I just listened to a Jordanian rap tune entitled Ready by a new "local" band called Last Standing Poet. The song condemns the 9 November terrorist attacks that rocked Jordan. The song is actually not bad at all. I like how they based their piece on one of Fairuz’s songs, although, as I mentioned in a post last year, I’m a bit over Fairuzed.
Frankly, I was not aware that a rap scene even existed in Jordan. I guess things have been changing quite rapidly since my exodus. You can listen to the song here. Many thanks to Jordan First and Nasim for drawing our attention to this song. Here is a brief sampling of some of the lyrics via Jordan First.
Narrator: Hundreds of Jordanians are now marching through the streets of Amman, they’re carrying Jordanian flags and pictures of King Abdullah. The suicide bombing we’re right outside one of the hotels that was blowed up, people say they DON’T want Al Qaeda in this country, they DON’T want terrorism, they wanna live in peace.
Rapper: LSP, Last Standing Poet, 99.6. I’d like to say rest in peace, all the people who lost their lives in the 9th of November, my prayers go to your family and friends
Yes the song is really good! Arent they the same people on 5th Element with Shadia?
DUDE THIS SHIT IS TIGHT.. I DOWNLOADED LIKE 16 SONGS AND THIS KID IS GOOD!
aham,, Publisher review Now 🙂
Yes, It’s a nice one, but as Jameed Said, it’s a promo as well, Maybe because Play wanted to show they are caring, unlike other Private Jordanian Stations!
Talking about LSP generally, being a person that has most of their stuff, including a Mix courtesy of Dj Shadia feat them on the 5th Element. I didnt like the fact of them rapping “not that different” from any other American Rap Group!
They Have “localization” in a coupla tracks ONLY, including this one.
Thanx natasha for linkin me 😉
I am with Salam. The “rap” scene is actually growing in the Middle East with more than few Palestinian rappers doing their thing about the occupation. But at the end of the day it is copying an American trend and movement. It would be better if these youth came up with their own thing instead of copying others.
Here in the USA you have a whole generation of Arabic kids who have lost their identity and do nothing more than try to fit in with local black and hispanic culture rather than respecting your own. It is sad to hear groups of Arabic kids talking about “N*****” this and “N*****” that who cannot speak a word of Arabic and are almost ashamed to admit where they come from.
I thought the song was great when i heard it on the radio, and he’s got some even better stuff on his website.
I’m not really into rap,especially the decedant,hedonistic American stuff…but it’s great that these Jordanian young people have used it in a positive way to condemn terrorism and memorialize the victims.
This reminds me alot of a song by Roger Waters, the man who started pink floyd, its called “its a miracle,” here is the first part of the song (mentioning jordanian rappers?).
“Miraculous you call it babe
You ain’t seen nothing yet
They’ve got Pepsi in the Andes
Mcdonalds in Tibet
Yosemite’s been turned into
A golf course for the Japs
The Dead Sea is alive with rap
Between the Tigris and Euphrates
There’s a leisure centre now
They’ve got all kinds of sports
They’ve got Bermuda shorts
The had sex in Pennsylvania
A Brazilian grew a tree
A doctor in Manhattan
Saved a dying man for free
It’s a miracle
Another miracle
By the grace of God Almighty
And pressures of marketplace
The human race has civilized itself”
To be honest I would have liked the song if it wasn\t a local group..it’s a good song and I like the fairooz mix but I am not fond of us copying the blacks simply because :we\re not!!and this is not our style or culture..I am not fond of white rappers all together..
yeah, let’s condemn terrorism and promote a local radio station at the same time!
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I like it. At first I thought it would be Arabic rap, which I really dig, so I was a bit disappointed and somewhat surprised it sounded like an African American rapper. But once my ear adjusted to it, I thought it was simple and decent. Way better than that one other song that came out right after the incident. Thanks for sharing.