i was introduced to this song through my friend who actually listened to mainstream arabic music while i was out of the loop. my intake of arabic music was limited to mainly bumming the odd the amr diab tune and whatever else that i had heard prior in my childhood. as you will guess, i had no clue on who nelly makdessy was but the this one really grabbed me on the first listen.
that intro with the shakers kicking along in slower drum & bass tempo was all it took really, makdessy's voice was easy on the ears and the song is really catchy. but it's the doubletime or halftime concept with this one that i liked. unlike dubstep, a genre that frequently uses halftime, both the kick and bass are in 80bpm and the rest thunders along at twice that pace.
makdessy became a sing i quickly started listening more to and i really like the fourth album "oof oof" which brought her a bigger breakthrough. this track comes of the third album "ana eih" and that also has a few other tracks that i like a lot like the cover of diab mashour's classic "ya bourdain".
the reason i got on makdessy's music quickly because i liked that it had classic arabic instrumentation and melodies and western pop sensibilities. it reminds me a little bit of the '90's habibi pop that still didn't sound as computer manipulated. that being said, her music isn't completely what i've described or what you can hear. a track like "ya yomma" on the "oof oof" album is basically a commercial house track with some saz, strings and makdessi's vocals. anyhow, well recommended tracks all of them.
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