# MFR Souls featuring Major League Djz, Kamo Mphela and Bontle Smith — Amanikiniki

MFR Souls featuring Major League Djz, Kamo Mphela and Bontle Smith’s Amanikiniki (2020) is No. 3 in our Amapiano ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 2020
- **On one list:** Amapiano
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [MFR Souls featuring Major League Djz, Kamo Mphela and Bontle Smith](https://waxonia.com/artist/mfr-souls-featuring-major-league-djz-kamo-mphela-and-bontle-smith/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/mfr-souls-featuring-major-league-djz-kamo-mphela-and-bontle-smith--amanikiniki/

## What we say

### No. 3 in [Amapiano](https://waxonia.com/genre/amapiano/)

By a duo some credit with naming the genre. Platinum in South Africa, and a good demonstration that amapiano's hooks are usually carried by the dancers rather than the singer.

## Analysis

7 sections, the first drop at 1:52, 52% of the way in, 17% of it spent climbing.

- **Tempo:** 112.3 BPM — holds throughout
- **Key:** Bb minor
- **Dynamic range:** 4.4 dB — compressed hard — very little between the quiet and the loud
- **Length:** 3:37

- `0:00` A · **intro**, instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: drums, other
- `0:23` B · **build** (bar 11), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, vocals, other
- `1:01` C · **peak** (bar 29), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals, other
- `1:35` A · **breakdown** (bar 45), sung — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: bass, vocals, other
- `2:08` C · **peak** (bar 60), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals, other
- `2:41` C · **peak** (bar 76), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals, other
- `3:17` C · **outro** (bar 92), instrumental — the closing fall — playing: drums, bass

**Drop** at 1:52 (bar 53). A drop is a moment, not a stretch.

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **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

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/MFR%20Souls%20featuring%20Major%20League%20Djz%2C%20Kamo%20Mphela%20and%20Bontle%20Smith%20Amanikiniki) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=r3UVw_SZbMs)

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