Rap of the Week | Sep 2 - Sep 8
Our rap picks this week come courtesy of some regional favourites like Dystinct, Abo El Anwar and Pause.
This week on our Rap of The Week, where we highlight the best new hip-hop releases from across the Middle East and North Africa and its diaspora, our selection features picks from giants like Dystinct, Abo El Anwar and Pause.
The playlist spans various sub-genres of rap and hip-hop, with several standout collaborations, particularly within the North African rap scene, such as Diib and Pause on ‘Interlude’, and Draco with Lil A$af on ‘Caramelisé’.
Rising Alexandria-born rapper Yamen comes through with a playful and chill trap tune, ‘GRRR’, Arsenik links up with Omar Gangster on ‘Top Tier’, part of Gangster’s latest collaborative project, ‘The Lost Chapter’, and Abo El Anwar taps back into his contemplative rap tone with ‘Ayza Tedalla3’, while Saudi Arabia, we have Slim Khaled with ‘Mafi Zayek’.
TRACKLIST:
Dystinct x D-Block Europe - Ayouba
Yamen - GRRR (ATM)
Abo El Anwar - Ayza Tetdala3
Omar Gangster, Arsenik - Top Tier
Obito333 x Villain - Carnage
Kira7 - Haifa
LMTM - Corteiz
Dracu x Lil A$af - Caramelisé
Kalil, Nezar - Rosa Negra
X7kira - Billets
Diib x Pause - Interlude
Slim Khaled - Mafi Zayek
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