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Die Antwoord shows are full of crazy things and their culture makes them produce some of the rated dirty music full of censored terms, but that is the real nature of rap culture and their way of life. February 10 2012. Not that anyone expected subtlety from Die Antwoord, but the South African trio's second studio album is id rap at its worst, lacking scope or imagination even in its excess. If you're unfamiliar, Die Antwoord operate on the principle of 'zef,' a philosophy of intentional ignorance and crassness.
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Yo Hi-Tek, let's fuck aroundWith some of that feel good gansta shitI've been rapping for 20 fucking yearsA whole lot of fucking blood sweat and tearsWho cares, they don't give a fuckOn the mic I'm taking no prisonersCheck me out, yo, so what if I'm only coming in the game?So what I'm in it for the cash, money and the fame?So what if unverified is fucking up your brain?Yo-Landi Visser is the shit up in this bitchI rap for 20 years, never made a centBorrowed money from my mom to pay the rentNow how I'm gonna get out this mission?Yolandi shows me two stripes on the fucking piss test.
I have 2 copies of this. On the download cards one says 979 out of 1250 (this one i preordered from best buy)The second one I recently purchased off ebay and its card says 544 of 1000. Does anyone know anything about this? Does it really mean anything at all?Ok I contacted dropcards on facebook and they told me that the first pressing was limited to 1250 and the second pressing is limited to 1000. I do not know if there is a way to tell if its first or second pressing without opening the record. If anyone knows please update this. I hope my research helps out.
I missed out on their world tour and held out through Operation Black March, but finally got to hear Ten$ion yesterday. I have mixed feelings. I'm very happy for them that the album gets a good response here, because it's about time that an act more representative of South African culture enjoys international appreciation (fuck Mango Groove and Johnny Clegg), but I am primarily unimpressed and secondarily disappointed.I generally dislike rap and hiphop, because I cannot relate to it, but Die Antwoord made it accessible to me and gave me a foot in the door. $O$ is musically an unlikely feature in my playlist, but lyrically it takes me to familiar places. Ten$ion doesn't and it feels quite un-South African. $O$ painted a vivid picture of people and experiences from the Zefside.
It shoots and misses, leaving us with a derivative album that emulates that generic US sound, with not enough Afrikaans to neutralize all the angsty-Eminem-cannot-handle-his-fame bullshit flying around. So you're rappers and you struggled, but now you're wealthy. Yes, we got that with $O$.