Kicking it Old School With Yousef Al Mattraf

This is one of the songs that any given singer in the Gulf has to cover if they ever wanted to be taken seriously as voices that can entertain. This song separates the boys from the man, the women and girls. The very old school by Yousef AlMattraf. Passed away in 2002 and released his last album in 1998. He is the Godfather of decent original music in the Gulf region, the man who did not live long enough to reap the fruits of the internet.

This Kuwaiti artist that died in a tragic accident when he died in a fire when his house was electrocuted, he was 41 years of age. Made a name for himself in 80s and has released 14 albums in his career mainly Gulf dialect songs. He does not have many recorded music videos or concerts, he cared for music not his image. His songs have bee stolen by many other Gulf region singers, but he has established an archive of good music. Here is a list of his most famous song.


يا نور العين
اعز الناس
راح الأمل
قالت ابي انسى
اسألوها
ليش يا ظالم
متى القاك
يا هاجر
ياعالم السر
جائت تقول
حبيبة خاطري
الوصل أحيانا
فرقونا العواذل
تسألني حيرانه
سميت حبي تسليه
شفتك بعيني


يوسف المطرف - يا ناس أحبه