"At Aslan Media, Inc., there’s no secret about our love for Egyptian hip hop trio Arabian Knightz. One of the most covered music artists on our site, the three members — Rush of Arabian Knightz, Sphinx AK and E Money — constantly make it back into our radar with new tracks and videos that not only introduce us to great beats and powerful lyrics that seamlessly fuse hip hop with Arabic music motifs, but also recontextualize the ever-changing landscape of Egypt’s politics, each song a new and fresh dialogue with the political environment they are written in." -- Read on for my pick of the week: a new lyric video by Arabian Knightz member Sphinx and its clever lyrical wordplay with familiar children’s rhymes that make this track both entertaining and effective in taking aim at political propaganda and polarization that now dominates much of Egyptian life, and its portrayal within the media. Described as his wake up call to the “bah bah black sheep fell back to sleep,” the track is cunning, taking the the traditional comfort we associate with nursery rhymes and completely subverting it into “a lil riddle ‘bout what’s going on East of the Middle.”
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:30:40 +0000
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