- He said he did not want the artists to create their music separately and send their parts to the studio.
- Raburu said his son loves the song and has played it so many times that at times he calls Raburu 'bazuu'.
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Media personality and Journalist Willis Raburu has hinted at growing his music career further after quitting Royal Media Services.
Raburu spoke during an interview with Phil Director on Monday.
During the interview, Phil on a lighter note said when he first heard Raburu had started producing gengetone songs back in 2021, what came to mind was that 'bangi imeharibu huyu'.
Raburu laughed heartily and said he has always wanted to try out music. He said between 2020 and 2021, he thought and reflected hard on what he wanted to do with his life.
"I just felt like gengetone was getting a bad representation and it is just because when something is happening and people can't control it or understand it they hate on it. At that time everyone just needed guidance because it was a new thing," Raburu said
"I always wanted to do music. Growing up, I was that kid that knew the lyrics to songs and I would hold the TV remote like a microphone and behave like I am a superstar while singing."
Raburu said that when putting together the team that would collaborate with him on his first gengetone song, he first called Breeder as he had included him in one of his songs saying '10/10 ishaifungwa kama Willis'.
"There was Mejja, I love his music. Then Reckless, at the time I knew he was the guy who had the best hooks. There was also Ssaru wa Manyaru, I realised I needed a female. And we worked to release Kalale," he said.
He said he did not want the artists to create their music separately and send their parts to the studio.
"I was like let us come to Mavo studio. Let us see how people create music. What is Mejja's process, what is Breeder's process, and how does Ssaru write? How do I get in there," Raburu said.
"I did some stuff. I made noise mostly. I was like Dj Khaled."
Though some Kenyans were hating on his Kalale song, he said many watched the song till it hit 8 million views on YouTube.
Raburu said his son loves the song and has played it so many times that at times he calls him 'bazuu'.
"If my son calls me baba or daddy and I don't respond, he calls me bazuu. For me, if this was the reason I made the song then I am fine. Yes, I had the big goal of reigniting the gengetone, but my son singing it back to me is everything," he said.
Raburu said he has recorded so many songs, adding that he has a song with Khaligraph Jones, Masauti, and Okello Max that are yet to be released
"There are a number of songs that I have done with different producers. And now that I have some time on my hands, maybe I should start releasing them. Why not?" he said.