If you were to ask Zola about his thoughts on the ongoing debate as to whether Kwaito's dead or not, he'd mos def vehemently maintain that Kwaito is alive and well. But, the brutal fact is, the Kwaito fans of yester-year have vanished into a musical abyss, with some of them jumping on the House bandwagon that has seen prominent DJs like Black Coffee become megastars in their own right. Let's face it, CD sales are down overall globally but Kwaito sales have plummeted to perilously low levels over the past couple of years. Some argue that Durban artists are still waving the flag high in the sky but I beg to differ; I have nothing against Durban artists (Big Nuz, you rock!) but what they call "Kwaito" is actually House beats graced by a talentless voice-over artist. Frankly, people only bought into the idea cuz the beats are wicked, just pretty damn good. Okay, maybe Kwaito ain't dead; it's just in a self-induced coma...
PS: TKZee is the best Kwaito group of all time, but the new TKZee song is crap.
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