How Long Did It Take K.O To Find The Beat For “SETE”? K.O’s SETE is one of the songs that Mzansi may be bopping to right now throughout the summer and throughout the holiday season.
The rapper gave Mzansi and the entire globe one of his best songs, but the SA hip-hop pioneer had to overcome some creative challenges in order to produce a song of that caliber. K.O discussed how long it took him to find the SETE rhythm before the song was created during an interview with Dj Sbu on the Hustlers Corner Podcast.
The Grammy-winning rapper admitted that he first heard the SETE rhythm after meeting the Nigerian musician Ruger. Initially, he explained, “it was a beat I chose for another single I had on my album called ‘Demon,’ starring a young singer from Nigeria by the name of Ruger who’s doing incredible things right now.
So, early this year, when he was in the country, I received a call telling me that I needed to pull at the studio where he wanted to hook up. Although I didn’t have a track, I was prepared to pull so that we could start working on it. I spent a good 12 hours that night reaching out to a group of producers both locally and globally.
K.O revealed that he and Ruger never collaborated on a song with a Sete rhythm, but he kept trying because he believed he could make something special out of it. There is something about this beat that is beckoning me, so in the back of my mind I tell myself, “Nah, I’m not walking away from this beat.”
The Caracara hitmaker admitted that while he went ahead and recorded his part on the rhythm, he believed the song still need a vocalist because he could think of several local vocalists. “I went and recorded my part, so I was thinking, ‘Okay cool, who do I get?’ I began to consider getting the normal vocalist,'”
The rapper claimed that, in an effort to create something unique, he moved on to contact YoungStunna, who then sent a chorus and a verse for the song as a way of expressing his enthusiasm. “I said, ‘Let’s get someone from a different genre and see what they might be able to do.’ I suggested reaching out to Stunna, and the group responded, ‘Absolutely, yeah. Additionally, Stunna has a hip-hop background; despite dominating the Yanos game, he is from that background, he claimed.
Intwana was so thrilled that he sent me a chorus and a verse that I only requested for a chorus. Of course, I’m not complaining; I’m just like, okay cool. Said
