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'Little is actually known about this straight-faced, (arguably) sarcastic group from South Africa; and what is known is mostly extracted from their viral videos: "Zef Side," "Enter the Ninja" and "Take No Prisoners (interview)." Regardless if Die Antwoord is a more serious version of The Lonely Island or a "legit" group, they have a sixteen track album . . . Die Antwoord consists of Ninja (Watkin "Waddy" Jones), Yo-Landi Vi$$er (who sports an Eminem-in-the-front, party in the back type mullet) and DJ Hi-Tek (not to be confused with DJ Hi-Tek from the Cincinnati-Brooklyn duo, Reflection Eternal, with Talib Kweli). DJ Hi-Tek proudly makes "next level" beats on his PC computer, while Ninja and Yo-Landi rap and sing. Ninja is the primary rapper and alleged hubby to Yo-Landi. Ninja is a man of many "self spoken" words, as displayed by his many prison-style tattoos: "If you don't like funerals, don't kick sand in a ninja's face," "How can a angel 8reak [sic] my heart," "pretty wise" and his "secret fairy forest" tattoo (which he unfortunately regrets). Ninja has been compared to satirist Sasha Baron Cohen (Ali G) and for good reason; if you believe that he is in fact acting. Like Cohen's Borat/Brüno, Ninja has been criticized for portraying an unfair racist/violent stereotype of South African's version of "white trash." Their name, "Die Antwoord" is Afrikaans for "the answer," but like in Douglas Adams' novel, Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, the group still seems to be struggling with what exactly the question is. The group fuses Afrikaans/slang Afrikaans and English into their rap style, which has been coined by the band as "zef" or "rap-rave." There is no literal translation of the word "zef," but Ninja describes it as "The ultimate style. . . where we find our full flex. . . like in the video games when you reach the next level." On $O$, there is no one dominant sound, but Die Antwoord are generally at their best when Yo-Landi balances Ninja's crude raps with highly digital hooks (eg. "Enter the Ninja").' - Daniel Wright / The Ontarion