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Cyber-Mix 001: Beirut Transnational

By Thomas Burkhalter on March 12, 2012

By Thomas Burkhalter on 12 March 2012 in VIDEO

A new electro/rap album from Beirut inspired me to continue clicking through the World Wide Web. Within transnational Lebanese networks I found great, crazy, funny, strange and sometimes also worrying videos, tracks, as well as a book.

Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Ashekman, Beirut, Busta Rhymes, Cham3oun, Cyber-Mix, Dossier Arab World, El Rass, I-Voice, Ice Cube, Islam, KVM, Lazzy Lung, Lebanon, Manifest One, Mashrou’ Leila, Mazen el Sayed, Michelle & Noel Keserwany, Munma, Oky Doky, Ramcess L'Hamourabi, Rap, Safar Barlik, Sandmoon, Scrambled Eggs, Talib Kweli, Tania Saleh, The Incompetents, World Music 2.0, Zeid and the Wings, Zeid Hamdan | Leave a response

Gangsta-Rap – mal wissenschaftlich

By Norient on December 26, 2011

By Marc Dietrich and Martin Seeliger on 26 December 2011 in ACADEMIC

Zur Inszenierung von deutschen Rappern im Spannungsfeld von kultureller Tradition und politischem Diskurs. – «Bitte erzählt mir nix von Gangstarap, meine Jungs da draußen würden 50 Cent erstechen.»

Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged 4 4 da mess, 50 Cent, A-zad, afro-american culture, Aggro Berlin, Azad, Bambi, Boogie Down Productions, Bushido, Conscious Rap, Da Fource, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Gangsta-Rap, Gangster, Ghetto Culture, ghetto tech, Global Ghettotech, globalization, Hip Hop, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Migration, Mobb Deep, Moses P, N.W.A., Niggaz With Attitude, PA Sports, prostitution, Public Enemy, Rap, Realness, Schoolly D, Snoop Dogg, USA, Violence, Warheit, weapons, Westside Connection | 1 Response

Im Rhythmus der Revolution

By Norient on March 23, 2011

By Thomas Burkhalter on 23 March 2011 in STORIES

Die Umstürze in der arabischen Welt offenbaren auch eine erstaunliche musikalische Vielfalt. Rapper, Rocker und Pop-Avantgardisten von Jemen bis Marokko engagieren sich derzeit gesellschaftspolitisch.

Posted in STORIES | Tagged 100copies, Abu Arab, Ahmed Basyoni, Al-Firqah al-Markaziyyah, Algeria, Amr Diab, Arab, Arab World, Arabian Knightz, Ayat, Black Theama, Busta Rhymes, Charles Hirschkind, Donquishoot, Dossier Arab World, Egypt, El Général, Eskenderalla, Eskenderella, Fairuz, Five Percent Nation, Fredwreck, Heavy Metal Islam, Hip Hop Na, Ibn Thabit, Ice Cube, Islam, Libya, Mahmoud Darwish, Marcel Khalife, Mark Levine, Massive Scar Era, Master Mimz, Matoub Lounes, Mohammad Mounir, Nation of Islam, O-Marz, Odious, Omar Offendum, Politics, Protest Music, Ramy Essam, Rap, Sabreen, Sami Yusuf, Sayyed Darwish, Scarab, Shadia Mansour, Sheikh Imam, Sheikh Keschk, Talib Kweli, Tamer Hosny, Tarek Atoui, Tunesia, Twitter, Um Kulthum, Waking Up Scheherazade, Worm, Wust El Balad, Your Prince Harming, Ziyad Rahbani | 9 Responses