P2J
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Background information | |
Birth name | Richard Olowaranti Mbu Isong |
Also known as | Pro2Jay |
Born | 11 July 1987 |
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Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Warner Chappell • BMG |
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Richard Olowaranti Mbu Isong (born 11 July 1987), professionally known as P2J is a Nigerian-British producer from London, England. He is best known for his work with the likes of Beyoncé, Wizkid, Stormzy, FKA Twigs, Burna Boy, Tems, Doja Cat & many more.
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Career
P2J started to solidify his production career at age 14, when an instructor recommended he transfer to music courses.[1] His career kickstarted in 2007 on the television station, Channel U under the name P2J Project with the grime song "Hands in the Air".[2] He formerly produced songs under the name Pro2Jay, for the likes of Tiwa Savage, Krept and Konan and Lily Allen.[3] In 2017, he produced the song "Covered in You" for Chris Brown's album Heartbreak on a Full Moon.[4]
In 2019, he became one of the go-to afrobeats producers, working with artists such as Burna Boy, Wizkid, GoldLink, WSTRN, Doja Cat, Davido and more.[5] His largest collaboration in 2019 was with Beyoncé on the soundtrack album The Lion King: The Gift producing 6 tracks, earning him a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album.[6] In 2020, he won his first Grammy award for Best Global Music Album, on Burna Boy's album Twice as Tall.[7] P2J was the primary producer on Wizkid's album Made in Lagos, which was nominated for a Grammy and included the song "Essence".[8][9] The song became the first Nigerian song in history to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Global 200 in 2021, and a remix featuring Justin Bieber was later released.[10][11]
In 2022, he produced for FKA Twigs on the song "Jealousy" from her mixtape Caprisongs.[12] He has also produced 5 songs on Young T & Bugsey's mixtape Truth Be Told[13] and "Fallen Angel" on Ella Mai's latest album "Heart on my Sleeve".
Artistry
P2J spoke on his production style in interview saying, "Wizkid and I were on the same path in terms of musicality when we met, in terms of merging different genres together, like merging reggae with the Afro, R&B with the Afro. He's been trying to get towards that through Soundman Vol. 1. We just eased into it with Made in Lagos. If you listen to the album, there's like a specific bass line that I've done that's quite memorable."[14] He also said that his goal to "infuse African music in anything I do. Whether it's African music like afro and R&B, afro and house, afro and pop, or afro and rap. I've always tried to infuse it in any way."[5]
Production discography
2013
- Nathan - Dark Room - single
- 00. "Dark Room"
2015
- 07. "I Don't Know" (featuring Rebecca Garton) (produced with Crumz)
- 17. "So Easy" (produced with Big Mike)
- 08. "Love Me Hard" (featuring 2face Idibia)
- 17. "Bad" (featuring Wizkid)
2017
- 02. "Bad Boys" (featuring Ghetts & J Hus) (produced with Fraser T. Smith, EY & Stormzy)
- 02. "Get It Now"
- 04. "Hold Me Down"
- Star.One - Okay (P2J Remix) - Single
- 00. Okay (P2J Remix) (featuring Maleek Berry & Seyi Shay)
- Gyyps - Killafornia
- 08. "Workout"
- Yungen - All Night - Single
- 00. "All Night" (featuring Mr Eazi)
- Reblah - Back to Glory
- 04. "Wabamilo" (featuring P2J)
- 07. "Covered in You" (produced with Ayo & Keyz)
2018
- 03. "Koni Baje"
- 11. "Devil in California"
- 04. "Your Choice" (featuring Burna Boy)
- 08. "Higher"
- Rebecca Garton - The Intent 2: The Come Up (soundtrack)
- 18. "Always"
- 04. "Mirror" (produced with Mario & Jake Gosling)
2019
- 09. "Pull Up" (KSI featuring Jme) (produced with Sammy SoSo)
- 01. "//error" (produced with Ari PenSmith & GoldLink)
- 02. "Joke Ting" (featuring Ari PenSmith) (produced with Ari PenSmith)
- 03. "Maniac" (produced with OBR)
- 05. "Zulu Screams" (featuring Maleek Berry and Bibi Bourelly)
- 06. "More" (featuring Lola Rae)
- 07. "Cokewhite" (featuring Pusha T) (produced with Fwdslxsh, McKenzie, MD$ & Momberger)
- 09. "Yard" (featuring Haile of WSTRN)
- 10. "Spanish Song" (featuring WaveIQ)
- 11. "No Lie" (featuring WizKid) (produced with Ari PenSmith & Deats)
- 06. "Don't Jealous Me" (Tekno, Lord Afrixana, Yemi Alade and Mr Eazi) (produced with Beyoncé & Dixie)
- 08. "Ja Ara E" (Burna Boy) (produced with Beyoncé & Dixie)
- 14. "Water" (Salatiel, Pharrell and Beyoncé) (produced with Beyoncé)
- 15. "Brown Skin Girl" (Beyoncé, Saint Jhn and Wizkid featuring Blue Ivy Carter) (produced with Beyoncé & Dixie)
- 17. "Keys to the Kingdom" (Tiwa Savage and Mr Eazi) (produced with Beyoncé, Northboi Oracle, GuiltyBeatz & Dixie)
- 25. "Scar" (070 Shake and Jessie Reyez) (produced with Beyoncé, Tim Suby, Hamelin, Ari PenSmith, Dixie & Mike Dean)
- 02. "Anybody"
- Mark Ronson - Don't Leave Me Lonely (featuring Yebba)
- 01. "Don't Leave Me Lonely" (featuring Yebba)
- WSTRN - WSTRN Season, Vol. 2
- 14. "Switch It Up" (produced with AoD & PRGRSHN)
- Snoh Aalegra - Situationship - Single
- 00. "Situationship"
- Odunsi (The Engine) - Better Days / Wetin Dey - Single
- 00. "Better Days" (featuring Wani)
- Justine Skye - Bare With Me
- 02. "Secrets"
- 03. "Bulletproof"
- 05. "When You're Ready"
- Wretch 32 - 10/10 - Single
- 00. "10/10" (featuring Giggs)
- Krept and Konan - G Love - Single
- 00. "G Love" (featuring Wizkid)
- 08. "Addiction" (produced with Ari PenSmith)
- Jaz Karis - Summer Stories
- 03. "Bad Memories"
- 03. "Come Around"
- 04. "Owe You"
- 06. "Unwritten Rules"
- 07. "Get to You"
- Skylar Stecker - Redemption
- 03. Sleep On"
2020
- 01. "Jam" (Wizkid featuring Chronixx)
- Skip Marley - Slow Down (P2J Remix) - Single
- 00. "Slow Down (P2J Remix)" (featuring H.E.R.)
- Manny Norté - 4AM - Single
- 00. "4AM" (with 6lack, Rema & Tion Wayne)
- Lilah - Atlantis
- 01. "Atlantis"
- 03. "Summer Nights Fling"
- 04. "Oxymoron"
- 05. "Tired"
- 06. "Euphoria"
- 07. "Lilah's Lullaby"
- Wretch 32 - Upon Reflection
- Young T & Bugsey - Plead the 5th
- 06. "Stand Up Man"
- Haley Cassidy - Stripped
- 03. "Beyond the Sun"
- 04. "Foolish"
- 07. "Life After You"
- 09. "So Gone (Interlude)"
- 10. "Still Stay" (featuring Tiggs Da Author)
- 11. "Why Didn't You Call?"
- 10. "Easy" (featuring Summer Walker)
- Tiwa Savage - Celia
- 08. "Us (Interlude)"
- 04. "Wasted Energy" (featuring Diamond Platnumz)
- 07. "Aries" (featuring Peter Hook and Georgia)
- 12. "Opium" (featuring EarthGang)
- 01. "Reckless"
- 02. "Ginger" (featuring Burna Boy) (produced with Kel-P)
- 03. "Longtime" (featuring Skepta) (produced with Sarz)
- 04. "Mighty Wine"
- 05. "Blessed" (featuring Damian Marley)
- 06. "Smile" (featuring H.E.R.)
- 07. "Piece of Me" (featuring Ella Mai)
- 08. "No Stress"
- 10. "Sweet One"
- 11. "Essence" (featuring Tems) (produced with Legendury Beatz)
- 14. "Grace"
- 16. "Mood" (featuring Buju)
- 17. "Steady"
- 18. "Essence (Remix)" (featuring Justin Bieber & Tems)
- Griff - Say It Again - Single
- 01. "Say It Again"
- Jessie Reyez - Before Love Came To Kill Us
- 09. "ROOF"
- Angel - Blessings (Remix)
- 01. "Blessings Remix" (featuring French Montana & Davido)
2021
- Dave - Titanium & Mercury - Single
- 01. "Titanium"
- Sinéad Harnett - Ready Is Always Too Late
- 05. "Anymore" (featuring Lucky Daye)
- 14. "Dying 4 Your Love" (produced with Marco Bernadis, Malik Venner & Jack Nichols-Marcy)
- 06. "System" (featuring Wizkid) (produced with Kyle Evans, Jae5 & Joe Reeves)
- 07. "Lazarus" (featuring Boj) (produced with Jae5 & Joe Reeves)
- 10. "Twenty to One" (produced with Dave & Kyle Evans)
- Not3s - 3 Th3 Album
- 08. "Counting"
- WSTRN - Wonder Woman - Single
- 00. "Wonder Woman"
- Tion Wayne - Green with Envy
- 07. "West End" (featuring D-Block Europe)
- 12. "Realest One"
- 13. "Spend a Bag" (featuring 6lack)
- 15. "Homecoming"
- Tamera - Afrodite
- 01. "Wickedest"
- 02. "New Hobby"
- 03. "Strong For Me"
- 04. "Angel Dust"
- 05. "Good Love" (featuring Tay Iwar)
- Pa Salieu - Afrikan Rebel
- 01. "Shining" (featuring Tay Iwar & Zlatan)
- 01. "B.D'or" (featuring Wizkid)
- Zhavia Ward - Big Girl$ Don't Cry - Single
- 01. "Big Girl$ Don't Cry"
2022
- 11. "Jealousy" (featuring Rema) (produced with FRED, El Guincho, FKA Twigs & Koreless)
- Young T & Bugsey - Truth Be Told
- 02. "Big Bidness"
- 04. "Caliente" (featuring Aitch)
- 09. "Nice" (featuring Blxst)
- 10. "Roberto C" (featuring Unknown T)
- 11. "Glitter Ain't Gold"
- "Fallen Angel" (produced with Meko yohannes, Jahaan Sweet, Gaetan Judd, Mustard & Ari PenSmith)
- Burna Boy - Love, Damini
- 02. "Science"
- 06. "Whiskey"
- 10. "Dirty Secrets"
- 12. "For My Hand" (featuring Ed Sheeran)
- 02. "i"
- 13. "tell everybody" (featuring Tay Iwar)
- Beyoncé - Renaissance
- 10. "Move" (produced with Beyoncé, GuiltyBeatz, MeLo-X, The-Dream & Stuart White)
- 09. "Cheque"
- 08. "No Paradise"
- 02. "Mmadu" (produced with Ckay)
- 02. "Zoo Girl" (produced with Ckay)
- 03. "Take Shots" (featuring Tory Lanez)
- 01. "Money & Love"
- 03. "Bad to Me"
- 04. "2 Sugar" (featuring Ayra Starr)
- 05. "Everyday"
- 06. "Slip n Slide" (featuring Skillibeng & Shenseea)
- 07. "Deep"
- 08. "Flower Pads"
- 09. "Wow" (featuring Skepta & Naira Marley)
- 11. "Plenty Loving"
- 13. "Frames (Who's Gonna Know)"
- 02. "This Is What I Mean" (featuring Black Sherif, Amaarae & Ms Banks)
- 05. "Need You" (featuring tendai & Ayra Starr)
- 06. "Hide & Seek"
- 10. "Bad Blood" (featuring NAO)
- 11. "I Got My Smile Back" (featuring India.Arie)
2023
- 06. "Fantasy"
- 04. "I Don't Mind"
- Jorja Smith - falling or flying
- 03. "Little Things"
- Tay Iwar - Summer Breeze
- 06. "Don't Lie"
- Masego - Masego
- 10. "Say You Want Me" (produced with E.Y. & Dan Foster)
- 02. "Massacre"
- 03. "Who Told You" (featuring Drake)
- 04. "Militerian" (featuring Naira Marley)
- 19. "Playing Chess"
- Lil Tjay - 222
- 01. "Nightshift"
- 04. "Unbelievable" (featuring Ayra Starr)
Awards and nominations
Year | Event | Prize | Recipient | Result | Ref |
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2019 | Soul Train Music Award for The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award | Record of the Year | Brown Skin Girl - Beyoncé ft. Wizkid & Saint Jhn | Won | [15] |
2020 | Grammy Awards | Best Pop Vocal Album | The Lion King: The Gift | Nominated | [16] |
2021 | Grammy Awards | Best Global Music Album | Twice as Tall | Won | [17] |
Soul Train Music Award for The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award | Record of the Year | Essence (song) - Wizkid ft. Tems | Nominated | [18] | |
2021 | Rated Awards | Producer of the Year | Himself | Nominated | [19] |
2022 | Grammy Awards | Best Global Music Album | Made in Lagos | Nominated | [20] |
Best Global Music Performance | "Essence"
(featuring Tems) |
Nominated |
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