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Because of Chappie, I have now discovered DIE ANTWOORD!!!!!

posted 8 years ago by russell-solomon
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Yup. Just letting you all know.

ZEF STYLE!!!!!!!

So recently we watched the movie Chappie about a robot - basically "Short Circuit" meets "District 9" and of course set in South Africa. I really enjoyed hearing the far-out South African "Afrikaner" accent spoken by two colorful characters that I recently found out are in a South African "Zef" style rap group called Die Antwoord ("The Answer" in the Dutch-based Afrikaans language). I checked out some of their videos on YouTube and was completely blown away. That was some of the WEIRDEST and COMPLETELY "out there" rap videos I've ever seen and heard before! They rap primarily in accented English but switch to Afrikaans (Dutch based South African language) and Xhosa (a tribal South African language) in mid-sentence! I'm surprised I've never heard of them before because generally speaking I like me some weird music from other countries!

That's Fatty Boom Boom right? Where the South African guy is driving Lady Gaga in a car explaining stuff to her about South Africa with random hyenas and stuff and she gets lost and goes to the doctor's office? The guy is all painted red and white and the lady is painted all in black with a yellow dress? Those were some crazy drum beats made on street drums... Yes that video scarred my inner child all over again!

I also read about "Zef" style. It's apparently a bizarre countercultural mix of hip hop and lower-middle class (working class) white South African (Afrikaner) culture. Beginning in the 70's, a majority of working class South Africans (Afrikaners) drove Ford Zephyrs and they would "soup them up" sort of like folks would make lowriders in South Central L.A. or something (but instead in Jo-burg!) Since the "souped up" Zephyr was the car of choice, "Zef" was used as a label for these people. Many of them also lived in trailer parks. Die Antwoord are the most successful artists that typify the slang and style of dress of the "Zef" culture. Fascinating. You learn something new everyday.

[–] redsmurph 7 years ago

For me it was:
2015: saw the movie, noticing this odd couple
2016: forgot all about it, but started listening to Die Antwoord
2017: saw the movie again, and realized who they were

I'm dim.

[–] chilone (17278) 6 years ago

Total, atonal shite which also sums up rap. Die Antwoord - The answer? Yes the answer to how to get one to stop listening to music..... wait... it isn't music.