Overview
"Cap" is a song by British YouTuber and rapper KSI featuring American rapper Offset from the former's debut studio album, Dissimulation (2020) It was produced by Diego Ave, Go Grizzly, and Mally Mall. The song was released for digital download and streaming by RBC Records and BMG upon the release of the album. "Cap" is a hip hop and trap song. In both his verse and the chorus, KSI addresses fake people and those who have deceived, "back-stabbed" or "snaked" him in the past, with an auto-tune-heavy delivery.
"Cap" was met with mixed reviews from music critics. KSI received some criticism for his excessive use of auto-tune and he was also accused of "blatantly ripping off Travis Scott". The song debuted at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart and it additionally entered the music charts of Greece, Ireland, Lithuania and New Zealand. The music video was released alongside the album on 22 May 2020. The black and white video shows the two rappers surrounded by women in a warehouse filled with candles, before they perform the song on a stage in front of an audience.
Writing and production
"Cap" was produced by American record producers Diego Ave, Go Grizzly and Mally Mall. Offset wrote and recorded a verse to the instrumental. KSI was played the instrumental with Offset's verse during a recording studio session with the song's producers and American songwriter Ivory Scott in Los Angeles, United States, towards the end of 2019. KSI "fucked with it a lot" and wrote and recorded both a chorus and a verse to the instrumental. Offset "thought it was sick" and subsequently gave KSI authorisation to include the song on his debut studio album at the beginning of 2020. Speaking about collaborating with Offset, KSI said, "Offset has always been someone who I would love to have on a song, but I never thought I'd get the opportunity to have him on a song." KSI continued, "It was quite surreal [that] he said yes to me in the first place because I’m a YouTuber. I didn’t think he’d say yes. I thought he’d say, 'I’m not sure this is a good thing for me.' [But] he heard [my] music and he fucked with it. He thought it was sick. He wanted to be a part of [it]. He sees my hype. He sees [that] I’m taking [music] seriously."
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