''SOS'' (stylized as ''$O$'') is the debut

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by South African

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group

Die Antwoord Die Antwoord (; ) is a South African hip hop duo formed in Cape Town in 2008. The duo consists of rappers Ninja and Yolandi Visser (also spelled Yo-Landi Visser and stylized as ¥o-Landi Vi$$er). Their music, a fusion of hip hop with rave mu ...

. The album was initially a widely circulated internet-only release, and made available to stream for free on the band's website prior to

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signing the band. The song "Wat Pomp?" had a music video released on 6 June 2009, followed by "Enter the Ninja" (a track with previous exposure as a

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and other video-hosting services), which received an official release on 9 August 2010. "Fish Paste" and "Beat Boy" have also been released as promotional singles. "Enter the Ninja" debuted at #37 in the UK Music Charts on 19 September 2010. Following the group's signing to Interscope in the US, it was announced that SOS would be re-released in physical format with a different track listing.

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produced one of the new tracks on the re-release, "

Evil Boy "Evil Boy" is a song by South African hip hop group Die Antwoord featuring rapper Wanga. It was written by Tony Cottrell, Watkin Tudor Jones (Ninja), Justin De Nobrega, Hugo Pasquin, Thomas Wesley Pentz (Diplo), and Yolandi Visser, and was pr ...

", for which a promotional video was made available on 6 October 2010. The US iTunes digital release includes the previously hidden track "SOS" separately, a bonus track "Wat Pomp?" and an alternate version of "Evil Boy" titled as "Evil Boy (F**k You In The Face Mix)" not present on US physical release. In an interview

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mentioned that he considered the album to be the first in a five-album plan.

Track listings

Charts

References

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