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| smartmedia, best, conservative, violence, cyber, tarantino, tees, student, might, postings, compactflash, handheld, invented names, david eggers, on line, company, anti flag, | ("Lebanon") combines some familiar hip-hop tracks of the MC Solaar variety and moves fluidly between English, French, and Arabic from song to song and often within thesame stories song. There's also some decent Oud playing, and even a track ('Maqam') with that most famous veteran of East-West fusion, Natacha Atlas.The most refreshing thing about this album, and the stories biggest relief, is that it doesn't simply do your regular French/American hip-hop and then add a dash of middle eastern flavor in the patter of a dumbek or the occasional ululation. Instead, you get the stories sense that every song and sentiment is expressed in the language or musical style best suited to it. I also have to also say how brilliant some of the sampling is on this release, which mixes in everything from Oum Kalthoum, Fayrouz, and Coptic liturgies to Anwar Sadat speeches and the familiar street sounds of Lebanon.Clotaire |
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| so true: "Shadowlands" would have been tarantino a WAY better tarantino movie if there had been more scenes of dudes getting socked in the nuts and making that suprised "Oh I just got socked in the nuts!!!!" expression to the camera.And belated thanks to Marc Pfister for identifying the mystery track I posted a while back as tarantino "Rock 4 U" by Hustlers of Culture. Everyone go buy this. posted by James | MAQAMLUBNANBEYROUTH ECOEEREEClotaire KLebanese 2003[buy it]Today: the first of hopefully many future guest blogs at moistworks:BAALBEK REPRESENT REPRESENTThe time has certainly come for the Franco-Lebanese hip-hop of Clotaire K, a French native of Lebanese-Egyptian descent from Montpelier. This first album, Lebanese (Nocturne), is a stylish mix of French and Arabic language hip-hop that synthesizes its countless influences beautifully.'Lubnan' |
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