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"A triumph for Afrikaans music."

"Uh. Check it uit! Dis tyd om bietjie los te raak. Hoe raak jy los? Soos 'n boss," is how local Eminem-Nsync-Psy rip-off, Snotkop,  kicks off his new album 'Soos 'n boss'.

Straight out of the gate, Snotkop impresses with his 'the year 2000', 'celebration of the millennium', sounding production. 2014 has probably been the toughest year for Afrikaans artists (unsubstantiated fact). However, Snotkop rolls with the punches and pushes out a 14 track smasher that would make anyone except your grandparents, tap their feet.

Doing a track by track break down of this album and how important it is to Afrikaans culture would be longer than all 3 Lord of the Rings books, so in summary, this is the most important album since Chris Chameleon's 'Herloof, Piet Smit's 'Heer, U maak my nuut', Randall Wicomb's 'Hier langes my', Melanie's 'Deep', Kyknet's album 'Geloof, Hoop & Liefde', Andre Swartz's 'Rimte in die nag' (which is bloody crazy, basically Robbie Williams of Afrikaans music) and that other Heinz Winkler (or however you spell his surname) album.

By track 3 it is apparent that Snotkop understands the plight of the Afrikaans. Drinking brandy, something called long-arm dancing and putting meat on an open fire. These are just some of the things that Snotkop calls, 'Aktiwitiete wat belangrik is'. I can almost hear my matric Afrikaans teacher applauding me for finally understanding, through the spirit guide that is Snotkop, Afrikaans culture.

Track 5 is a tale of how Snotkop decides to go on a bicycle ride and sees a girl who looks exactly like Barbie. He falls in love with this woman, who eventually steals his bike. He then nonchalantly buys himself a new bike and starts to creep on women once again, asking them to jump on his bike. It seems if you looped this song over and over again it would basically be a never-ending cycle of bicycle stealing, female trust issues and waiting for Godot. Existentialism in Afrikaans music? Have you ever? Genius.

 Track 7 is about slightly overweight girls in SA being called, 'Dikkelicious'. He then instantly contradicts himself in track 8 by saying he only wants to see girls in bikinis. Obviously dikkelicious girls would wear one piece costumes. This small contradiction can be overlooked due to the next track being so damn awesome. It's basically Kanye West's 'Hey Mama' in Afrikaans. 'Altyd ma se kind' really tugs at the heart strings. Snotkop, so many feelz.

Suddenly, track 11 creeps up on you like a cold breeze and sends you into waves of elation as finally, the world gets its very own 'SELFIE' song. Snotkop is definitely the only artist in the entire world that has capitalized on this end of 2013, majority of 2014 subculture of selfie-takers. Before this song, Afrikaaners didn't even know what selfies were. A few minutes into the completely original, trend setting song, Snotkop chants, "Dis incredible, ek weet jy wil, click 'like' want ek tag jou op 'n selfie," instantly proving he can break down language barriers and integrate social media into his music.

Unfortunately, track 11's social media originality is murdered by Kurt Darren's 'Facebook Song', released in 2011 that cites the use of  widely loved MXit and Facebook apps. But can Kurt Darren rap?... I don't know. Maybe he should try. Is Snotkop really rapping? I don't know. That's up to you to decide when you get your hands on this truly mind-altering album.

All in all, Snotkop's 'Soos 'n boss' is a triumph for Afrikaans music. The 'Eden-like' beats and the general misogynistic tone to the album enables your entire body to start moving...and grooving. Patricia Lewis, Kurt, Nicholas Louw move over, there is a new player in town-- who I swear was on 7 de laan once.

How many 'Snotheads' are we giving this album I hear you ask?



Get Snotkop's  latest album on iTunes for R99.99 by following this link
: https://itunes.apple.com/za/album/soos-n-boss/id896330088