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Feb 7, 2012A calling-card track like their debut's "Enter the Ninja" is absent, making this album more an exciting celebration for established fans than an easy entry point.
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Oct 9, 2012The devilish duo flips dubstep, EDM, and Dr. Dre's 2001-era G-funk with nary a hitch.
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Feb 17, 2012Guaranteed both to amuse and to confuse, Ten$ion is a masterpiece of kitsch: an intently provocative, tongue-in-cheek rave-rap record, by a cryptic performance art group.
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Feb 8, 2012Despite more of the foul-mouthed impish fun, Ten$ion doesn't offer much punch or cohesive power.
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Feb 23, 2012Hi-Tek's construction of techno beats and rave stabs on the quirky I Fink U Freeky and heavy brostep on opener Never Le Nkemise just add to the nauseating concoction of trash that comprises Ten$ion.
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Feb 8, 2012The biggest, brashest cartoon this side of Eminem's early albums.
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Feb 10, 2012On Ten$ions, they replace what made them sometimes intriguing and slightly subversive with tired tropes and lazy lyrics.
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Feb 8, 2012The problem with much of Ten$ion isn't that it doesn't feel smart-good music has never, and will never have to be "smart"-but that it feels deliberately stupid.
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Feb 7, 2012The novelty runs dry on Die Antwoord's second album, a marathon of overwrought beats and clunky horn-dog-rebel boasts.
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Feb 16, 2012TEN$ION, by contrast [to $0$], hews a little too close to the fake-gangster thing to be nearly as fun.
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Feb 8, 2012For the most part, Ten$ion is a letdown in its utter normalcy.
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Feb 13, 2012Still sounds weird and abrasive in the best possible way.
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Feb 16, 2012Ten$ion's depiction of modern South Africa is nothing less than thrilling.
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Feb 23, 2012Neither the downfall nor demystification of the group, the truly awful Ten$ion only further tangles the mess of questions surrounding Die Antwoord.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 40 out of 73
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Mixed: 10 out of 73
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Negative: 23 out of 73
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Mar 27, 2012
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Mar 4, 2012
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Feb 9, 2012