Halfway through, Ninja shows us ‘how to flip the fucking script’ and resumes rapping in Afrikaans for the next verse, flipping a bilingual middle finger to the ‘bunch of dogf***ers think we are a joke.’

It’s a perfect introduction to Die Antwoord not only for new listeners, but it also shows how they have evolved since their viral success this spring. The official American copy of $O$ is essentially a trimmed down re-release with a handful of new tracks including ‘Fish Paste,’ ‘In Your Face,’ ‘She Makes Me a Killer’ and the Diplo-produced ‘Evil Boy,’ which also happen to be among the highlights of the record.Īs its title suggests, opening track ‘In Your Face’ immediately lays a synth-laden drumbeat that boxes your ears, while Yolandi Vi$$er enters with a quick verse of hard lines to the gut and Ninja’s stinging hook sends you sailing straight back into the clutches of Hi-Tek’s pulsing chorus. Their multi-cultural background gives them twice as many lyrical possibilities and a foreign accent that sounds naturally badass.

You’re poor but you’re sexy you’ve got style.’ Compensating with poverty? Who ever heard of that? Backed by DJ Hi-Tek’s beats, Ninja and Yolandi rap in English and Afrikaans. Yolandi Vi$$er has described it as ‘associated with people who soup their cars up and rock gold and shit. This rap-rave group identifies itself with the South African musical movement called Zef. A tidal wave of hits to their website crashed their server overnight, and by morning the trio was effectively launched into the realm of international stardom. Both of group’s MCs have been part of South Africa’s hip-hop scene for several years, previously collaborating in The Constructus Corporation, the group that eventually evolved into Die Antwoord.Īfter their album $O$ was made available for free downloaded and circulated across ‘the Interweb,’ they released the hugely popular ‘Enter the Ninja’ music video.

Die Antwoord is a Capetown, South African hip-hop trio comprised of vocalists Ninja and Yolandi Vi$$er and producer DJ Hi-Tek (not to be confused with Reflection Eternal’s Hi-Tek. News flash: The Internet has revolutionized the way new artists are discovered. Tasty Tracks: In Your Face, Enter the Ninja, Fish Paste, She Makes Me a Killer

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