Recording
Umshove
Kabza De Small featuring Leehleza
- Released
- 2018
- On one list
- Amapiano
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Analysis
11 sections, the first drop of 3 at 1:39, 28% of the way in, 19% of it spent climbing.
- Tempo
- 117.5 BPM
- holds throughout
- Key
- E minor
- estimated from the pitch content
- Dynamic range
- 8.2 dB
- moderate range, typical of a modern master
- Length
- 5:59
- measured from the YouTube master
The record, end to end
Click the track to jump · ← → move between sections
- 0:00Aintro0
- 0:34Abuildbar 17
- 1:14Bbuildbar 37
- 1:41Cpeakbar 49
- 1:57Dbreakdownbar 57
- 2:22Cpeakbar 70
- 3:12Dbreakdownbar 94
- 3:29Cpeakbar 102
- 4:02Cpeakbar 119
- 4:53Abreakdownbar 143
- 5:26Aoutrobar 160
Drops at 1:39 (bar 49), 2:22 (bar 69), 3:28 (bar 102). A drop is a moment, not a stretch — marked on the track above rather than shaded across it.
0:00 · A · intro
opens the record below its own average energy · instrumental · one of 4 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 0:34
- Energy
- 8
- Brightness
- 81
- Density
- 89
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy and brightness climbing without a break · instrumental · one of 4 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 0:41
- Energy
- 20
- Brightness
- 72
- Density
- 26
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy and brightness climbing without a break · instrumental
- Lasts
- 0:26
- Energy
- 32
- Brightness
- 100
- Density
- 18
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
sits at the top of this record's range · sung · one of 4 stretches of the same music (C)
- Lasts
- 0:17
- Energy
- 89
- Brightness
- 15
- Density
- 14
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning · sung · one of 2 stretches of the same music (D)
- Lasts
- 0:25
- Energy
- 0
- Brightness
- 75
- Density
- 0
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
sits at the top of this record's range · sung · one of 4 stretches of the same music (C)
- Lasts
- 0:50
- Energy
- 100
- Brightness
- 41
- Density
- 20
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning · sung · one of 2 stretches of the same music (D)
- Lasts
- 0:17
- Energy
- 11
- Brightness
- 6
- Density
- 1
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
sits at the top of this record's range · sung · one of 4 stretches of the same music (C)
- Lasts
- 0:33
- Energy
- 98
- Brightness
- 40
- Density
- 19
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
sits at the top of this record's range · instrumental · one of 4 stretches of the same music (C)
- Lasts
- 0:50
- Energy
- 92
- Brightness
- 60
- Density
- 27
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning · instrumental · one of 4 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 0:34
- Energy
- 16
- Brightness
- 0
- Density
- 28
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
the closing fall · instrumental · one of 4 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 0:33
- Energy
- 7
- Brightness
- 96
- Density
- 100
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
Brightness and density are scored against this record's own sections, not against music in general — they say how its parts differ from each other, and nothing about how it compares to anything else.
- drums
- the drum kit, separated from the mix
- bass
- the bass part, separated from the mix
- vocals
- the voice, separated from the mix
- other
- everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings
Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.
- intro
- opens the record below its own average energy
- build
- energy and brightness climbing without a break
- peak
- sits at the top of this record's range
- breakdown
- energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning
- outro
- the closing fall
Measured from the YouTube master on . Section labels describe how the energy of the recording moves, not its musical form — a machine can see loudness climb and jump, it cannot hear a chorus arrive. Anything we were not confident enough to state is left out rather than shown with a caveat.
Ranked No. 1 in Amapiano
One of the first amapiano tracks to carry a vocal, and the one that introduced most South Africans to the genre and to its most prolific producer. The log drum arrives fully formed.