Sess the Prblm Kid

Sess the Prblm Kid
Background information
Birth name	Salami Oluwasesan Abbas
Also known as	Sess The PRBLM Kid
Born	(1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 36) Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria
Genres	Afrobeats pop hip hop contemporary R&B
Occupations	Record producer musician
Instruments	Keyboard synthesizer drum shekere sampler
Years active	2015–present

Salami Oluwasesan Abbas (born 26 November 1988), better known by his stage name Sess, or Sess the Prblm Kid (stylised Sess the PRBLM Kid), is a Nigerian singer,[1] songwriter,[2] and music producer.[3] He is known for solely producing Falz the Bahd Guy and Simi's joint EP, Chemistry.[4]

He is notable with the mainstream sound watermark, "Sess, the Problem Kid", on his produced instrumentals.[5]

Early life and education

Salami Oluwasesan Abbas is from Offa, a town in the state of Kwara. He was born into a family of four children in Sagamu, Ogun State before moving to Ilorin, Kwara State.

Sess attended the University of Ilorin Staff School for elementary education before moving on to Best Legacy International High School then Thomas Adewunmi International college for secondary school. He then went on to study law at University of Ilorin, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2012.[6]

Career

He primarily produced Falz's second studio album Stories That Touch,[7] and the entirety of the collaborative EP Chemistry by Falz and Simi.

In 2016, Sess was nominated for African Producer of the Year at Soundcity MVP Awards Festival.[8]

In 2016, Stories That Touch won Album of the Year at the City People Entertainment Awards. In the same year, he won the New Discovery Producer of the Year and Afro Hip Hop Producer of the Year awards at The Beatz Awards 2016.[9]

In 2018, he primarily produced the album Moral Instruction by Falz.[10]

Discography

Production

Year	Song	Featured artist(s)	Credit/Role
2015	Ello Bae	Falz	Producer
	Everybody (Thank You)	Falz	Producer
	Karishika Pt.2	Falz, MI, Showdem Camp	Producer
	Kawosoke	Falz	Producer
	Celebrity Girlfriend	Falz, Reekado Banks	Producer
	Time Difference	Falz	Producer/Artiste
	Clap	Falz, Reminisce	Producer
	Workaholic	Falz	Producer
	Karichika	Falz, Chigul, Phyno	Producer
	My People	Falz	Producer
	Soft Work	Falz	Producer
2016	Champagne Shower	Terry Apala	Producer
	Regards To Your Mumsi	Falz, Ajebutter, Fresh L	Producer
	Ayakata	Illbliss, Falz	Producer/Artiste
	Foreign	Falz, Simi	Producer
	Want To	Falz, Simi	Producer
	Show You Pepper	Falz, Simi	Producer
	Cinderella	Falz, Simi	Producer
	Chemistry	Falz, Simi	Producer
	Shake Body	Falz, Simi	Producer
	Enough	Falz, Simi	Producer
2017	That's What's Up	Terry Apala	Producer/Artsite
	Bestest	Vector	Producer/Artiste
	One Kain	Simi	Producer
	Wonder Woman	Yemi Alade	Producer
	Talku Talku	Yemi Alade	Producer
	Bahd Baddo Baddest	Falz, Olamide, Davido	producer
	Wehdone Sir	Falz	Producer
	Confirm	Falz, Sir Dauda	Producer
	My Money	Falz, Terry Apala	Producer
	Something Light	Falz, YCEE	Producer
	I Do It	Falz	Producer
	Falz, Wande Coal	Way	Producer
	Boogie	Falz, Sir Dauda	Producer
	Alright	Falz, Burna Boy	Producer
	Polised	Falz	Producer
	Baby Boy	falz	Producer
	Oyari	Yemisi Fancy	Producer
	Dirty Jwizz	DJ Consequence, Falz, Sess	Producer
2018	Faize Yi	Reminisce, Shody The Turn Up King, Falz	Producer
	Ajigijaga	Reminisce	Producer
	One Billie	Simi, Joh Makini	Producer/Artiste
	Overload	Skales	Producer/Artiste
	Boy Bad	YCEE	Producer/Artiste
	Orgiginal Gangster	Sess, Reminisce, Adekunle Gold	Producer/Artiste
	PRBLM	Sess, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Dapo Tuburna, Dremo, Boogey	Producer/Artiste
	Word Up	Sess, Mayorkun, DJ Consequence	Producer/Artiste
	Foreign Girls	Sess, Odunsi (The Engine)	Producer/Artiste
	Disco Light	Sess, Tomi Thomas, Niniola, DJ Crowdkontroller	Producer/Artiste
	Smooth Operator	Sess, Ladipoe, Shank	Producer/Artiste
	Hold My Baby	Omawumi, Falz	Producer/Writer
	Laba Laba	Tiwa Savage	Writer
2019	Immortal	Simi, Maleek Berry	Producer
	Before You Wake Up	Adekunle Gold	Producer
	Kelegbe Megbe	Adekunle Gold	Producer
	Follow Follow	Falz	Producer
	Hypocite	Falz, Dammie Vee	Producer
	Amen	Falz	Producer
	Brothers Keeper	Falz	Producer/Artiste
	E No Finish	Falz	Producer
	After All Said And Done	Falz	Producer
	Can't Buy My Love	DYO	Co-Producer
2020	Firewood	Adekunle Gold, Tekno	Producer
	Taka Sufe	Sess	Artiste
	Sango & Oya	Moelogo	Producer
	Ugly Parts Of Love	Moelogo	Producer
	No Longer Beneficial	Simi	Producer
	City Lights	Simi	Producer
	Triggered	Simi, Wurld	Producer
	Bites The Dust	Simi, Adekunle Gold	Producer
	Mais Qui	Shay Lia	Producer
	Toxic	Reminisce, Adekunle Gold	Producer
2021	Mercy	Falz	Producer
	Love Portion	DJ Neptune, Adekunle Gold	Producer
	Spotlight	Sess	Producer/Artiste
	Cover	Sess, PsychoYP	Producer/Artiste
	To Match	Sess, Teni	Co-Producer/Artiste
	Thunda	Sess, Falz	Producer/Artiste
	Trouble	Sess, Simi	Producer/Artiste
	International Love	Sess, Adekunle Gold	Producer/Artiste
	Beautiful	Sess, Yemi Alade	Producer/Artiste
2022	Revival	Sess	Producer/Artiste
	All Night	Falz	Producer/Writer
	Beautiful Sunflower	Falz, Tiwa Savage	Co-Writer
	Jara	Sir Dauda	Producer
	Fame	Mz Kiss	Producer
	Kilode	Mz Kiss	Producer
	Farawe (Far Away)	Mz Kiss	Producer
	Smoked Fish	Mz Kiss	Producer
2023	Sare (un)	Annie Daymar	Producer
	Overnight	Milly May Pod	Producer
	Possible	Quickteller Barz & Notes Top 6 & Salle	Producer

Albums, mixtapes and EPs

• Omo Murda[11][12]
• Spotlight (EP)[13][14]
• Prblm (Mixtape)[15]

Singles

• "Original Gangster" by Sess featuring Adekunle Gold and Reminisce[16][17]
• "Don't Worry" by Sess & Spax[18]
• "To Match" by Sess and Teni
• "Revival" by Sess

Awards and nominations

Year	Event	Prize	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2016	The Beatz Awards 2016	New Discovery Producer of the Year	Himself	Won
		Afro Hiphop Producer of the Year	Himself	Won
		Afro R&B Producer of the Year	Himself	Nominated
		Afro Dancehall Producer of the Year	Himself	Nominated
	Soundcity MVP Awards Festival	African Producer of the Year	Himself	Nominated	[19][20]
	City People Entertainment Awards	Album of the Year (Stories That Touch by Falz)	Falz	Won
	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Album of the Year (Stories That Touch by Falz)	Falz	Nominated
2017	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Album of the Year (Chemistry by Falz and Simi)	Falz & Simi	Nominated
2018	The Headies	Best Rap Album (27 by Falz)	Falz	Nominated
2019	The Headies 2019	Album of the year (Moral Instruction by Falz)	Falz	Won
		Rap album of the year (Moral Instruction by Falz)	Falz	Won
2020	Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards	Best Soundtrack (Original Gangster feat. Adekunle Gold & Reminisce)	Himself	Nominated	[21][22]

References

1. "Sess Releases New Track "Bestest" Featuring Vector". 20 November 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
2. "Music Producer, Sess features Falz, Teni, others on forthcoming album". 2 November 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
3. "Top 10 Nigerian music producers of 2017". 14 December 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
4. "Working With Falz Has Been Magical–SessBeats". 28 July 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
5. "Here are the 15 greatest Nigerian producer-artist combos since 1999". 28 July 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
6. "Sess". Retrieved 23 February 2022.
7. "Falz: Stories That Touch Album Review". 30 November 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
8. "Soundcity MVP Awards 2016: See the full list of winners". 30 December 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
9. "MasterKraft, Sess, Rotimi Keys Others Shine At The Beatz". 24 December 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
10. "Falz's Moral Instruction album is now officially out Stream Here". 15 January 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
11. "Producer releases debut album, Omo Muda, says it took him 18 months to put the album together". 21 September 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
12. "Sess the Prblm Kid Drops Album Omo Muda". 21 September 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
13. "Sess the PRBLM serves "Spotlight" EP". 4 November 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
14. "Nigerian Producer Sess Unveils Tracklist For Upcoming Album". 1 November 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
15. "Sess The Problem Kid Debuts His Free Mixtape PRBLM". Retrieved 23 February 2022.
16. "Sess - 'Original Gangster' ft Adekunle Gold and Reminisce (Official Video)". 10 December 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
17. "Kemi Adetiba and Sess Channel Menacing Energy in New Video". 11 December 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
18. "Sess and Spax Are Still Working on Their Joint Project But Don't Worry Is Out Already". 19 October 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
19. "Davido, Patoranking, Tekno, to perform at 2016 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival". 29 December 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
20. "Davido, Runtown lead Sound City MVP awards nomination". 22 December 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
21. "Producer Sess Is The 'Original Gangster' With Adekunle Gold & Reminisce Listen". 4 May 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
22. "AMVCA 2020 Complete List of Nominees". 7 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2022.