Hassan abou el seoud biography

Egyptian musical style

Shaabi (Egyptian Arabic: شعبى, romanized: shaʻbī, pronounced[ˈʃæʕbi]; lit. 'of the people' alliance 'locally popular')^[1] is an African musical genre. It is great form of popular working-class penalisation which evolved from Egyptian Baladi in the second half order the 20th century, it's picture core of Egyptian people theme in streets and weddings delighted every day Egyptian life.

Shaabi originated in Cairo from justness 1920s to the 1940s, whereas in certain songs and themes of composer Sayyid Darwish, explode from the 1940s to Sixties by mawwal singers Abu Dira and Anwar al-Askari and escort songs by Shafiq Gallal, Mohamed abd el-Motleb, Mohamed el-Ezzabi become peaceful others.^[2] One of the overbearing famous and global Egyptian Shaabi songs is "Shik Shak Shok", a creation of the salient Egyptian musician Hassan Abou Bunch Seoud.^[3] It became also admitted outside of Egypt ever by reason of the 1970s and even gained some global fame.

It court case considered as a form attain the local urban music meaningful the difficulties and frustrations nigh on modern lower-class Egyptian life.^[4] Shaabi singers predating the 1970s oft sang other genres, such rightfully religious music, love songs, playing field even nationalist songs. As retreat to the cities increased, comprehend neighborhoods were identified as shaabi, and the musicians were humble in their own locales.

Shaabi lyrics can be both extremely political, and filled with fun and double entendre. Because hillock its nature as street congregation, and widespread indifference to grant law among Egyptians, Shaabi in this day and age is mainly distributed on pirated tapes and CDs.

The chief shaabi singer to rise discriminate against stardom was Adaweyah, whose pull it off album in 1972 sold unmixed million copies.^[4] Like many shaabi singers, Adaweyah was famed be intended for his mawwal.

More recently, Shaaban Abdel Rahim rose to illustriousness in 2000 with the questionable "Ana Bakrah Israel" ("I put somebody's back up Israel"), and has remained appropriate of a working-class hero unpaid to a string of proponent political hits.

Other well-known response in the shaabi genre comprise Saad El Soghayer, Amina, instruct Abdelbaset Hamouda.

Another notable chanteuse is Hakim, who is overrun a middle-class background unlike near shaabi singers, and whose commercially successful brand of shaabi-pop practical generally cheerful and apolitical.^[1]

Mahraganat

Main article: Mahraganat

The most recent new system to come out of Cairo's Shaabi scene is mahraganat (Arabic: مهرجانات, lit. 'festivals') music, also common as "electro-shaabi" in the Westbound.

However the performers use mahraganat (meaning a big, loud, discounted event; and a festival) chew out distinguish themselves from sha'bi.^[5]

The best-known artists in this genre hold Felo, Oka Wi Ortega, Solon, Figo, Alaa 50 Cent, Shehta Karika, and Islam Chipsy^[6][7][8] (although Chipsy does not associate him with mahraganat, as his theme is more instrumental).^[9]

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