Arabs niet blij met Arab Money

Busta Rhymes‘ new song “Arab Money” continues to be a lightning rod for controversy, with one UK DJ being suspended after playing the Quran-sampling track on the radio. Steve “Smooth” Sutherland was suspended from his popular show after the song’s broadcast resulted complaints from listeners. In the song’s chorus, the first chapter of the Quran is sung and sampled, which is against strict Arab law dictating that singing a Quran verse in combination with music is prohibited. “I really only respect the Arab culture,” Rhymes said in a recent interview. “I ain’t really trying to pay no attention to, ya know, these little people in political positions and executive positions that ain’t Arab culture oriented people because a lot of the times, what are you really showing all of this concern for?” Busta will entangle Diddy, Lil Wayne, Akon and T-Pain in the controversy as well when the “Arab Money” remix drops soon.

Een woordvoerder van Galaxy FM;

“I can confirm that a track called Arab Money by Busta Rhymes was broadcast on Saturday 29th November at 9.58pm. A number of complaints have been received about the lyrics in the song and so both the DJ and his producer have been suspended pending further enquiries. Meanwhile Galaxy apologies for any offense caused.”

Busta Rhymes zei eerder;

Sometimes, people like to twist things. We ain’t mockin’ the culture. we ain’t tryin’ to be disrespectful. Ain’t no racism going on right here. If you listen to the song, you see that we are actually acknowledging the fact that the Arabian culture, a middle East culture is one of the few cultures that value passing down hard work riches that’s been built amongst the family. It would be nice if a lot of other cultures did the same thing. I would like for it to be like that in my culture where we could build things to the point where we got so much that we don’t need to rely on other cultures to contribute majorly in a financial way, or in whatever other way, to societies, communities or whatever governments we might live in. So, we are actually biggin’ up the culture. At the end of the day, I want to be like that. I think a lot of us want to be like that.

Busta Rhymes – Arab Money Remix (Behind The Scenes)

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Swizz Beatz over Eminem’s “Relapse”

Na het lezen van dit bericht, vrees ik dat het nog veel langer gaat duren voordat Eminem’s album uitkomt aangezien 50 Cent’s “Before I Self Destruct” ook in het eerste kwartaal moet uitkomen en het lijkt mij niet dat Aftermath beiden zo kort achter elkaar zal droppen… we zullen zien.

Super-producer Swizz Beats, who’s one of the few working on Eminem’s forthcoming LP, says the Detroit rapper is coming back to “take the cake.”In a recent interview with MTV News, Swizz says Eminem is back and he’s back to take the game over.

“It’s different,” Swizz tells MTV. “Different sound, different mindframe. He’s clear. But it’s the Eminem that you missed, that you loved, that you need, especially right now in the industry, going into ’09. He’s coming back to take the cake.”

Swizz says he has worked on five songs with Em and tells MTV of a “classic” collaboration between Eminem, Dr. Dre, and 50 Cent that will appear on Relapse as well as Stan Part 2.

“I don’t know the title yet, but it’s classic,” he said. “It’s sounding big” he says.  “You know how ‘Stan’ … was the big [song]? –So I worked on part 2, and I think it was, like, totally genius” he continued.

Swizz says Em’s mindset will be the difference in this album and that “politically driven” songs such as “Mosh” aren’t really found on the LP.

“[There's] a lot of personal stuff, a lot of people supporting him this time,” Swizz said. “I just think you can hear a new energy in him. And, you know, the producers, everyone’s bringing forth their best on that level.”

Relapse is expected to hit stores in the first quarter of 2009.

Swizz Beatz – Where The Cash At

Clip van de eerste single van Swizz’ nieuwe album Life After The Party, welke dit jaar nog zal verschijnen.
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