Award winning Afrikaans rap group KALLITZ have dropped their long awaited second album, entitled “Dukgesuip”, featuring fellow artists Carla Diamonde, Duane Norman and David Johnson, as well as a collaboration with South Africa’s best selling recording artist Steve Hofmeyr. “Suikerbossie”, the first single release off “Dukgesuip”, has been featured on SABC 2’s Pasella and topped the Mweb Download Charts for four consecutive weeks. The album was written and composed by Dokter and Boere, produced by Dokter at Xzekutiv Records and executive produced by Dokter and Sir Alex for Mothermix Records…

KALLITZ once again deliver a one-of-a-kind rap take on Cape Coloured culture, with the album’s title giving away much of the content. "Dukgesuip" is a term used to explain a substantially more-than-tipsy state of drunkness. It is a state of drunkness where you are not inhibited by what people think, and where you do and say things based on how you truly feel at that moment, whether morally right or wrong.

Conforming to society’s standards is pushed aside slightly, and the rebel in you, though not necessarily destructive, emerges to different degrees depending on the person – the rebel that rebels against the way a person controls his/her actions, emotions, reservations, etc.

Producer Dokter explains: "That is how we approached this album; this is what we want the listener to achieve when listening to the album, that “dukgesuip” state, figuratively of course – or literally now that I think about it!"

"Dukgesuip" is a matured effort of KALLITZ’ members Dokter and Boere, who blatantly and successfully establish their own identities, and one can clearly get an idea of what goes on in their minds.

The lyrics are witty, with no holding back on awful truths about life on the Cape Flats, but at the same time, they convey a pride of culture – the Cape Coloured culture. There is no shame here, the term “Coloured” is no longer a derogatory term as it was in the Apartheid era and people of this culture can now stand up as a people.

While Boere is the more personal on this album, very often making references to his experiences with the people in his life past and present, and giving everyone a taste of what his eminent solo offering will bring to the world of Cape Flats Afrikaans rap music, Dokter is determined to make his mark as a top producer.

The beats on "Dukgesuip" are like nothing anyone has ever heard coming out of Cape Town or even South Africa, and the overall production is a couple of notches up on KALLITZ’ award winning debut album "Die Ding Ruk Mal".

It is almost inevitable that this album will ring around the entire Cape Flats in time to come, as did the first album, and while KALLITZ boast a total of 5 Number One Hits on the Mweb Download Charts ("Die Ding Ruk Mal", "Die Ding Ruk Mal Remix", "Sturvie Kinnes", "Situasies" and "Suikerbossie"), continuous radio airplay remains a challenge, which "Kaapse Paatie", featuring Carla Diamonde, will hopefully address successfully.

As with "Die Ding Ruk Mal", it can be expected that the intellectually challenged will think that "Dukgesuip" celebrates negative aspects of Cape Coloured life, but KALLITZ maintain that they are merely telling stories and fulfill different roles as they do so.

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