Comments on: Neo-Con Luv Song

Neo-Con Luv Song

derangedlarid — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:47:13 -0800

Nasri Zacharia, aka Iron Sheik raps about the Neo-Cons -- Watch the "Neo-Con Luv" music video, (mp3). Other mp3s: About Baghdad, and his remix, Conversation with Edward Said.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:58:35 -0800

I guess this isn't what I heard yesterday on NPR's The World. The World's Aaron Schachter meets Israel's hip-hop stars, Hadag Nachash...who've just hit it big with a song made up of Israeli bumper-stickers. C'mon kids. Let's do the Israel/Palestine fight right here on the blue, thus keeping the bombs (musical bombs) off the street! BTW, I don't choose sides here, I just choose less bloodshed.

By: taschenrechner

taschenrechner — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:58:24 -0800

... Ariel Sharon, a real cabron Man, he's even reaching out to the Latino community?

By: j.p. Hung

j.p. Hung — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:16:29 -0800

"He’d be the Penguin and I’d be Batman My flurry of fists would sink that fat man" see what happens when you can't curse in a rap song?

By: j.p. Hung

j.p. Hung — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:19:11 -0800

Did I say can't? Well, I meant don't.

By: Tlogmer

Tlogmer — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:28:21 -0800

I'm not too impressed with any of this, except Neocon LuvSong (the rapping technique is so much better than in Olive Trees that it's hard to believe it's the same person). Still doesn't hold a candle to the best american hiphop, but that's a high bar (it's been about 20 years since hiphop got started -- 20 years after the start of jazz was 1930 or so, and Europe didn't start putting out decent jazz until fairly recently). I don't speak hebrew so I can't evaluate Hadag Nachash's lyrics, but their beats sound a little stilted, and the technique is, again, mediocre at best.

By: kickingtheground

kickingtheground — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:44:24 -0800

Still doesn't hold a candle to the best american hiphop, but that's a high bar (it's been about 20 years since hiphop got started -- 20 years after the start of jazz was 1930 or so, and Europe didn't start putting out decent jazz until fairly recently).

Umm...you did notice that they're not actually in Palestine, right?

By: Tlogmer

Tlogmer — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:46:48 -0800

Alright, I guess that part goes more for Hadag Nachash. The point remains, though: they don't compare to (say) Nas. That's an unfair comparison, maybe, but one worth making.

By: PantsOfSCIENCE

PantsOfSCIENCE — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 05:07:50 -0800

There's also The Philistines. Two Palestinian-American brothers from East Tennessee (one of which I was good friends with back in High School). They mention sweet tea, Waffle House (diced and covered), and NC tobacco, but no Dr. Enuf. The tracks on their site have some beats by Iron Sheik.

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 08:58:23 -0800

I hear rap scene is really blowin' up in Ramallah.

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 08:58:48 -0800

"...the rap scene..."