10Dr. Amir
The Five Star Music producer behind Harrysong’s street pop hit song that suddenly turned to a national anthem, ‘Reggae Blues’, Dr. Amir is a sound engineering doctor. If you like represent ‘Deeper Life’, your body must move to the tune. Dr. Amir was responsible for Kcee’s ‘Turn by Turn’, ‘Talk and Do’, featuring Uhuru and Dj Bucks, and ‘Alkayida’, featuring Timaya. He also featured in Orezi’s ‘Ghen Ghen’, and Iyanya’s ‘Applaudise’ albums with ‘Baby Abeg’ and ‘Pschology’, featuring Harrysong respectively.
9Orbeat
8Cobhams
7Maleek Berry
6Pheelz
5Shizzi
The single man that got Davido a better rank in world music this year with his key production in ‘Fans Mi’, Shizzi is an honourable hit-studio scientist. Shizzi didn’t do any job twice this year. He tried everything new at it’s peak and simplicity. He made a successful experiment with Mc Galaxy’s ‘Kolomop Cholop’, to Davido’s ‘Fans Mi’ through ‘Izzue’ featuring Dammy Krane down to Niyola’s ‘Go On’, then rested on Runtown’s ‘Ghetto University’. He is a contender for Headies 2015 Producer of the Year.
4Don Jazzy
The hit maker over all Mavin hit songs, Don Jazzy was quite consistent this year with masterpiece productions in Koredo Bello’s ‘Godwin’ & ‘Somebody Great’, Reekado Banks’ ‘Katapot’, and Dr. Sid’s ‘Kabiyesi’. Don Jazzy’s productions on Koredo Bello’s ‘Godwin’ attracted a lot of recognition and awards for the Mavin’s young vocalist. His productions also attracted Jay Z’s cousin and US rapper, Jay Electronica, to Nigeria for a serious collaboration that resulted to ‘Get Down’ featuring Mavin’s young stars. Don Jazzy was on a bunsen burner all year.
He is a contender for Headies Producer of the Year award.
3DJ Coublon
Known for his low-tempo afro pop productions, Dj Coublon didn’t relent or rely on one master-job but several from several artistes all over Nigeria. ‘The Incredible’ Dj Coublon single-handedly made new superstar, ‘Kiss Daniel’, popular in Nigeria and beyond with master productions in ‘Woju Remix’, ‘Laye’, and the latest radio favourite, ‘Good Time’. Dj Coublon’s productions for Kiss Daniel in return got Kiss Daniel on the Mtv Base Hottest Nigerian Artistes’ list and several deals, nominations, and awards. Aside that, Dj Coublon was MMMG’s favourite featured producer this year with notable productions in ‘Duro’, ‘Wash’ by Tekno and ‘Applaudise’ by Iyanya. Dj Coublon produced 6, out of the 20 songs in Iyanya’s recent album ‘Applaudise’, leaving 14 songs for the remaining 9 producers including Selebobo, recruited for the project.
2Young John
Young John a.k.a The Wicked Producer is just a genius when it comes to hit making in Nigeria. The young warlock behind every successful hit from YBNL Nation was responsible for hit tracks like ‘Gbese’, ‘Efejoku’ & ‘Is It Because I Love You’ co-produced by Pheelz; songs that kept Lil Kesh’s flag flying.
‘Bobo’, ‘Confam Mi’, ‘Koba Koba’ and ‘Ladi’ were some of the hit songs Young John produced for Olamide this year. Lil Kesh and especially Olamide should share half of everything they got this year with Young John – I reserve my reasons. Young John was also behind ‘Gbawo’ by Jaywon featuring YQ. He is a contender for Headies 2015 Producer of the Year.
1Masterkraft
No dobut, the Tooxclusive-tagged ‘most sought after’ and Jaguda-stamped ‘best export’ producer in Nigeria this year, plus credits on dancehall, afropop, afro-soul, afrohiphop and hiphop beats, were part of what earned Masterkraft the number 1 spot on this year’s Top 10 Nigerian Music Producers list. It looked like the first thought of a producer every artist had in mind when thinking of having a hit track this year was Masterkraft as long as African music was involved. Masterkraft was fierce with his skills with significant productions in ‘Indomie Remix’, ‘Finally’, Naeto C’s ‘Oluwaloseyi’, Flavour’s ‘Power to Win’, Capital Femi’s ‘National Anthem’, Dj Xclusive’s ‘Cash Only’ featuring Sarkodie, Anatii and Cassper Nyovest, CDQ’s ‘Salaro’ and recent club banger, ‘Nowo E Soke’, featuring Wizkid. Masterkraft was inside a blast furnace through out this year waiting for heat seekers. He is a contender for Headies 2015 Producer of the Year award.
By Disturbingafrik ©
The list is not complete without LeriQ on it
God bless
This is really very correct. But how come Don Jazzy is not the number one?
Diz z correct bt hw cum young john did nt b d 1st