BigMo – Ay Shay (Official Video) (Warning: this is satire)
A bunch of new local music video releases this month. The one above is from BigMo called Ay Shay which you can check out above while the rest of the videos including one by a new band called Galaxy Juice are all posted in the Entertainment section [Here]
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Ay Shay… 🙂
Rarely do i like any arab rapping, but this guy is really goooood
Thanks for the love guys!
Keep it going BigMo!
You are killing it 🙂
(I mistakenly posted this comment on the other post)
The comment I’m about to make is not at all directed towards Big Mo whom I met at a Zulu Nation event in Portland very briefly a couple years ago & I thought was a stand-up guy. This comment is directed towards Kuwaiti youth in general. I honest to G-d have never understood why many Kuwaitis identify with hip-hop culture. That culture was borne out of disenfranchisement; African Americans were and still very much are a disenfranchised, dispossessed people who are living on the fringes of American society. Hip-hop is an outlet for them to address all the social ills they face or how they’ve changed their social status because of the success they found in hip-hop.Discrimination, extreme poverty, lack of healthcare provision, these are just some of the burgeoning issues African Americans face….Kuwaiti society on the other hand is very much the antithesis of that. Kuwaitis enjoy many luxuries that others don’t, they’re also entitled to many, many rights that others don’t have, so whenever I see a Kuwaiti hip-hop artist, I can’t help but roll my eyes. They might have an awesome flow but they have nothing substantial to say. It’s all fluff. French hip-hop on the other hand did come out of the same place that American hip-hop came out of. MCs like Oxmo Puccino & IAM lived in Paris’ banlieues, the ghettos, they faced adversity, extreme discrimination and poverty & the subject matter of their songs is mostly interesting and thought-provoking. I really can’t say the same about Kuwaiti hip-hop unless it’s a Bidoun artist, a person who came from an under-privileged community. I would actually really like to see a Bidoun MC. THAT would be cool. I’d love to hear what they have to say. Kuwaiti MCs throwing wads of cash on the screen, I can do without.
The wad of cash is satire, to show you that money rules over us all, and that our dependence on it is, “ayshay.”
In this song I’m criticizing our dependence to materialism, and how the media industry exploits us for profit.
I’m in no way glorifying materialism, as you seem to have understood from my work.
Though I am fortunate to be Kuwaiti, and to have had the opportunity for a great life, I choose to use my resources for the good of our people, rather than my personal profit.
I raise awareness to many issues in my music. My criticism of media-bias and corporate greed are one of the major issues I cover; as they are major issues in America, and I’m also American.
Say what you wish about who you think deserve to make hiphop music. My conscious is clear, and I sleep well knowing what I do makes a difference.
Sorry about the errors, I was in a hurry and on my out the door.
Salam
Oy vo vey, I need to copy-paste. “The comment I’m about to make is not at all directed towards Big Mo whom I met at a Zulu Nation event(…..yada yada yada….)This comment is directed towards Kuwaiti youth in general.” Please read before responding. It’s Kuwaiti youth in general, the people I grew up with, not just the MCs, not everyone is an MC. Kuwaiti youth look at African Americans & think “yeah, I identify with you, not white people” which is a bit weird since white people in America & Kuwaitis in Kuwait share a TON in common namely privilege. As for the throwing the wad of cash on screen comment, that honestly was directed towards all those Kuwaiti rappers whose videos we see on this blog. You know who I’m talking about, right? I know yours was satirical.
Like it.
But I don’t know why is everyone trying to sing like a stereotypical American black rapper. Why not just sing in your normal voice?
What you call “American black rapper,” is actually the shortening of syllables and the R transitioning into a softer ‘R’ sound, like the New York accent, not black. The reason why artists do this is because it makes it easier to fit sound and syllables into the lines, and a broader format for exploring different melodies and tempos.
My issue with this comment is if I sounded more Arab, you’d think I sounded silly, but the more I sound American the more you’ll accuse me of “trying” to sound a different way.
It’s a catch 22, but thanks for listening.
Sum it up the track is “Ay Shay” flow is weak, lyrics lack any punch even for a satire, no syllable play, dang it, just another rich Kuwaiti/American trying to do what others were born to do, I don’t hate I appreciate, but this, even the hook ain’t catchy so, Ay Shay.
Thanks for listening.
I’m sorry you feel that way, but I’ll definitely take it as motivation towards my next release.
Salam.