Die Antwoord
Emerging from Cape Town, South Africa, the electronic hip-hop duo Die Antwoord struck Internet viral gold with their video hit "Enter the Ninja," but they're really conceptual artists Watkin Tudor Jones and Yo-Landi Vi$$er presenting their "inner zef." Before assuming the roles of Ninja and Yo-Landi for Die Antwoord, the two were involved with satirical projects like MaxNormal.TV -- which saw them wearing three-piece business suits and delivering motivational hip-hop -- and the Constructus Corporation: a hip-hop fantasy group based around a comic book called the Ziggurat. The idea for a more vulgar rave-rap group began in 2008, but it wasn’t until a year later that Die Antwoord -- which is Afrikaans for "The Answer" -- began playing live.
Their early stage shows were outrageous, with Yo-Landi baiting and flipping off the audience, while Ninja rapped and danced, wearing only his trademark Dark Side of the Moon boxer shorts. That same year they recorded their debut album, SOS, and introduced "Zef," which fused hip-hop, electro, and rave music. A year later, the videos they created for the tracks "Zef Side" and "Enter the Ninja" became viral hits. The latter featured Leon Botha, an experimental South African artist and one of the world’s oldest survivors of the premature aging disease progeria, who appeared as the group's DJ. "Enter the Ninja" cracked the British Top 40, and major-label Interscope soon signed the group and released their 5 EP in July of 2010. That October, the label released a revised SOS with a world tour following. The group left Interscope the next year when the two parties couldn't come to terms on their next album's lead single. Left to their own devices, Die Antwoord chose "Fok Julle Naaiers" to lead up to their sophomore album, released by their own Zef Recordz and distributed by the Diplo-associated imprint Downtown. The year 2012 saw the release of the non-album single 'XP€N$IV $H1T," while the singles "Cookie Thumper!" and "Pitbull Terrier" landed on their 2014 album Donker Mag, which topped the Billboard Dance chart and peaked at number 37 on the Top 200.
The duo returned in 2016 with Suck on This, a mixtape intended as an appetizer for their then-titled LP We Have Candy. Featuring production by Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs, G.O.D. (aka DJ Hi-Tek), and the Black Goat, Suck on This included the single "Bum Bum" and the rave-house "Gucci Coochie" with Dita Von Teese. Later that year, they released Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid, their fourth full-length. With production from G.O.D. and the Black Goat, the LP featured appearances by Cypress Hill's Sen Dog, Lil' Tommy Terror, and Jack Black.
© David Jeffries & Neil Z. Yeung /TiVo
Artistas semelhantes
-
Ten$ion
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Craft Recordings em 29 de jan. de 2012
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Donker Mag
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Craft Recordings em 3 de jun. de 2014
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
HOUSE OF ZEF
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por ZEF Records em 16 de mar. de 2020
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
BARUCH IN JOU OEG
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Zef Records in association with Masilon Records em 31 de dez. de 2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mount Ninji And Da Nice Time Kid
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Craft Recordings em 16 de set. de 2016
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Age Of Illusion
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por ZEF Records em 27 de ago. de 2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Everything is Perfect
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por ZEF Records em 27 de mar. de 2024
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
$O$
Electronic - Lançado por Cherrytree - Interscope em 1 de jan. de 2009
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Love Drug
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Craft Recordings em 5 de mai. de 2017
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Banana Brain
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Craft Recordings em 21 de jul. de 2016
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
SUCK ON THIS (MIXTAPE)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Craft Recordings em 19 de mai. de 2016
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
$O$ (International Deluxe Version)
Electronic - Lançado por Cherrytree - Interscope em 1 de jan. de 2009
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
ZEF GOEMA MEGAMIX
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por MASILON Records, Cape Flats em 18 de dez. de 2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
5 - EP
Electronic - Lançado por Cherrytree - Interscope em 1 de jan. de 2010
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
MADE BY GOD (Chapter I)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Craft Recordings em 14 de abr. de 2017
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
MADE BY GOD (Chapter III)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Craft Recordings em 28 de jul. de 2017
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pitbull Terrier
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Craft Recordings em 20 de mai. de 2014
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
MADE BY GOD (Chapter II)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Craft Recordings em 16 de jun. de 2017
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
2•GOLDEN DAWN•7
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Craft Recordings em 22 de jun. de 2018
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fat Faded Fuck Face
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Craft Recordings em 8 de set. de 2016
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo