Soweto Baby (feat. Wizkid & DJ Buckz)
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- Key
- 9A · E minor
- BPM
- 120
- Open Key
- 2m
- Energy
- 73/100
- Pop
- 49/100
- Length
- 4:18
- Released
- 2016
- Album
- Soweto Baby (feat. DJ Buckz & Wizkid)
- Genre
- Tropical House
- Loudness
- -7.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.3 dB
- ISRC
- uscgh1620053
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Soweto Babyoriginal9A · 120
Soweto Baby (feat. Wizkid & DJ Buckz) is a club-tempo tropical house track in E minor (9A) at 120 BPM. Tonally it lands bright and euphoric. The groove is strong and floor-ready. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. Better known than 96% of DJ Maphorisa's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 94% of DJ Maphorisa's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 91% of DJ Maphorisa's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 89% of DJ Maphorisa's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 33%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Soweto Baby (feat. Wizkid & DJ Buckz) in?
Soweto Baby (feat. Wizkid & DJ Buckz) by DJ Maphorisa is in E minor, or 9A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Soweto Baby (feat. Wizkid & DJ Buckz)?
Soweto Baby (feat. Wizkid & DJ Buckz) runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Soweto Baby (feat. Wizkid & DJ Buckz)?
From 9A it blends harmonically with 10A, 9B, 8A. Moving to 10A lifts the energy a step.
Is Soweto Baby (feat. Wizkid & DJ Buckz) good for peak time?
With energy 73 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
9A → 8A · 10A · 9BFrom 9A, 10A (B minor) lifts the energy a step; 9B (G major) brightens to the relative major; 8A (A minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9A at 120 BPM: 10A (B minor) — move to 10A to push the floor harder; 9B (G major) — switch to 9B for a mood change without losing the groove; 8A (A minor) — drop to 8A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 113-127 BPM — anything in that window beatmatches without sounding stretched.
Key on the fader: without key lock (Master Tempo on CDJs), above roughly +5% it plays a semitone higher, so treat it as 4A rather than 9A; below -5% it reads as 2A. With key lock on, it stays 9A across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 120 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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