We were four or five in numbers.Īfter 2018, I decided to find my way. He was always telling us, “do this,” ‘Do that,” “Come back, play our beats for ” and all of that. I’m always in front of him, staring at the computer every time he’s working. When I learned the basics, every time he’s working with artists, if I don’t understand something, I’m always asking questions. I started using Fruity Loops, and I was watching. So, when you became Sarz’s apprentice, essentially, what was your process of learning how to produce like? Kel-P talked to Rolling Stone about his path, techniques, and new sound. “I fell in love with the craft as a producer because I felt like I was ahead of my group this time around,” he says on our call. He told Nigeria’s The Guardian that he was one of his ensemble’s worst vocalists. When Sarz relayed to them that at least one of them should make the beats they performed on, Kel-P took on the task and found something he excelled at. They met when Kel-P came to his studio as a part of a seven-person music group - in which he sang. In 2017, Sarz, the producer of the recent hit “Mona Lisa,” took Kel-P under his wing. The question is what made me start producing,” Kel-P says over Zoom. Kel-P dropped his first EP as a vocalist, Bully Season Vol.1, last month, full of tropical odes to women, meant to get them on the dancefloor. Kel-P is among a budding crop of Nigerian producers (including Pheelz and Young John) hopping up from behind the boards and pursuing careers as the lead act, too. Kel-P is the 27-year-old producer from Lagos behind much of Burna Boy’s Grammy-nominated African Giant as well as Wizkid’s “Ginger,” and, as he tells Rolling Stone, upcoming projects from heavyweights like Davido, Wande Coal, and Adekunle Gold.
The beat tag “It’s Kel-P Vibes!” - cooed sultrily at the start of some of Afrobeats’ best tracks - is a signal you’re in for a good time.
0 kommentar(er)
