Thread: THUMPIN' club music

So this downtown club that has hired me for a set wants me to dance to "Arab Money" by Busta Rhymes. I hated it at first but now it is insidiously growing on me.

What other hard beat music would you use to dance to at a hip hop / house / dance club? Know any good Arabic rap?

I'm probably also going to use a track off Oriental Belly Dance: Tabla Techno.

there are LOADS of techno-beat remixes of classics. we're currently learning a choreo to a techno-ish remix of Enta Omri, for example. Our prof loves songs with a good beat, and she seems to have a whole load of remixed BD classics

I found this one a while ago:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkcifRUJT_I]YouTube - Melissa feat dr Alban - Habibi[/ame]

There are some great hip hop links at this site:
Slingshot» Links

I'm really digging Shadia Mansour, Abeer, and Arapeyat.

Clotaire K is excellent. But you have to find out what he's singing about first on certain songs b/c he can be quite political. Raps in both Arabic and French. Music-wise, however, he is awesome.

Also check out Buddha Bar series. The 2nd disk, usually the more thumping one, contains a lot of beautiful and danceable Arab-inspired tracks.

Originally Posted by Kathiya

there are LOADS of techno-beat remixes of classics. we're currently learning a choreo to a techno-ish remix of Enta Omri, for example. Our prof loves songs with a good beat, and she seems to have a whole load of remixed BD classics

Oh, please list who they are, where to find, I'd love to buy some!
..g.:

PS,
Thank you OP, for starting this thread! :-)

If you can find it, there is also a compilation CD, "Kings of Arabic Rap"

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqYFNlyv1hc]YouTube - Arabic Rap Kings 2008 Album Advertisement[/ame]

I haven't had much luck finding a vendor who carries it, but I know of at least one web site that offers (probably illegal) streaming and downloads of it. If your conscience objects to flaunting copyright laws, some of the individual musicians offer downloads of their music online. I performed to "Alf 7ewar" at a Halloween hafla in October, and I got the MP3 download off el-7aty's Myspace page.

Originally Posted by gothique

Oh, please list who they are, where to find, I'd love to buy some!
..g.:

the version of Enta Omri we're doing now is by Elie Attieh. Said Mrad also has a couple really good ones. but a lot of the tracks i don't have an artist/title to, i might put them on Bhuz for identification, or if you pm me i can send some to ya to see

One of my faves is a Turkish Singer, Murat Boz

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY0KXVS3rK4]YouTube - Murat Boz- Aski Bulamam Ben[/ame]

Hersey Bos by Nez has some wicked bass

Ellie Attieh Oriental Zone CD Khidni Habibi, Ali Baba, also Inta omri(another Cd of his) tracks are cool
this is a bit older but anything on Bellylious 1 and 2 And 7 days in Egypt CD I got them at Maqam(one of my favorite sources for music)

Alrana

Ew, Arab Money. It's catchy as all-get-out but I hope you can replace it with some of this stuff instead!

If you want to impress them with your old skool cool, find a copy of the MARRS Ofra Haza remix of Erik B & Rakim's "Pump Up The Volume"

also try massari and belly , theyre lebanese and palestinian respectively and use alot of middle eastern flavor in their music... and are big in my town (where they live(d) - i went to high school with belly.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ0S_1_iOaE]YouTube - Belly - Pressure #1 on MuchMusic Countdown[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHvzBdAKIhI&feature=related]YouTube - Massari & Nawal Al Zoghbi - Inta Hayati[/ame]

You might want to try some of Karim Nagi's stuff (aka Turbo Tabla). I've recently picked up his "Belly and the Beat" cd (I'm pretty sure that's the name, it's out in the car at the moment) and it might provide something usable for your current need (as Karim says that what he's doing blends ME, hip-hop, house, etc.).

this one is not arabic rap but american rap. Kinda orientalist but very good beats

Indian Flute (with bellydancer Nathalie from Florida). Has harem themes, but the song is just sooo good!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW1xRc5ITik]YouTube - Flute - Timbaland & Magoo ft.Rajeshwari[/ame]

Don Omar's Salio el Sol. This one is reggueton. There are some weird costumes in here though...
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQMF5_Yy6Gw&feature=channel]YouTube - Don Omar - Belly Danza[/ame]

And this one by Aaliyah with warda's Btewanes beek song in the background
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5pXQRFE0QE]YouTube - Aaliyah "Don't know what to tell ya" (1)[/ame]

Here's Transglobal Underground

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRuOW4GgAlA"]YouTube - Trans Global Underground - Lookee Here[/ame]

And this song is so beautiful while it still has a heavy beat. Click "more info" to see the lyrics!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfgdjfgtJw4]YouTube - Transglobal Underground & Natacha Atlas - Sky Giant[/ame]

Originally Posted by damariz

this one is not arabic rap but american rap. Kinda orientalist but very good beats

Indian Flute (with bellydancer Nathalie from Florida). Has harem themes, but the song is just sooo good!
YouTube - Flute - Timbaland & Magoo ft.Rajeshwari

Don Omar's Salio el Sol. This one is reggueton. There are some weird costumes in here though...
YouTube - Don Omar - Belly Danza

And this one by Aaliyah with warda's Btewanes beek song in the background
YouTube - Aaliyah "Don't know what to tell ya" (1)

I love hip hop and the first song has played while I was performing at GP clubs...but I can't seem to get over the fact that he uses the phrase "beatin' up your womb." ewwww.

And on another note, when is hip hop, particularly the usual dirty South artists going to discover the aphrodisiac effects of the Saidi rhythm?

I always wanted to make a remix of Jay-z's Big Pimpin smashed with Khusara Khusara.

I thought it was funny the first time I heard a dancer just playing random music and the Hossam Ramsy song came on and I was like, this is Big Pimpin! But they didn't know what I was talking about.