Ghanaian Music Producers Who Had an Amazing 2017

M.O.G BEATZ 

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Who didn’t M.O.G Beatz produce for in 2017 ? The young producer is building quite a production portfolio. In 2017 alone, he produced for the likes of Pope Skinny, 4×4, Kwaw Kese, Shatta Wale , E.L, Gallaxy, Sarkodie, Shaker , and Eazzy just to mention a few. Almost all songs he produced became instant favorites.

He also released a couple of singles himself and featured the likes of Sarkodie , E.L , Dj Last Kobo amongst others on a number of songs.

Besides the singles released , he also did not forget his fans and fellow rappers as he dropped a couple of free instrumentals.

Some of his notable productions include:

Sarkodie – Didi (feat. Kelvynboy & Strongman)

Gallaxy – Qualities

Shatta Wale – Rado Rado

Shatta Wale – Waitti

Lousika – Opampam (feat. Shatta Wale)

Shatta Wale – Ma Chargie 100%

E.L – Mind Your Business (feat. Medikal)

Sarkodie – Gboza

E.L – ELien Anthem (LOMI)

Eazzy – One Tin

Shaker – Edawoso

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WILLISBEATZ

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 WillisBeatz once said in an interview that it is his time. He wasn’t lying and probably had the most hits in 2017.

Some of the artistes he produced for in 2017 included Guru , Ebony , MzVee, Shatta Wale , Kofi Kinaata , Kaakie, Patapaa, Keche, Sista Afia, A.I and many others. His chemistry with the ‘African Dancehall King’ Shatta Wale in 2017 was amazing !.

Some of the most notable songs he produced during the course of the year included

Shatta Wale – Taking Over (feat. Joint 77 x Addi Self x Captan)

Ebony – Sponsor

Shatta Wale – Forgetti (Feat. Joint 77, Addi Self, Pope Skinny, Captan & Natty Lee)

Ebony – Maame Hw3

Shatta Wale – Freedom

Kofi Kinaata – Single and Free

Sista Afia – Jeje (feat. Shatta Wale x Afezi Perry)

MzVee – Sing My Name

Shatta Wale – Bulletproof

Kofi Kinaata – Last Show

Patapaa – Wobeti Patupa (feat. Buda)

He won ‘Producer Of The Year’ at the 2017 edition of the Ghana Music Awards UK.

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GUILTY BEATZ

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2017 was a year for experimentation for Guilty Beatz. He fused quite a lot of genres and somehow got those fusions to gel with Afro Beats.

An example is Pappy Kojo’s ‘No Way’. According to Guilty Beatz , it was an evolution of AfroBeats which included Dancehall & Highlife mixed with House.

The results ? unique ‘World’ sounds.

Some of his 2017 productions with his new production sounds included

Pappy Kojo – No Way 

Vision DJ – Chuku (feat. VVIP & Miyaki)

Pappy Kojo – Abena

T’Neeya – Don’t Judge Me

Fancy Gadam – Customer (feat. Patoranking)

Other productions included

Mr. Eazi – 2 People (Remix)(feat. Small Doctor & Nakamura)

Dahlin Gage – Gor Sor

Guilty Beatz – Fashion Killer (feat KaySwitch x D.I.)

Guilty Beatz – You Can Go (feat. G-West )

Mr. Eazi – Feelings

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DRVMROLL

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Drvmroll is your typical low-key producer pocketing achievements upon achievements. Besides releasing a single ‘Blvckheart’ on his birthday and producing some songs on Jayso’s 0106 EP, Drvmroll spent majority of his time in 2017 producing commercial music for brands. He also did a lot of mixing and mastering for your favorite artistes and producers (we are not allowed to say at this point). 

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MAGNOM

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Despite the fact that In the later part of 2017 Magnom confessed that it had been difficult combining producing music and singing, he managed to boss both and had quite an awesome year.

  • He released 2 Mixtape albums in 2017: ‘We Speed’ and ‘ Mature by Nature’ 
  • Produced for Raquel , Stephanie Benson, Edem , Sarkodie , Gasmilla,  Ayat and M3dal , just to mention a few.
  • ‘My Baby’ a single off his Mature By Nature Album made its way into the PSG Locker Room
  • He  recomposed ‘My Baby’ lyrically and it was the official Airtel-Tigo Merger Song.
  • He finished 2017 in East Africa, headlining Rock Events’ end of year party dubbed ‘Roc Nye’ which took place at the Serena Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda on New Years Eve. Where he thrilled his Rwandan fans to his songs

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KILLBEATZ

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Killbeatz put Africa on the map in 2017 with exceptional productions. The productions that got people talking was without a doubt the ones for Fuse ODG and Ed Sheeran.

He produced for Ed Sheeran , Fuse ODG Omar Sterling, Burna Boy, R2Bees, Stephanie Benson , King Promise , Yemi Alade, Youssoupha, Samini , Sarkodie , Fancy Gadam and B4bonah just to mention a few.

Away from productions , he started his own record Label, LLE (Legacy Life Entertainment), which gave us King Promise !

He represented Ghana at the 2017 edition of Coke Studio Africa

He won ‘Producer of the Year’ at the Ghana Music Awards 2017.

He produced a single of Ed Sheeran’s ‘Divide’ Album.

Received Plaque from The Official Charts Company (UK) for ‘Bibia Be Ye Ye’ , a production on Ed Sheeran’s Divide album, after It Sold Nearly 2 Million Copies.

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MIX MASTER GARZY

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It is an undeniable truth that 2017 has been a hectic but achievable road as he has produced more smash singles both home and Diaspora notable among them is the current waves from Zylofon new signee

Becca “Na Wash & With You”

Stonebwoy “Falling Again & Come From Far”

Jupitar “Whine”

Captain Planet (4×4) “Obi Agye Obi Girl”

Bisa Kdei “Apae”

E.L “Explain”

Patoranking’s “Love U Die”

Dammy Krane “Gbetiti” et al.

Mix Master Garzy won ‘Producer Of The Year’ at Ghana Entertainment Awards USA

He was also Honoured At TGC Prestigious Awards for his enormous contributions towards the rapid growth of Ghana music.

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OTHER PRODUCERS WORTH MENTIONING 

B2

Tubhanimuzik

Dr Ray Beat

Kuvie

Fortune Dane

Which music producer did we leave out ? drop a comment below or send us an email at [email protected] and we’ll add them to the list ! Don’t forget to tell us why they should be on the list !




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