The man from Bobonong has just released his debut Legapu with its sleeve depicting a picture of him having a go at the tradition melon. Anyone who might mistake the musician for Shumba Ratshega(Moses Malapela) would be forgiven for thinking that the Makhirikhiri famed musician was back with another hit.

Ratshega has been featured in track number three and his dominant voice just could not be blurred even by the backing vocals. But perhaps it is worth mentioning that the two musicians have similar voices and even the other tracks' vocals sound as if they were sung by the popular musician.

According to Maake, Ratshega was his 'product' at a traditional dance group called Retlaare ke Dipitse in Bobonong and that it was not surprising that the two sounded similar.

"We worked together for a long time before he went on to become a famous musician and he can tell you how much he learnt from me. But I believe that becoming a recording artiste helped him grow faster than me, musically, because when we did my album there was much that I learnt from him," he said.

Maake has also worked with Sebabatsane's Boitumelo 'Mokoupere' Lucas in the same group and he has been featured in this album as well.

"I know what these two guys are capable of. Mokoupere might have not attained the same success as Shumba but he has the talent and I needed an album that could make an instant impact and they were the right people for that," he said.

Maake, who quit his job as a driver at the Department of Youth and Culture in Bobonong to concentrate on music, said although he was new to the music, he was optimistic of achieving some measure of success soon. A small-scale farmer, he also runs a photo studio.

"As you know the bull has to be the ultimate boss and to achieve that it is often found fighting for dominance with the others and most of the time the one with determination and will to die for its territory is the one that wins. I am going to work hard to get to the top. This debut album will open my eyes to see what the fans really want and if need be I should be the one to change the face of traditional music and dance and give it new meaning," he said confidently.

In the same track that Ratshega is featured called Fa le dikela, there is a version where the lyrics match those in one of Shirly Mokoka's songs, which was done by Gong Master some years back. Although it might appear like Maake copied from Mokoka, he flatly denied this and the fact that it could lead fans into dismissing him as an unimaginative fellow who is just out to ape others.

"The words might be the same but we did not copy from anyone's work. My song talks about the bad deeds that happen at night hence the words, 'ba kiba kiba lefifing bare batla basa re bone' but we did not duplicate any part of Shirly's song," he said adamantly.

Instrumentally this is one of those albums that will give the listener the melody to light up your day. Tumelo Mafoko was in charge of keyboards with Lame 'Bullet' Letlaatla and Bretz Seakgosing.