Best Kept Secret (production team)

Best Kept Secret
Origin	Washington, DC, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop, go-go, dance, pop, R&B
Years active	2007-present
Members	Julian Nixon, Craig Balmoris

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

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

Wale – 100 Miles & Running (2007)

• 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 – 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"
• 10. "The Grown Up"
• 11. “The Manipulation"
• 12. "Artistic Integrity"
• 18. "The Hype"
• 19. "The End Credits"

Robin Thicke – Miscellaneous (2008)

• "Magic" Remix ft. Mary J. Blige and Wale Co- Produced w/ Mark Ronson

Rhymefest – El Che (2008)

• 02. "Talk My Shit"

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)

• 16. "Searching" ft. Bun B and Wale

Skyzoo – The Salvation (2009)

• 04. "My Interpretation"

Wale – Attention Deficit (2009)

• 04. "Pretty Girls" ft Gucci Mane & Weensey
• 08. "Shades" ft Chrisette Michele
• 14. "Prescription"

Wale - Miscellaneous (2009)

• "Family Affair"
• "Pretty Girls (Remix)" ft. Fabolous and Chris Brown

Logic - Young, Broke & Infamous (2010)

• 14. "Ask Em"

Shawty Lo - Miscellaneous (2010)

• "Say Yeah" ft. Snoop Dogg

Wale – More About Nothing (2010)

• 03. "The Soup"
• 21. "The Get Away (Fly Away) f. Northeast Groovers"

Mike Posner – The Layover (2011)

• 12. "21 Days"
• 13. "Attitudes" ft Casey Veggies

Kendrick Lamar - "The Vault" (2012)

• "Hands Up"

Schoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions (2012)

• 03. "Hands on the Wheel" ft. ASAP Rocky
  • Sample credit: "Pursuit of Happiness" - Lissie

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)

• Ep. 28 "Adam vs Eve" ft. Jenna Marbles

Tinashe - Black Water (2013)

• 06. "Midnight Sun"

Wale - (2014)

• "Royals (Remix)" ft. Magazeen

Rittz - Next to Nothing (2014)

• 08 "In My Zone" ft. Mike Posner and B.o.B
• 12 "Going Through Hell" ft. Mike Posner

Teyana Taylor - VII (2014)

• 02 "Just Different"

Wale - Festivus (2014)

• 09 "Chess" ft. Jerry Seinfeld

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" featuring King Mez

Rittz - Top of the Line (2016)

• 05 "Inside of the Groove" ft. Mike Posner and E-40

Wale - (2016)

• "Heisman Watch"

Jidenna - The Chief (2017)

• "Long Live the Chief"

SZA - Ctrl (2017)

• "Garden (Say It Like Dat)"