Arabic Hip Hop

As Salam Alaykum

All you islamophobic freaks, chill, thats not a call to arms or a cry for jihad, its merely a greeting, kinda similar to the medieval times 'i come in peace', only this when translated word for word means 'Peace be unto you'.

Am not really blogging today, more like am advertising, you got a problem with a brother trying to eat ? kiss my black ass ! haha.. i kid i kid, i clown, i clown..

Anyways, back to the topic of the day, when i first came to dubai about 10 yrs ago, Jarule'e Venni Vetti Vecci was in the making, and Jay's Hard Knock Life was almost done, i had 'money cash, hoes' on repeat so much so that my step mom had to learn the lyrics to DMX's entire verse ! You couldn't hear Hip Hop on the radio back then and clubs (yeah i used to sneak inwith my cousin Deen, i miss you cus!) would play 1 or 2 songs, but now its a different story, rap is heavy on these streets, yeah i said streets, not deserts, streets and i've lost track of all the superstars from the urban music genre that have performed here.

Enter Desert Heat, beyond the keeping it real of rapping in traditional clothes, and in arabic and not cussing [i think they deserve a grammy for that, i can't even say hi without cussing these days], they do bring heat 'no pun intended' and i memorized the chorus to one of their best songs 'Heila Heila' produced by FredWreck after hearing it twice, i know i mess up the words sometimes, but give a nigga a break, its in arabic !

I believe in this phenomenon, cuz thats what i think it is, you should give it a listen, if i tell you they're hot, you'll say its shameless publicity cuz i am heavily involved in this project, but the truth is, i trust the instincts and taste of some of you out there, and i can and will take all constructive criticism. My man, Dj Christu thinks the first single is 'praf', and thats a judgement i take seriously, so thats only going to make us work even harder, so next time, Christule is going to be thinking of a Chill Brothers Remix ! Ya Heard!! (www.desertheatarabia.com)

Desert Heat's Debut Album Is In Stores From October 1 Across The Middle East.