[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"
  • 13. "Scorn"

[H.E.R.] - [I Used to Know Her: Part 2] (2018)

  • 07. "Fate"
  • 08. "Lord is Coming"

Wale">Wale (rapper)">Wale - Miscellaneous (2019)

  • "09 Folarin"

[Higher Brothers] - [Five Stars (Higher Brothers album)] (2019)

  • "Do It Like Me" ft. JID

[Rich Brian] - The Sailor">The Sailor (Rich Brian album)">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)

[Rich Brian] - Miscellaneous (2020)

[Rich Brian] - 1999 (2020)

  • "Love in My Pocket"

Joji">George Miller (entertainer)">Joji - Nectar">Nectar (Joji album)">Nectar (2020)

  • 01. "Ew"

[Easy Life] - [Life's a Beach] (2021)

  • 01. "A Message to Myself"

''[Shang-Chi and [the Legend of the Ten Rings: The Album]]'' (2021)

  • 01. "Always Rising"
  • 02. "Diamonds + and Pearls"
  • 07. "Lose Control"
  • 10. "Foolish"
  • 12. "Act Up"
  • 17. "Hot Soup"
  • 18. "Warriors"

[Rich Brian] - ''Brightside">Brightside (EP)">Brightside'' (2022)

  • 04. "Sunny"

[Easy Life] - "MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE" (2022)

  • . 09. "CROCODILE TEARS"

[Tanna Leone] - "Sleepy Soldier" (2022)

  • 13. "If There's A God"
  • 14. "February"

[Kendrick Lamar] - ''[Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers]'' (2022)

[Fousheé] - ''Softcore">Softcore (album)">Softcore'' (2022)

  • 08. "Unexplainable"

[Hozier] - "[Eat Your Young]" (2023)

  • 01. "Eat Your Young"

[Hozier] - "[Unreal Unearth]" (2023)

1999 Write The Future - ''hella'' (2024)

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

[Hozier] - ''Unheard">Unheard (EP)">Unheard'' (2024)

  • 03. "Empire Now"

[Ravyn Lenae] - ''Bird's Eye">Bird's Eye (album)">Bird's Eye'' (2024)

[Ravyn Lenae] - (2024)

[Kendrick Lamar] - ''GNX">GNX (album)">GNX'' (2024)

[Big L] - ''[Harlem's Finest: [Return of the King]]'' (2025)

  • 10. "Stretch & Bob Freestyle Intro" ft. Donald Phinazee & Sacha Jenkins
  • 11. "Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle "