Sarz; The Legendary Hit Maker
Sarz, fondly caled O1S, an acronym that stands for Only 1 Sarz is a Nigerian Producer and beat maker whose talent stands out from the vast majority of producers that exist nationwide. Known with several artistes, he has produced for Olamide, Reminisce, Patoranking, Banky W, JahBless and lately Wizkid. His relationship with Wizkid dates back to 2012 when EME released their first studio album and Sarz produced an hit single off the album titled "Dance For Me" which featured the Starboy. Few months later, Wizkid paid a visit to Sarz's studio where he recorded "Beat of Life" which topped charts and gained rave reviews from fans who fell in love with the afro-beat track. Later on, Sarz produced arguably the best song of 2013, Jaiye Jaiye which featured Femi Kuti. An afro-beat song, Wizkid did enough justice to the song with fans scoring it a high. In 2015, after the success of his sophomore album, Ayo, Wizkid released a single titled Sound It which was produced by Sarz. Typical like all other Wizkid songs, Sound It was also majorly afro-beat. It is safe to say that Sarz seems to be the only producer on the continent who understands what Wizkid truly wants in the afro-beat genre.
In 2016, Wizkid started to record his third studio album, Sounds From The Other Side. With the help of Efya and Dj Maphorisa, they all began to work for this major project, Wizkid, Sarz and DJ Maphorisa were all accorded production credits on the best song in 2016, One Dance. It was rumoured back in Nigeria when an affiliate of Wizkid, Seyi Shay said in an interview that Wizkid sold One Dance to Drake. She further alleged that Wizkid recorded One Dance with the help of other producers which included Sarz. Apart from One Dance, Sarz also produced the smash hit, Come Closer which featured Canadian Rapper, Drake. Sarz's exploits cannot go unnoticed as he is responsible for Wizkid's switch from the regular afro-beat to the modern day Caribbean Sound. Wizkid's First Song in 2017, sweet love was also produced by the legendary producer.The track to which had been billed for release since 2016 was eventually released as Wizkid's first song off his record deal with RCA records. It is safe to say that of all songs Wizkid has released in 2016-2017, Sarz is responsible for 65% of the total output!
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