What do you get when you combine rape, ghetto smack talk, potentially gay men, and Auto Tunes?
No, the answer is NOT “Kuilsriver”. That’s not amusing. Shame on you.
The correct answer would be: “Greatest DIY Ghetto Anthem of All Time”, or alternatively, “Eat Your Heart Out, Die Antwoord”.
Here’s a little illuminating background info for your clarity of thought.
A young man, indeed, a very camp young man by the name of Antoine (of course) Dodson is a hero. After all, he beat off an attacker who had climbed through his sister’s 2nd floor bedroom window, and proceeded to perpetrate an attempted rape upon her person.
Needless to say, a local news network was on hand to film Antoine’s inevitable passionate outburst on camera. And what an outburst it was! As you can see, here.
Entertaining enough, correct? Incorrect.
The good fellows known as The Gregory Brothers have taken the clip, and tacked it on to a thick ghetto melody, while simultaneously auto-tuning Antoine’s voice to fit with the music.
The stunt forms part of their Auto-TuneTheNews series, and the results are pure genius.
In all seriousness, the extent of that software’s ability to warp the output of human vocal chords borders on the mind boggling. Hell, Joel Stransky could have a pop career with this programme.
[Thank you, Dave!]
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