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Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...
for "dark power") is the third studio album by South African hip hop and rave group
Die Antwoord Die Antwoord (, Afrikaans for "The Answer") is a South African alternative hip hop group formed in Cape Town in 2008. The group comprises rappers Watkin Tudor "Ninja" Jones and Anri "Yolandi Visser" du Toit, a male/female duo, and producers ...
. It was released on 3 June 2014 by Zef Records.


Singles

The album's lead single "Cookie Thumper!" was released on 18 June 2013. A music video for the second single "Pitbull Terrier" was released on 20 May 2014. A music video for "Ugly Boy" was released on 4 November 2014. Directed by
Ninja A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance, espionage, infiltration, deception, ambush, bodyguarding and their fighting skills in martial arts, including ninjutsu.Kawakami, pp. 2 ...
, this video, rich in cameos, features Jack Black, Marilyn Manson,
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bassist
Flea Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by ingesting the blood of their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about long, a ...
, burlesque dancer
Dita Von Teese Heather Renée Sweet (born September 28, 1972), known professionally as Dita Von Teese, is an American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, and businesswoman. She is credited with re-popularizing burlesque performance, earning the moniker "Que ...
, the ATL twins (Sewell Brothers), and English model
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.


Track listing

;Notes * "Don't Fuk Me" quotes the movie '' Scarface'', where Ninja's monologue came from. * "Ugly Boy" features, heavily, a sample from the song " Ageispolis" by Aphex Twin. * "Happy Go Sucky Fucky" is based on the song "Expander" from the game '' Streets of Rage 2'', scored by
Yuzo Koshiro is a Japanese composer and sound programmer. He is often regarded as one of the most influential innovators in chiptune and video game music, producing music in a number of genres including rock, jazz, symphonic, and various electronic genres ...
and
Motohiro Kawashima is a Japanese music producer and DJ. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Yuzo Koshiro on several video games, such as ''Streets of Rage 2'' and '' Streets of Rage 3''. Biography Kawashima was born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefect ...
. * "Raging Zef Boner" has a fake advertisement at the end, which features a quote from ''Lord of the Rings'', in which
Gandalf Gandalf is a protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels '' The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. He is a wizard, one of the ''Istari'' order, and the leader of the Fellowship of the Ring. Tolkien took the name "Gandalf" from the Old Nor ...
asks
Frodo Frodo Baggins is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings, and one of the protagonists in ''The Lord of the Rings''. Frodo is a hobbit of the Shire who inherits the One Ring from his cousin Bilbo Baggins, described familiarly a ...
to keep the Ring secret and safe pending his return. * "Girl I Want 2 Eat U" quotes the dub of
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, where
Yolandi Yolandi is a given name. People with that name include: * Yolandi Visser (born 1984), female vocalist in the South African rap-rave group Die Antwoord * Yolandi van der Westhuizen (1981–), international cricketer for South Africa * Yolandi Potgi ...
's monologue at the end of the song came from. * "Pitbull Terrier" is based on the song "Pit Bull" by
Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He also has French citizenship.http://www.serbia.com/emir-kusturica-artist-builder-and-anti-glo ...
and
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from the ''Black Cat, White Cat'' soundtrack. *"Moon Love" is from the album ''Good Morning South Africa'' by
MaxNormal.TV MaxNormal.TV (formerly Max Normal) was a South African music group that formed in 2001 and eventually evolved into Die Antwoord. The group's name was taken from a comic book character in the Judge Dredd comic of the same name. Early days Watkin ...
, Ninja and Yolandi's earlier hip-hop group, and features their daughter, Sixteen Jones, as a toddler. * "Sex" is based on the song "Sea, Sex and Sun" by Serge Gainsbourg.


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References

{{Authority control 2014 albums Albums produced by DJ Muggs Die Antwoord albums