• Source: P2J

Richard Olowaranti Mbu Isong (born 11 July 1987), known professionally as P2J is a Nigerian-British producer from London, England. He has produced for high-profile pop artists including Beyoncé, Wizkid, Stormzy, FKA Twigs, Burna Boy, Tems, and Doja Cat, among others.




Career


P2J started to solidify his production career at age 14, when an instructor recommended he transfer to music courses. His career kickstarted in 2007 on the television station, Channel U under the name P2J Project with the grime song "Hands in the Air". He formerly produced songs under the name Pro2Jay, for the likes of Tiwa Savage, Krept and Konan and Lily Allen. In 2017, he produced the song "Covered in You" for Chris Brown's album Heartbreak on a Full Moon.
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. 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. In 2020, he won his first Grammy award for Best Global Music Album, on Burna Boy's album Twice as Tall. P2J was the primary producer on Wizkid's album Made in Lagos, which was nominated for a Grammy and included the song "Essence". 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.
In 2022, he produced for FKA Twigs on the song "Jealousy" from her mixtape Caprisongs. He has also produced 5 songs on Young T & Bugsey's mixtape Truth Be Told and "Fallen Angel" on Ella Mai's album Heart on My Sleeve.




Artistry


P2J spoke on his production style in an 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." 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."




Production discography






= 2013

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Nathan – Dark Room – single
00. "Dark Room"




= 2015

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Krept and Konan – The Long Way Home
07. "I Don't Know" (featuring Rebecca Garton) (produced with Crumz)
17. "So Easy" (produced with Big Mike)
Tiwa Savage – R.E.D
08. "Love Me Hard" (featuring 2face Idibia)
17. "Bad" (featuring Wizkid)




= 2017

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Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer
02. "Bad Boys" (featuring Ghetts & J Hus) (produced with Fraser T. Smith, EY & Stormzy)
Tiwa Savage – Sugarcane
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)
Chris Brown – Heartbreak on a Full Moon
07. "Covered in You" (produced with Ayo & Keyz)




= 2018

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Burna Boy – Outside
03. "Koni Baje"
11. "Devil in California"
Lily Allen – No Shame
04. "Your Choice" (featuring Burna Boy)
08. "Higher"
Rebecca Garton – The Intent 2: The Come Up (soundtrack)
18. "Always"
Mario – Dancing Shadows
04. "Mirror" (produced with Mario & Jake Gosling)




= 2019

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KSI and Randolph – New Age
09. "Pull Up" (KSI featuring Jme) (produced with Sammy SoSo)
GoldLink – Diaspora
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)
Beyoncé – The Lion King: The Gift
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)
Burna Boy – African Giant
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)
Doja Cat – Hot Pink
08. "Addiction" (produced with Ari PenSmith)
Jaz Karis – Summer Stories
03. "Bad Memories"
03. "Come Around"
04. "Owe You"
06. "Unwritten Rules"
Davido – A Good Time
07. "Get to You"
Skylar Stecker – Redemption
03. Sleep On"




= 2020

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Starboy – Soundman Vol. 1
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
04. "10/10" (featuring Giggs)
05. "Burn" (featuring Ghetts & Talay Riley)
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?"
Aminé – Limbo
10. "Easy" (featuring Summer Walker)
Burna Boy – Twice as Tall
02. "Alarm Clock" (produced with Diddy & Timbaland)
Tiwa Savage – Celia
08. "Us (Interlude)"
Alicia Keys – Alicia
04. "Wasted Energy" (featuring Diamond Platnumz)
Gorillaz – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
07. "Aries" (featuring Peter Hook and Georgia)
12. "Opium" (featuring EarthGang)
Wizkid – Made in Lagos
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

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Dave – Titanium & Mercury – Single
01. "Titanium"
Sinéad Harnett – Ready Is Always Too Late
05. "Anymore" (featuring Lucky Daye)
Snoh Aalegra – Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies
14. "Dying 4 Your Love" (produced with Marco Bernadis, Malik Venner & Jack Nichols-Marcy)
Dave – We're All Alone in This Together
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)
Burna Boy – B.D'or featuring Wizkid – Single
01. "B.D'or" (featuring Wizkid)
Zhavia Ward – Big Girl$ Don't Cry – Single
01. "Big Girl$ Don't Cry"




= 2022

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FKA Twigs – Caprisongs
11. "Jealousy" (featuring Rema) (produced with Fred Again, 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"
Ella Mai – Heart on My Sleeve
"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)
Omah Lay – Boy Alone
02. "i"
13. "tell everybody" (featuring Tay Iwar)
Beyoncé – Renaissance
10. "Move" (produced with Beyoncé, GuiltyBeatz, MeLo-X, The-Dream & Stuart White)
Aitch – Close to Home
09. "Cheque"
Santigold – Spirituals
08. "No Paradise"
CKay – Sad Romance
02. "Mmadu" (produced with Ckay)
M.I.A. – MATA
02. "Zoo Girl" (produced with Ckay)
A Boogie wit da Hoodie – Me vs. Myself
03. "Take Shots" (featuring Tory Lanez)
Wizkid – More Love, Less Ego
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)"
Stormzy – This Is What I Mean
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

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Kali Uchis – Red Moon in Venus
06. "Fantasy"
Chlöe – In Pieces
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)
J Hus – Beautiful and Brutal Yard
02. "Massacre"
03. "Who Told You" (featuring Drake)
04. "Militerian" (featuring Naira Marley)
19. "Playing Chess"
Lil Tjay – 222
01. "Nightshift"
Tori Kelly – Tori
04. "Unbelievable" (featuring Ayra Starr)




= 2024

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Kali Uchis – ORQUÍDEAS
02. "Me Pongo Loca"
05. "Diosa"
07. "Perdiste"
Tyla – TYLA

11. "On My Body" (with Becky G)
Ayra Starr – The Year I Turned 21

2. Goodbye (Warm Up" (with Asake)
Victony – Stubborn

3. Ludo (with Shallipopi)
4. Anita
15. Sunday School




Awards and nominations






References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Renaissance (album)
• P2J
• Honda D engine
• Ari PenSmith
• Flow-shop scheduling
• More Love, Less Ego
• Made in Lagos
• Born in the Wild
• Jess (album)
• This Is What I Mean
• Essence (Wizkid song)