Stiff Pap

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A common phrase you read on timelines and in conversations with friends is "doing the work". From all walks of life, this simple saying has come to symbolise grit, determination and a single-minded approach to achieving your dreams. There is something to be said for buckling down and getting shit done. This underdog mentality - the contemporary expression of the hero's journey - is embodied by Stiff Pap.
- NATAAL

Stiff Pap is a South African electronic music duo fusing Kwaito, Gqom and Hip Hop to create their own unique sound. The duo consists of Zulu songwriter-vocalist Ayema Probllem and Red Bull Music Academy alumnus Jakinda. With Ayema’s enticing raps and Jakinda’s avant-garde production, Stiff Pap is at the forefront of African electronic music innovation - mixing a progressive global electronic sound with localised African lyrics and rhythms.

The identity of Stiff Pap formed pre-musically, with the birth of two individuals on the precipice of a regime of terror and at the start of a period of complicated freedom. To come into the world so full of hope and freedom in their parents eyes and yet so tied down by the lingering prejudices of Apartheid is a kind of contradiction that formed a post-Apartheid black consciousness that has defined Stiff Pap long before its musical manifestation.
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TUFF TIME$ (Petite Noir's Noirwave Remix)
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$ (Remixed)
03:46
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap

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Albums
Cotch International
03-06-2021
TUFF TIME$
01
Riders on the Storm
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$
04:39
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
02
TUFF TIME$
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$
04:58
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
03
Caster Semenya
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$
03:23
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
04
I See You
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$
04:12
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
05
Berlin Dungeon (Validation)
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$
04:31
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
06
Don't Stop, Landela
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$
02:17
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
07
Broke Boy Theory
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$
05:22
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
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Stiff Pap
13-09-2019
Stiff Pap Radio (Deluxe)
01
NNNEWWW
Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap Radio (Deluxe)
03:44
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
02
Yebo
Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap Radio (Deluxe)
03:36
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
03
Maradona (feat. SimmySimmyNya)
Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap Radio (Deluxe)
02:44
Writer: Ayema Qampi - Simphiwe Peta / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi - Simphiwe Peta
04
Unrequited
Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap Radio (Deluxe)
03:31
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
05
Mkokotelo
Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap Radio (Deluxe)
03:30
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
06
Mkokotelo (Jumping Back Slash Remix)
Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap Radio (Deluxe)
04:07
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi - Gareth Jones
07
Maradona (feat. SimmySimmyNya) (Okzharp Remix)
Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap Radio (Deluxe)
02:46
Writer: Ayema Qampi - Simphiwe Peta / Composers: Ayema Qampi - Simphiwe Peta - Gervase Gordon - Jakinda Mshindi Boya
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EPs
Stiff Pap
26-07-2019
Stiff Pap Radio
01
NNNEWWW
Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap Radio
03:44
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
02
Yebo
Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap Radio
03:36
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
03
Maradona (feat. SimmySimmyNya)
Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap Radio
02:44
Writer: Ayema Qampi - Simphiwe Peta / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi - Simphiwe Peta
04
Unrequited
Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap Radio
03:31
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
05
Mkokotelo
Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap Radio
03:30
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
Stiff Pap
07-06-2017
Based On a Qho Story
01
Live From Eloxion
Stiff Pap
Based On a Qho Story
04:40
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
02
Dlala
Stiff Pap
Based On a Qho Story
03:42
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
03
Stiff Pap Forever
Stiff Pap
Based On a Qho Story
03:05
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
04
Asamb' Siyolala
Stiff Pap
Based On a Qho Story
06:52
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
05
Jiva Pantsula (Bonus Track)
Stiff Pap
Based On a Qho Story
03:15
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
Singles
2024 Immaculate Taste, LLC
13-12-2024
Styla Boiz (feat. Kamohelo)
01
Styla Boiz
Stiff Pap
Styla Boiz (feat. Kamohelo)
05:45
Composers: Ayema Qampi - Kamohelo Khoaripe
Cotch International
29-10-2021
TUFF TIME$ (Remixed)
01
TUFF TIME$ (Petite Noir's Noirwave Remix)
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$ (Remixed)
03:46
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
02
Riders On The Storm (Menzi Remix)
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$ (Remixed)
03:53
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
03
SASSA (Rose Bonica Remix)
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$ (Remixed)
03:38
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
Cotch International
21-10-2021
TUFF TIME$ (Noirwave Remix)
01
TUFF TIME$
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$ (Noirwave Remix)
04:58
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
02
TUFF TIME$ (Petite Noir's Noirwave Remix)
Stiff Pap
TUFF TIME$ (Noirwave Remix)
03:46
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
Cotch International
10-06-2021
Riders on the Storm
01
Riders on the Storm
Stiff Pap
Riders on the Storm
04:39
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
Cotch International
13-05-2021
SASSA
01
SASSA
Stiff Pap
SASSA
02:47
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
Cotch International
07-01-2021
Ngomso (DJ Lag Remix)
01
Ngomso (DJ Lag Remix)
Stiff Pap
Ngomso (DJ Lag Remix)
04:08
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
Cotch International
20-11-2020
Ngomso
01
Ngomso
Stiff Pap
Ngomso
03:43
Writer: Stiff Pap / Composers: Stiff Pap
Stiff Pap
27-04-2020
Pikachu Freestyle
01
Pikachu Freestyle
Stiff Pap
Pikachu Freestyle
02:28
Writer: Ayema Qampi - Jakinda Mshindi Boya / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
02
Bus Boy
Stiff Pap
Pikachu Freestyle
02:30
Writer: Ayema Qampi - Jakinda Mshindi Boya / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
Stiff Pap
01-02-2020
Nomvete Freestyle
01
Nomvete Freestyle
Stiff Pap
Nomvete Freestyle
01:47
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
Stiff Pap
12-07-2019
Mkokotelo
01
Mkokotelo
Stiff Pap
Mkokotelo
03:30
Writer: Ayema Qampi / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi
Stiff Pap
01-03-2019
Maradona (feat. SimmySimmyNya)
01
Maradona (feat. SimmySimmyNya)
Stiff Pap
Maradona (feat. SimmySimmyNya)
02:44
Writer: Ayema Qampi - Simphiwe Peta / Composers: Jakinda Mshindi Boya - Ayema Qampi - Simphiwe Peta