-
Lebanese rapper El Rass ‘Unveils the Hidden’
In a sea of otherwise unappetizing pop-market Arabic musical fare, the alternative music scene in Lebanon has produced yet another artistic gem, this time with a collaboration that straddles the highly progressive but insular experimental works of the Beirut-based label Ruptured with the vocal skills of the poet, journalist, MC – Mazen el Sayyed aka El Rass.…
-
TIME MAGAZINE: Syrian Rappers Urge … Restraint? Protesters Find Little Support in Popular Music
This is an article written by Rania Abouzeid for TIME Magazine ©. I am reposting it here to frame the controversy that has erupted over this article, which was a spin-off to a post put on Greg Schick’s website World Hip-Hop Market.com. The post was about the stance on the Syrian unrest from a good…
-
Syrian Revolution and Eslam Jawaad’s response – “Dudd al-Nizam” (Syria)
This post (below) by Greg Schick, the founder of the site World Hip-Hop Market(dot)com, and it concerns the response to the Syrian revolution by Syrian-Lebanese rapper Eslam Jawaad – whose debut album ‘Mammoth Tusk’ I wrote about for Menassat(dot)com, World Hip-Hop Market, UMen and that was republished here on Beats and Breath in its original…
-
Follow
Following
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
BEATS AND BREATH 