From Rakim To Drake: A History Of Arabic In Hip-Hop Lyrics | Genius News

In swahili, we call this style ‘mashairi/ushairi’ i.e. poems/poetry. Roots must be Arabic traditional songs.

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Walahi.

Tofauti yako na Truman Capote ni kidogo Sana

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Which account will you be using next week since admin keeps banning you?

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Unmistakable.

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Muslim GIF

The best Rakim collab. What a beautiful piece from the 90s.

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The best poet in Rap is unquestionably JayZ. Not only does he rap, but always conveys a message. Now other rappers are Flowmasters, lyrical stylists, cadence enhancers, story tellers….But the absolute quintessential poet is JayZ.
I can go through so many of his pieces and you will see they are carefully thought through

https://youtube.com/shorts/z1XIFr1_Cq4?si=tcAQ6t70nM4as0Rt

I see a man enjoying Islamic style songwriting in these difficult times of burying the maandamano guy. Notice how it’s a mishmash of different deities.

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:index_pointing_at_the_viewer: :joy:

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Jay Electronica!? Sadat X?

Jack Black Common Be kuna an anniversary edition that came out this year i think tafuta and enjoy the instrumentals + a few bonus tracks prolly didnt make the album. Super album this. The instrumentals are just dope.

It’s like there’s an Arabian nights vibe with this music.

Peaceful Arab.

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