Two folksy Egyptian divas join forces to bring out this duet about seeing Egypt by the boat, streaming up/down the Nile in a boat to see the land--all the land. This is Amina, the one who made sha'abi songs hip again, brings an older diva Fatmah Eid and together they do this duet.
The song has a lot of shouting and the theme is less Egypt and more pirates of the Caribbean and sexy ladies of Treasure Island. This is a good attempt to make an action/adventure music video using the song as an excuse. I think the director forgot this is a music video about Egypt, he just wanted to burn some money and adding something cool to his resume.
The two ladies are the greatest friends and one can see Amina looks up to Ms. Eid, and Eid is not done yet, even though she has slowed down. I like the outfits and the dances, but the computer affects are sophomoric. This is the old look for Amina making a comeback after she went for the amazing plastic look in her previous music video.
She is one of the spunkiest pop stars in Egypt, she is cute, she is fun and most importantly, she is all Egyptian. This is Mai Kassab's third album and she is loving it. She has turned to acting in the slow music season, but this is her comeback, the album is her first in more than four years.
The producer and the artist would like you to buy the original album from the music store, not some online copy. Because this is a touch time for them-if you do not buy them they won't make them anymore. A girlie album, a dance one and some drama for sure.
I find myself drawn to Mai years ago, she seems like that good girl who is not naive or dreamy, but rather real, like many ladies out there. I do not like the slow songs usually, but she seems to go to work for those songs as she records them. There too many pop female personalities in Egypt, to her fans and they are many, she is top three. I also like the song where she tells her man to get real and approach her family with a marriage proposal. In those times, this seems to be an old style, as more men boast about freedom as a cop out.
As for summer albums, this is a worthy album that both men and woman can enjoy, she is so cool and the album cover makes the summer heat go away. Mai does not have the best vocal set, but with what she has she has made the most of it and this is simply sufficient for so many of those looking for an entertaining album that also has a good cry. I really like how much the songs and Mai spend talking about relationships and love.
01. Hitl3 Eni 02. Habiby Waadni 03. Mabcsh 04. Ana Wla Heia 05. Habet 5aen 06. Men Eldar Lenar 07. Bastnak 08. Befoot El3omr 09. 2ol Wna 2ol 10. Washtni 11. Atlbni Men Ahli 12. Klo Bietmanzr
May Kassab Album Habibi Waadni Promo / إعلان ألبوم مى كساب حبيبى وعدنى
To listen and download the album, HERE "هيطلع عيني" كلمات مصطفى جودة وألحان أحمد العتباني وتوزيع إسلام مرغني. "حبيبي وعدني" كلمات أيمن بهجت قمر وألحان محمد يحيي وتوزيع أحمد إبراهيم. "مابسش" كلمات أيمن بهجت قمر وألحان محمد يحيى وتوزيع تميم. "أنا ولا هي" كلمات محمد عاطف وألحان محمد يحيي وتوزيع تميم "حبيت خاين" كلمات محمد عاطف وألحان رامي جمال وتوزيع توما. "من الدار للنار" كلمات عبد الرحمن محمد ألحان مدين وتوزيع إسلام مرغني. "بستناك" كلمات ناصر الجيل وألحان محمود خيامي وتوزيع خالد نبيل. "بيفوت العمر" كلمات أيمن بهجت قمر وألحان محمد يحيي وتوزيع نادر حمدي. "قول وأنا أقول" كلمات مصطفى جودة وألحان مدين وتوزيع أحمد عادل. "وحشتني" كلمات أحمد حلمي وألحان أحمد العتباني وتوزيع أشرف محروس. "اطلبني من أهلي" كلمات محمد عاطف وألحان رامي جمال وتوزيع أحمد إبراهيم. "كله بيتمنظر" كلمات حسن عطية وألحان أحمد العتباني وتوزيع أسامة سامي.
Don't Forget To Vote, there are 32 talents who await your support. They hope to be on the third phase, the more you watch, the more you learn. If you did not qualify, keep going, it might be a good thing to be redirected some place else. As for the viewers, there are some videos one has to watch, make sure the ones whom he approve of get your vote.
Fact #1: YouTube Views:
More than 1,500,000 views to submitted videos/playlists.
By end of contest @ July, we expect reaching more than 3 Million views since the newly uploaded top 32 videos are about to receive total 250,000 views this week:
We received 120 videos for female applicants (15.9%)
We received 635 videos for male applicants (84.1%)
Fact #3: Countries:
We received videos from 66 countries (from all the continents) including South Korea, Singapore, Bolivia, Austria, Netherlands, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Oman, Mauritius, Turkmenistan and Australia:
Afghanistan
Algeria
Arakan
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovnia
Brunei
Burma
Canada
Denmark
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
France
Germany
Ghana
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jordan
Kenya
Kosovo
KSA
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Libya
Malaysia
Mauritius
Mecedonia
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Singapore
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sweden
Syria
Tajikistan
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
UAE
UK
USA
Uzbekestan
Yemen
Percentage and Video Count
UK 45 videos (5.9%)
USA 52 videos (6.9%)
Canada 25 videos (3.4%)
Other EU 44 videos (5.8%) including NZ & AU
Turkey 14 videos (1.9%)
Egypt 166 videos (21.9%) Go Egypt
Morocco 85 videos (11.3%)
Algeria 17 videos (2.3%)
Gulf 29 videos (3.8%) excluding Yemen & Iraq
Other Arabs 85 videos (11.3%)
Malaysia 39 videos (5.2%)
Indonesia 68 videos (9%)
Fact #4: Jobs:
We received videos from people working for 102 different jobs including truck driver, air traffic controller, Ph.D student, lecturer, Master student, civil engineer, banker, barber, university student, housekeeper, dentist, vocalist, draftsman, painter, photographer, business owner, economist, etc.
Accountant
Administrator
Aeronautics specialist
Agricultural Engineer
Air Traffic Controller
Airplances Technician
Architect
Assistant Engineer
Banker
Barber
Biologist
Biomedical Engineer
Business Director
Businessman
Civil Engineer
Composer
Computer Engineer
Truck Driver
Contractor
Copywriter
Creative Director
Data processing specialist
Decor artist
Dentist
Doctor
Draftsman
Economist
Electrical Engineer
Electrician
Electronics & Communications Engineer
employee
Entrepreneur
Event Manager
Financial Clerk
Financial Service Consultant
Football player
Foreign Service Officer
Geograpghics Technician
Graphic Designer
Guitar player
Health specialist
Housekeeper
HR specialist
Industrial Engineer
Inspector
Interior designer
IT Analyst
IT Consultant
IT engineer
IT Manager
IT specialist
Lawyer
Lecturer
Marketing Manager
Master student
Mechanical Engineer
Media specialist
Merchant
Mother
Music teacher
Musician
Network specialist
NGO employee
NGO voulanteer
Nurse
Optics specialist
Painter
Ph.D Student
Pharmacist
Photographer
Power station operator
Psychologist
Purchasing Manager
Quran Recitor
Research assistant
Researcher
Sales Manager
Sales rep
School student
Secretary
Security Guard
Self employed
Singer
Software developer
Software engineer
Songwriter
Stylist
System Engineer
Teacher
Technical support specialist
Technician
Traffic Engineer
Trainer
TV Director
Unemployed
University Student
Video producer
Vocalist
Web developer
Worker
Writer
Fact #5: Applicants were singing for:
Awakening Records' Artists = 348 videos (46.1%)
Applicants with self-composed/written songs: 63 videos (8.3%)
Remaining contestants were singing for other artists
Fact #6: Applicants that their YouTube channels have only their submitted video (New YouTube Users):
Samo Zaen buddied up with a Turkish DJ and he had him arrange one of his hit songs form last year. Together they appeared in a sold out concert in Sharm El Sheikh, close to the red sea for a concert. It seems the young people in attendance wanted a good time and Samo gave them just that.
This is an upbeat song, made for dance, I love how the DJ was the dance and cheer leader at the same time. Samo Zaen did his thing as well as he often does. This is a romance song, but the beat makes it perfect for the dancer in each one of us.
The lyrcis are those of Tamer Hussein, who has also helped with the music. To be fair, this is fresh sounding song, which is becoming more uncommon nowadays. The concert looks dope, with all the effects and sound system, it seemed like a great times to have.
The Egyptian House of Opera is the big league for Arab entertainers, most would give a leg to perform there, because of its history. Many awesome Arabic names have stood there toe to toe next to Egyptians legends of music.
I feel mediocre Egyptian names can stand on its stage, but for Arab ones they have to do something out of this world. Assi Hallani was one of those names who stood on that stage, and see her do a cover of a beloved Egyptian patriotic classic about Arab unity.
Assi Hallani is a dreamer about Arab unity and he has sang for it on his own terms, he is a proud Lebanese but he has always talked about the aspiration of the Arab people. See him channel his innter Abdel Halim in this classic about swearing by the sky and the soil of the land.
عاصي الحلاني - أغنية أحلف بسماها و بترابها - دار الأوبرا Assi El Hallani
Amr Diab is the one pop star from a different breed. Here's a video that chronicles his past success for the last 3 decades. Since he was a young man, how you wanted to be big times, and how he pulled it off. I love hte interview portion with the people who knew him back when he was a skinny guy who had a dream.
Amr Dian is Mr. untouchable. We can agree or disagree on his last two albums, but love him or hate him, he knows how to sell an album, a concert and promote products. He has not aged, and he looks ripped like hell, whatever he is doing he has been doing it very well. Egypt loves him along with them hundreds of millions around the world know and respect him.
Amr Diab did well for the musicians who work with him, but as for introducing new talents he has done little. Do you know any singers whom he has helped make it? No, but I know tend of musicians whose work with Amr Diab made them sexy. He is also a sharp dresser, he know his way around the camera--directors hate that, but he knows his business.
Throughout his career he is the pharmacy that we go to to cure some of our ills or preserve some of our joys. He is a dealer of whatever emotional state we are experiencing. There are other talents out there, but so far the only next Amr Diab is the one and the only Amr Diab who is about to released his final album with Rotana.
Amr Diab - 30 Years of Success"English Subtitle" عمرو دياب - 30 عاماً من النجاح
I think it was 2003 when Amr Diab filmed a music video in London and we saw a whole new shade of crazy hair from Amr Diab. I know the press made fun of the hair and likened the pop star and kin of pop to a famous Egyptian actress that has a similar hair--they were right.
Amr Diab did not do the crazy hair ever since, but then last month he was in London celebrating with the UAE a day of friendship with the United Kingdom. He was seated next to David Beckham, the famed footballer and celebrity. But the one thing that stole the show the strange Amr Diab hair. His hair looks like its doing its own thing.
Was that braided hair and what's that object on his hair? A very stupid look really. I know Amr Diab doe snot shy away from new things, he is a fun person and a bankable hit-maker who now lives in Dubai. But the hair thing was a loser in my own conclusion as the press had a field day with it.
Ana Ayesh - making - Part 2 - Amr Diab انا عايش - عمرو دياب
Ana Ayesh - making - Part 1 - Amr Diab انا عايش - عمرو دياب
The composer who has become a rockstar is coming back with a new album of seven tracks. Ramy Sabry was on my mind as the next Amr Diab...he was Mr. cool going on Mr. Emotions, his fifth album will release this summer--it has been delayed a number of times. But the teaser and samples are out.
Mazzika is pushing this album for good reasons, Ramy's albums are well made and well produced. They are never rushed and always bring me joy and high qaulity entertainment, real lyrcis rom the heart--nothing silly and upbeat fresh music that pleases the soul
1 - 2rabny Leek 2 - Ahla Men El2awel 3 - Barta7 4 - Bets2al 3liya 5 - Law Kan 3lik 6 - Wana M3ah 7 - Sadaa 3nek
Something that sounds like that world famous Mississippi River Delta Blues, but he is near another delta, the Nile Delta. He is good with a guitar, and he is not trying his hand on singing. I think he is luck...what you think of his original song "One Of Us"
Hassan Ramzy is a growing Egyptian musician who mainly plays guitar and sings. he prefers almost all types of Acoustic, Rock and Blues. He writes and composes his own music but also likes to cover other artists. Biography I've been playing music since about 2004. I say he's got the blues fever and has managed to bring it to tell an Egyptian story.
Hassan composes and write his own songs, as well as cover many others. I am currently Majoring in Psychology, but hope to pursue a career in music! So he is doing music as a hobby now, but if the math is right, he will be doing more of it. The story he tells her is a cry against President Morsi.
He may as well be the Morgan Freeman of Egyptian entertainment. His voice has been telling the Egyptian narrative for more than three decades. He breaths Egypt and has pretty much performed in every venue in that country. He has ruled the radio airwaves, the cassette market and then the movie soundtracks and dozens of highly rated TV dramas.
It seems Ali is ready for more music as he has been signed by Pyramedia to produce music for him. His son is also signed for the same label for a music project as well.I know this when it comes to a mannly voice with a strong vocal showing, Ali is the name to come up.
See his song below where he does a romantic song with an incredible warmth and an Egyptian beat. El Haggar may have never been a bankable name but he has two things most two stars dream of. He has the respect for the audience and the businesses. And he has the name recognition that crosses age groups and countries.
06 Ali el Haggar - Mn Gheer Matetklmy / على الحجار - من غير ماتتكلمي
I love Egypt and I want nothing in return I love its people, their stories and their big hearts and their unmatched sense of humor. I want nothing back for my unconditional love for this land that's dear to each Arab and Muslim out there.
I want nothing but the best and I want to see Egypt rule the world, I want to see their work celebrated and their products all over. It's with that love, I wish they would just chill and let democracy work. Give your president a chance, you voted him in for four years. You cannot take that back form him. I am certain he now hears you. there is no reason for violence and clashes. please
For that, here's a song by ZeeZee Adel, the Egyptian girl that many swoon over her when she appeared on Star Academy. She sings for Egypt, and about her love for it, not her love for a single party or faction.
Funny how life works, Kareim Mohsen had a boy crush on then hot record artist Tamer Hosny, he chased him down and hoped to work with him one day. Tamer gave Karim a shot and listed to his amazing melodies. Tamer would become one of closest friends in the business. Tamer would work with Kareim Mohsen and get his best and finest melodies. Karim would even appear in a number of films for Tamer Hosny.
Karim becomes one of Tamer Hosny's entourage member. Karim branches out and gives some of his melodies to other names in the pop business. Karim would go on and make his own album, months before Egypt starts a historic revolt. Tamer Hosny's stocks drop, and he is no longer the mega star he once was.
Karim Mohsen would keep quiet and tried to push his own record, he does many concerts in universities and malls around Egypt, and he would press on as a composer for the young voices striving for something fresh and dancey.
His first hit came in 2006, after the release of his hit single Yalla Maa El Salama with singer Shady. But Karim wanted something more so he began by composing many hit songs for various Arab singers such as: Waeid Aalia for the Egyptian singer Zizi Adel, He also composed Kan Feen Min Bardy for Khaled Selim. Karim became more prominent as a singer, actor and composer after his collaboration with singer Tamer Hosny. In 2008, Karim worked with Tamer on his "Haeesh Hayati Album". Karim composed four songs: Kol Ely Fat, Taaba Kol El Nass, Haeesh Hayati and Beyhsedoni Aaleek. He also composed the English song "Come back to me".
Karim Mohsen - Ehlawet El Donia / كريم محسن - احلوت الدنيا
X Factor is very close to ending its successful run, they names of the bands and performers is getting shorter by the week, and I think we have surpassed the half point. Every week, the show loses a band/artist. The Egyptian hip-hop R&B band seems to all but have secured winning the first season--if they do they might be the first band to win such a show in the Arab world
Every act is trying to win the title, each has a story to tell, and each wants that contract, but most of all winning the people and their votes. I feel Ibrahim Abdel Azim from Libya might be in the danger zone. Same goes for the Miraya band, they may also be in the same position.
I feel the Moroccan contestant, Mohammed El Rifi will go far, he is the treat that everyone loves, so mark my word he will be among the three finalists. The same goes for Hossam from Lebanon for starter the show is being filmed in Lebanon and I think he will be in for some time. If talent is the only way, the kid from Oman will be traveling far, the dude is a beast on stage--not a great choice.
Marwa had a good night, and the judges showered her with praises. She got better, but not sure if she has the vocal muscles to shine. Iman had a classical song to cover, I think she did well and owned the song--I loved how she took the song and made it work for her. Each judge loves his/her teams, but this is becoming harder to hide as the list narrows.
وملخص الاداء - العروض المباشرة 4 - vote promo The X Factor 2013
Young Pharoz - العروض المباشرة - الاسبوع 4 - The X Factor 2013
ابراهيم عبد العظيم - العروض المباشرة - الاسبوع 4 - The X Factor 2013
فرقة مرايا - العروض المباشرة - الاسبوع 4 - The X Factor 2013
محمد الريفي - العروض المباشرة - الاسبوع 3 - The X Factor 2013
المنتصر بالله - العروض المباشرة - الاسبوع 4 - The X Factor 2013
Aside from making perhaps the coolest and most artsy and meaning rich album cover, Indie band Massar Egbari makes delightful music, and their new album "Eqra El Khaber" or "Read This News" shows the band has morphed into something huge. Not to mention how the band also has one of the catchiest names MASSAR EGBARI means “Compulsory Detour”, which resembles the society we live in today. They specifically chose this title as it explains how we are expected, or rather, dictated to behave and dress in certain manners. Both, in title and in spirit, the band pokes fun at typical social norms and trends, which is clearly reflected in their music and chosen lyrics.
In 2007 the band made its international debut and has traveled the Arab world (and Turkey) taking their music into new lands. I have come to appreciate their balance in finding good lyrics, and fresh sounding music--while they sound a bit more Western than Egyptian, their stories will always be told in Egypt for some time to come.
It seems that their music constantly gets better, the more live shows they book. They really inject a lot of excitement in the indie music scene and by the way other than ticket sales and record, they have not gone commercial like doing soda and hair gel ads. This allows them to concentrate on their music, and perfecting their craft. I have also loved how they keep away form politics, yet kept up their connection with the people and their woes.
You get a little funk, a little jazz, some rock and a hell of a ride the minds of the band members have created. I appreciate the variety in vocalists the band features. Unlike many other indie bands in Egypt, MASSAR EGBARI has more than on vocalist who can hook listeners. I love the songs I listened to so far, El-Mroor if funky. The title song plays like a lounge music yet its lyrics are very dark about unemployment. This album is a successful attempt to declare the band's inception into the mainstream.
Songs are not enough to protect Christians in Egypt as sectarian violence shows its ugly face again in Egypt. It is not the first time and will not be the last unless the president and government take serious measures to prevent it
The last few days have witnessed clashes and sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims. These clashes have killed eight people, most of them Christians, and scores have been injured. Birdshot, petrol bombs and stones were used in these incidents. The two incidents in Khosous, Qalioubiya, north of Cairo, and the subsequent clashes at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, highlight the plight of Copts in Egypt after the fall of the Mubarak regime.
It should be noted that Copts suffered discrimination during the Mubarak era as well. No one is happy about this, I am not sure who is waging those clashes and massacres--they are a minority that knows how to make a small situation much bigger. It's a sad day, but Egypt son of the South Aly Hussain has a new and short song about the situation calling for unity under the Egyptian banner--we are one people and the Nile belongs to both of us.
I wish those things do not happen and wish people weren't tribal and prone to emotional outbursts. But it takes time, what it should not take is many lives.
Violence no violence, the celebrities of the world ain't going to stop a party even if Cairo is on fire. The organizers wanted to party so they argued if we do not hold the Cairo Film Festival this year, we risk the event being taken out of the international film festivals agenda. They had to cancel it last year due to the brewing political and social climate.
So the 35th film festival saw the light despite the many hiccups it had--like the minister of culture forgetting his speech and a number of clashes few blocks away. More than fifty films were screened, certainly half of them did not have audience. Few international filmmakers were present and you will see some of them speaking to the camera. North African cinema was alive and well in the film festival.
Joe Bou Eid won the best director category about his movie filmed in Beirut about his parents love story. and A French film won the best film.
Sandy knows why she is popular, the way she dresses and the way she sells her ditsy image. From the get go, Sandy went for the people who like sexy, she gave them that. Her songs are fun pop songs no classics. She does have a natural limit and she seems to stick to it.
But when it comes to dressing and being bold Sandy has always pushed the envelop. But she is also smart, she toned it down the moment the Arab Spring arrived. She still shows some skin, but no playboy fantasies. She has never shied away form the competition, she took on the older pop divas and challenged them. Sandy has also entered the Lebanese pop domain where the image is as important as the performance.
Her album was released in the summer, and it has few good songs--simple songs with a catchy tune. but one of the underrated songs on the album is the one below. Sand has now been doing pop albums since late 2007 and she has consistently gotten better. She has transformed herself from a one note-one style wonder into more serious songs.
In the song below Sandy shared her trouble with the boy she is sing, she cannot seem to keep up his word
He promised to kill himself if Mubarak was forced to quit, and Mubarak is out yet Egyptian pop star is still walking among the living. He has a new single out for the motherland. A sweet song about the love one has for their home country....Egypt needs to hear more about love right now and less about all that hate and divisions.
The artist sounds like he is about to make love to something he really loves, but then we hear the intentions and know it's the deeper love we are hearing. Mohamed loved Egypt and loved its people--he has always said he is one of them and has lived in this way.
This is a song that you can grow up with and grow old with, and it won't let you down. there's not a dry eye in the house anytime Fouad gets in the zone. I was being told a story, I was hearing terrific music, and I was having fun.
Mohamed Fouad - Habiby Ya Watan | محمد فؤاد - حبيبى يا وطن
اغنية محمد فؤاد - حبيبى يا وطن | النسخة الاصلية | 2013
This is the kind of song where you have good intentions but the organizing makes the artists feel weird about this song, but they press on anyway because there is too much at stake and they cannot pull out. The song or operetta is for Egypt and I love the title.
Amal Maher coming together with Hany Shaker and Mohammad Foaud is a huge deal for me. And Hakim has his fans out there, he will connect with them and bring them in. And there's Medhat Saleh with his octave voice and his heart beating Egyptian all the time. Those are all big ticket names who love the land and its people.
Hany Shaker comes back to singing again, and you know I am glad he is back. We miss his gentle soul and sweet emotions. He is the statesman of this song, the guy who the stars can rally around and look up to. The music has been composed by Waleed Saad and the storyteller is non other than Egyptian actor Ahmed Bidir.
Seven big names have come together for this song, and two of whom are not Egyptian but they are part of Egypt's music scene. Latifa of Tunis, and Wael Jassar of Lebanon. The song is recorded on a live stage with in studio audience. I do not get the dancers in the back, they need to be all over the place. Granted the official music video for this song is about to land any minute.
This clip is by the way of Hany Shaker official YouTube channel. This is a long song and cannot wait to see the properly edited and assembled song with a better sound quality.
His name is Omar Kamal and he is the song of the Suez City, not the hottest place for music, but he found his way to music when he studied in Cairo music institute. His first work came in 2007 with a single. Two years later Omar released his debut album with 11 tracks "Hasib Ya Qalby" translating to something like "My Heart Be Careful"
Then he went on to releases singles and through the FM Stars radio, his music reached larger audience. In 2011 after the revolution happened he released a song where he saluted the people of Suez who played a key part when the protest turned violent. The song was well received by his home city and was a radio hit. Which brings us to his follow album that you can see here, and is it Golden?
I love Omar Kamal, he is young but he is very talented. He sounds like his very own version of beloved Egyptian star Mohammed Foaud. Think of some of his new songs in those terms, the song is about a man and a woman who are in love, and who sacrifice love for a higher purpose. This is immensely appealing.
Omar keep going, the more you know about how the album was made, the more you respect it. With little help Omar Kamal is breaking out on his own terms. He is in control the way he manipulate his voice to fit the song's style and mood is not an everyday experiences. I have fallen in love with the duet with new comer Yasmeen Salah.
The entire album is available here on Omar's account. Note how his song for Suez incorporates el simsymyah, a folkloric music instrument popular in that part of Egypt. He makes me want to go visit--I have passed by it at least four times, but never had a reason to stop by.
