Sarz
Sarz
Nigerian record producer and musician
Osabuohien Osaretin (born 17 March 1989),[1] better known by his stage name Sarz, is a Nigerian record producer, mixing engineer and musician. Born in Benin City, Edo State, he is popularly known for the tag Sarz On The Beat/"Really", at the beginning or end of all his music productions.[2]
Sarz | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Osabuohien Osaretin |
| Born | (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35) Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | 1789 Entertainment |
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His first full credit production work was for Lord of Ajasa's "See Drama" in 2007. He has produced tracks for Wizkid, Naeto C, Banky W, Skales, Shank, Reminisce, Goldie Harvey, eLDee, Wande Coal, YQ, Lojay and Niniola.[3][4] He was formerly signed to Trybe Records, but left the outfit after his contract expired in November 2013.[5]
In 2010, Sarz produced the hit single "Jor Oh" and the remix for Jahbless which featured Durella, RuggedMan, Reminisce, Ice Prince and eLDee. The song won "Best Street Hop" and was nominated for "Best Collaboration" at The Headies.[6] In 2011, he produced Shank's "Salute", eLDee's "Today Today" & "Wash Wash", Skales "Mukulu", Goldie Harvey's "Don't Touch my Body" and Reminisce's "Kako Bi Chicken".[7] "Kako Bi Chicken" was nominated for "Best Street Hop" at The Headies, 2012.[8][9] Later that year, he solely produced eLDee's Undeniable album (except "We Made It").[10]
Sarz was nominated for the Nigeria Entertainment Awards 2012 "Producer of the Year" award alongside Don Jazzy. Although Don Jazzy won the award, he ended up giving the award to Sarz.[11] Sarz won "Best New Producer" at the 2012 Dynamix Awards.[12] He went on to release his first single “Beat Of Life (Samba)” featuring Nigerian Artiste, Wizkid from his upcoming album.[13]
In 2013, he produced two songs on Wizkid's Ayo album, "Jaiye Jaiye" featuring Femi Kuti and "Kilofe".[14] He was mentioned as one of the five new music producers giving Don Jazzy a run for his money by the Premium Times Nigeria.[15] Sarz was reported to have signed an endorsement deal with Nike later that Year.[16] Sarz was the executive producer for the official Hennessy Artistry 2014 theme song "Dance Go (Eau de Vie)", which featured Wizkid and 2Face Idibia.[17]
In April 2020, Sarz and Shizzi decided to go live on Instagram for a face off titled "The Battle of Hits" on 30 March 2020, which attracted a peak of 19.2k live viewers across the world.[18]
In 2021 Sarz released "Monalisa" with Lojay. "Monalisa" was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2023.[19]
| Year | Event | Prize | Recipient | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Dynamix Awards | Music Producer of the Year | Himself | Won | [20] |
| 2013 | City People Awards | Music Producer of the Year | Himself | Won | [21] |
| Nigerian Entertainment Awards | Music Producer of the Year | Himself | Nominated | [22] | |
| Song Of The Year | "Beat Of Life (Samba)" (featuring Wizkid) |
Nominated | [22] | ||
| South South Music Awards | Producer of the Year | Himself | Nominated | [23] | |
| 2018 | The Headies | Producer of the Year | Himself | Nominated | [24] |
| 2019 | SoundCity MVP Awards | African Producer of the Year | Himself | Nominated | [25] |
| AFRIMA | Music Producer of the Year | Himself | Nominated | [26] | |
| Songwriter of the Year | "Trobül" (Sarz & Wurld) | Nominated | [27] | ||
| Best RnB Duo | "Trobül" (Sarz & Wurld) | Nominated | [28] | ||
| 2021 | Afro X Digitals Awards | Music Producer of the Year | Himself | Won | [29] |
| AFRIMA | Best Artist, Duo or Group in African Contemporary | "Monalisa" (Sarz x Lojay) | Nominated | [30] | |
| 2022 | The Headies | Producer of the Year | Himself | Won | [31] |
| AFRIMA | African Fans Favourite | Monalisa remix (Sarz x Lojay feat. Chris Brown) | Nominated | [32] |
| Year | Title | Tracks | Contributors / Features | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | SINYM (Sarz Is Not Your Mate) | Good Morning Riddim | Femi Leye, Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, Mizzle, TMX0. | [33] |
| Spiritual Riddim | Femi Leye, Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo. | |||
| Celetronic Riddim | Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, Lil Kesh, Mizzle. | |||
| Inbox Riddim | Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, Lil Kesh, Wizkid. | |||
| Hello Africa Riddim | Dr. Alban, Flash, Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, TMX0. | |||
| Legwork Riddim | Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, Mizzle. |
| Year | Artiste | Body of Work | Tracks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sarz X WurlD | I LOVE GIRLS WITH TROBUL | Prisona |
| Trobul | |||
| Sweat | |||
| Focus | |||
| Mad | |||
| Nobody Wins Interlude | |||
| Ego | |||
| Sade | |||
| 2021 | Lojay X Sarz | LV N ATTN | Tonongo |
| LV N ATTN feat. Wizkid | |||
| Park O X3 | |||
| Panty! | |||
| Monalisa | |||
| 2021 | Sarz X Obongjayar | Sweetness | Sweetness |
| Gone Girl | |||
| If You Say | |||
| Nobody |
| Year | Title | Talents | Tracks | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | MTLF EP (Memories That Last Forever EP) | The Sarz Academy | Gbewa - Dunnie, Niniola | |
| Hold Me - Wizkid | ||||
| Global - Sarz, Tempoe, Jahblend | ||||
| Forever - Tiwa Savage | ||||
| Wa Je - P.Priime, Dapo Tuburna, Horsh | ||||
| Ma Lo Wa - Zlatan | ||||
| 2023 | MTLF 2 (Memories That Last Forever 2) Album | The Sarz Academy | Breathe - Perfext | |
| Resemble- Fxrtune | ||||
| 233- Charmaine'L A | ||||
| Good To Me- Perfext, Gimba | ||||
| Sad Love- Millymay_pod, Syntiat | ||||
| Inside Life- Fxrtune | ||||
| Only Man- Gimba | ||||
| Steady- Charmaine'L A, Gimba | ||||
| Rude- Syntiat | ||||
| Ready- Fxrtune, Pjstar | ||||
| DPWMH- Millymay_pod, Pjstar | ||||
| Body Wicked- Millymay_pod | ||||
| More- Perfext | ||||
| Buga- Fxrtune | ||||
| Jam One Kele- Millymay_pod, Gimba, Fxrtune | [34] |
| Year | Artiste | Song Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ruggedman | Banging |
| Lord of Ajasa | See drama | |
| 2008 | Shank | King Kong |
| 2009 | YQ | I Like Girls |
| Dagrin | Kondo | |
| 2010 | Goldie | Don't Touch |
| Iceberg Slim | I Made It feat. Da Grin | |
| Jahbless | Jor oh! Remix feat. Iceprince, Reminisce, Durella, Ruggedman, Eldee | |
| 2011 | Skales | Keresimesi |
| Shank | Salute | |
| Sarz | Badman feat. Wizkid | |
| Shank | Ghetto | |
| Skales | Mukulu | |
| Banky W | Lowkey | |
| Michael Word | Pop Sugar feat. Muna | |
| Naeto C | Super C Season | |
| Reminisce | Kako bi chicken | |
| Minjin | So beautiful | |
| 2012 | Skales | Ko Mo Le |
| Sarz | Beat of Life (Samba) feat. Wizkid | |
| Wizkid | Dance For Me | |
| Skales | My baby | |
| Eldee | Higher feat. K9 and Sojay | |
| Eldee | Been There Done That | |
| Eldee | Today Today | |
| Eldee | Always | |
| Eldee | Run Down feat. Banky W | |
| Eldee | Category | |
| Eldee | Wash Wash | |
| Eldee | Never let you go feat. Wizkid | |
| Eldee | Zombie feat. K9 and Sojay | |
| EME | Get Down Tonight | |
| 2013 | XP | Calabar Remix feat. Reminisce, Skales, Olamide |
| Reminisce | Ni’gboro | |
| Sarz | Ise Yen feat. Reminisce | |
| Sarz | Shoknorris feat. Burna Boy | |
| L.O.S | Wish you could stay | |
| Omawumi | Warn Yourself feat. Wizkid | |
| DJ Neptune | Emi Ni Oba (The King) feat. Phyno, Ruggedman, Pope, Reminisce, Uzi & Dagrin | |
| Lynxxx | Eziokwu feat Ikechukwu, Illbliss & Phyno | |
| Wizkid | Jaiye Jaiye feat. Femi Kuti | |
| Lynxxx | Mr Sexy | |
| Reminisce | Fantasi | |
| Sarz | Celebration feat. K9 | |
| Illrymz | Get the Club Started feat. Reminisce | |
| El’vee | Oga Pata Pata feat. Don Jazzy | |
| Addiction | Show Your Talent | |
| Wizkid, Iyanya, Praiz, Kcee | MTN iPulse | |
| 2014 | M.I | Shekpe feat Reminisce |
| M.I | Rich feat. Koker | |
| M.I | Wheel Barrow feat. Beenie Man & Emmy Ace | |
| Reminisce | Eleniyan feat. Wizkid | |
| Wizkid | Sound It | |
| Niniola | Ibadi | |
| Tekno | Anything | |
| 2face Idibia & Wizkid | Dance Go (Eau de Vie) | |
| Kach | Get up | |
| Reminisce | Fantasi | |
| Samad | Low waist | |
| K9 | Care about us feat. Sound Sultan | |
| Wizkid | Kilofe | |
| 2015 | Burna Boy | Trance |
| Reminisce | Skilashi | |
| Wande Coal | Ashimapeyin | |
| Wande Coal | Adura | |
| Wande Coal | Wanted Remix | |
| 2016 | 2Baba: Coded Tinz | feat. Phyno |
| Reminisce | Asalamalekun | |
| Reminisce | Asalamalekun [Remix] feat.Wale | |
| Hennessey Artistry | No be Water feat. Praiz, Burna Boy & Vector | |
| Reminisce | If E Nobi God feat. Mr. Eazi | |
| 2017 | Wizkid | Come Closer feat. Drake |
| Wizkid | Sweet Love | |
| Niniola | Maradona | |
| Niniola | Sicker | |
| Wizkid | African Bad Girl feat. Chris Brown | |
| Sarz: | Get up ft. Flash | |
| Niniola | Saro | |
| Niniola | Magun | |
| Mr Eazi | Accra To Lagos | |
| 2018 | Dj Enimoney | Diet feat. Reminisce, Slimcase & Tiwa Savage |
| Wurld x Sarz | Trobül | |
| Skepta & Wizkid | Bad Energy | |
| Niniola x DJ Snake | Maradona Riddim | |
| Flash | Balanciego | |
| Niniola x Busiswa | Magun Remix | |
| Mr. Eazi | Ogede | |
| Niniola | Bana | |
| 2019 | SeyiShay | Gimmie Love feat. Runtown |
| Reminisce | Oja | |
| Reminisce | OGB4IG feat. Naira Marley & Olamide | |
| Niniola | Designer feat. Sarz | |
| TBD X Wande Coal X Sarz | Tofunmi | |
| Wande Coal | Vex | |
| 2020 | Niniola | Omo Rapala |
| The Sarz Academy | Hold Me feat. Wizkid | |
| Reminisce | Ogaranya feat. Fireboy DML | |
| Shirazee | African Man In New York feat. Sarz | |
| Wizkid | Longtime feat. Skepta | |
| 2021 | Shirazee X Sting | English Man, African Man In New York |
| Nao | Antidote feat. Adekunle Gold | |
| 2022 | Lojay X Sarz | Monalisa remix feat. Chris Brown |
| Crayon | Ijo (Laba Laba) | |
| Ijo (Laba Laba) remix feat. Camidoh, Costa Titch & Focalistic | ||
| 2023 | BNXN | Gwagalada feat. Kizz Daniel & Seyi Vibes |
| Crayon | Ngozi feat. Ayra Starr | |
| Wurld x Sarz | Location | |
| Sarz x Crayon x Skrillex | Yo Fam | |
| Sarz feat. Asake, Gunna | Happiness | |
| Tems | Not An Angel | |
| 2024 | Ruger & BNXN | Ilashe |
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