Islamic Hip Hop

unknownuser

Salaam all,
I consider myself a Muslim Rapper & was wondering if anyone else here raps or is a musician?
It would be nice to hear from you Brothers and Sisters.
Plus the 'music is haram comments' Lol!
Peace sun

CavemanDoctor

I don't rap but rap is my favorite music form. Immortal Technique (raps about muslim things, among other things) is my favorite artist. Lowkey is another good up and coming (Iraqi muslim) rapper.

Edip_Yuksel

Salaam all,
I consider myself a Muslim Rapper & was wondering if anyone else here raps or is a musician?
It would be nice to hear from you Brothers and Sisters.
Plus the 'music is haram comments' Lol!
Peace sun

Here is what my Sunni imam says

Music is both haram and halal, depending whether the instrument is made by Arabs or others. If it is a drum, and its skin is especially made of camel's skin then it is Halal. But if it is a guitar, then it is from devil.
If you are a male, your voice is halal for both males and females. But, if you are a female, you better keep your voice to other females; otherwise, you will burn in the pit of hell.

In the books of fiqh there are many more details on music. Nevertheless, I recommend you Imam al-Gazzali's Ihya ul-Ulum il-Din. After reading that book, you will never sing my brother. You will let the birds do the job for you and others.

Instead of singing, why not yelling and screaming like the preachers in the mosques? You will receive a lot of sawab from that.

Peace,
Edib Abu Yahya bin Sadruddin al Bitlisi bin Tahir al-Adilcevazi

uq

Neaality Gandhi,

So where can we hear you rhyme my brother? You got anything recorded?

RA786

Salaam Brother.

I am a Muslim And Rap.
Both Islamic Concepts and political.

I dont have anything recorded yet because I cant afford i right now... (

My influencesImmortal Technique, Public Enemy, KRS ONE, Rage against the machine (zach de la rocha)

If I had a Mic I would spit with you and anyother Muslim Broth/sister

Wakas

Nice to see some Immortal Technique fans in the house/bayt.

MUNZIR_ALI

Here is what my Sunni imam says

Music is both haram and halal, depending whether the instrument is made by Arabs or others. If it is a drum, and its skin is especially made of camel's skin then it is Halal. But if it is a guitar, then it is from devil.
If you are a male, your voice is halal for both males and females. But, if you are a female, you better keep your voice to other females; otherwise, you will burn in the pit of hell.

In the books of fiqh there are many more details on music. Nevertheless, I recommend you Imam al-Gazzali's Ihya ul-Ulum il-Din. After reading that book, you will never sing my brother. You will let the birds do the job for you and others.

Instead of singing, why not yelling and screaming like the preachers in the mosques? You will receive a lot of sawab from that.

Peace,
Edib Abu Yahya bin Sadruddin al Bitlisi bin Tahir al-Adilcevazi

rotfl OMG. Your posts just keep getting better and better. bravo rotfl

unknownuser

Salaam Akhi's
Immortal Technique is good, he's pretty clued up about what's really going on in the world. Lots of anti-Illuminati rhymes.
If you like that kind of Hip Hop you might want to check the Lost Children Of Babylon & Jedi Mind Tricks.
Lowkey is very good, a U.K. Rapper like me! -He's a political activist too & does a lot of work for Palestine.

Edip, Salaam. Does Shaitan play the guitar then? -I don't mean that to be a joke. Why can't women sing in the presence of men? My wife sings around the house all the time. I'm sure this is not in Al Qur'an, I'll have to check. A Sunni Imam once said to me if the music I'm making is Islamic, meaning representing Islam & spreading the message of Allah then it's okay to rap. But I know there are many different types of Muslims who practice Islam in many different ways & I respect your opinion. Personally I just follow Al Qur'an & interpret it myself. I only know one other Muslim so that's why I come to this site as I find the people here to be a bit more open minded that the local Muslims in my area who I don't see anymore due to their judgmental attitude towards me.

RA786, Salaam. Where do you live, maybe we can meet up? Lol.

Uq, Salaam. My Myspace's are www.myspace.com/neaality & www.myspace.com/halabi&neaality

Peace.

progod

Nealty, I'm listening to your stuff right now on myspace. Not bad at tall.

Godbless,
Anwar

Wakas

peace Neaality,

I listened to your tracks. I liked them. You might want to put up a lyrics page for each track, as that is often helpful.

As a side note, one of my ambitions is to write an album, and so I do jot down lyrics from time to time. I wrote my first song when I was 16 and someone performed and produced it for me years later. It was not done exactly as I envisioned, but you can listen to it here if you wish. Once I complete the quran/islam projects I have in the pipeline, I plan to return to writing.

progod

Peace,

Wakas, I just heard yours. Interesting.

Godbless,
Anwar

Prince

Welcome Neaality. Checked your tracks and its not bad like your flow. Also Wakas checked your track out very well written. Glad we got some music ppl up in here. I myself mix tracks and im in the works of putting out a 2Pac mixtape so if you a Pac fan watch this space cuz its gona be off the hook O0

PEACE

unknownuser

Peace Neaality, all

The only rappers i listen to from mainstream nowadays are some of the old school rappers, 2pac and a few others. Many people claim that mainstream hiphop is dead and i can not say that i disagree.

Real hiphop lives underground just like treasures that are buried underground. You have to search for it, dig a little to find it. So if i am going to listen to hiphop, i listen to Underground hiphop (http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_rap).

If you like Real hiphop with messages and lessons, i think these artists might interest you

Killah priest
Last emperor
Jedi mind tricks
K-rino

And here are some of the best songs from each of the above artists. Enjoy

Killah priest

Profits of man
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfL85k3Rcls
Gods time
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVVNwPwVFc8

Last emperor

One life
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXWkksacWWI
Heaven
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkBbFEbSCbg&feature=related

Jedi mind tricks

Death messiah
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=uppo4JMsgcw
Uncommon Valor
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r0KpWMNxnM
Trail of lies
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz1TnMFdVS4
Age of sacred t.
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTuq3bIayq8&feature=related

K-rino

Who are you
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7k_KZ_KMzM&feature=related
From the heart
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODcNVQiJ6cw&feature=related
Grand deception
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oGV1XWh3k4
Long lost daddy
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZFVW2y7hUQ
Holla at me
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuLliYsFyhU&feature=related
Everyday
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiRIweu1gpE&feature=related

By the way, back in the days i also made a couple of songs texts and recorded my songs in a studio. But that was in the past, and i have kind of put my hobby as a musician on pause. When i reach my more important goals, maybe in the future, i will come back to the music stuff again.

unknownuser

If you are interested in learning more about the difference between underground and mainstream hiphop, i recommend the video in the link below. The video has no sound, but it has text, so we have to read the text.

The difference between underground and mainstream
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GANelPwomkI

unknownuser

Salaam, thanks for the feedback Brothers.
Those Last Emperor songs are nice & I'm a big fan of Jedi Mind Tricks (I'm seeing them tomorrow night!) & Killah Priest.
Wakas, I see you're from Scotland. I thought most people here are American. Your track is very good. We should collaborate for real Akhi.
I'm always recording so anyone who wants a free CD I'll send you some.
Peace.

RA786

Peace Gandhi....

haha Edip is only kidding LoL!! laugh

I live in Miami Florida USA...so if your ever in Miami or Im in Uk....then we can spit togeather.. D

I'll listen to you and wakas stuff and tell you what I think.

I Like SOME of Jedi Mind especially their beats and "Animal Rap" (AWESOME)
but Im a little judgemental (sorry)...Vinnie paz is always in pictures getting drunk and always talking about crazy things...so as far as Islam goes... I dont think Id say they are "Islamic-Rappers." But some of their stuff is cool.

Public enemy is hands down the best political Religious-concious motivational rap group.

uq

nealty, i'm feelin ur beats bro, i can see the jedi mind influences, film dialogue over instrumentals and spiritual lyrics, heavy still

wakas, some nice lyrics for real, your friend can rhyme

i got a little sumthin brewin aswell, just waitin till the time is right so i can get back on it God willin

so good to see hip hop alive round here man

unknownuser

Salaam,
yeah Uq, we gotta team up too, start a U.K. Islamic Hip Hop movement!
My Akhi Nur Alsaraf produced all my solo beats on my myspace & on my Halabi & Neaality myspace my Akhi Arafat aka DJ Halabi produced those beats.
We're always looking for like-minded Brothers & Sisters to work with & you guys all sound pretty safe.
I'm working on lyrics at the moment promoting Qur'an only Islam so watch this space.
Peace. angel

Alen

Salaam all,
I consider myself a Muslim Rapper & was wondering if anyone else here raps or is a musician?
It would be nice to hear from you Brothers and Sisters.
Plus the 'music is haram comments' Lol!
Peace sun

Peace,
Respectfully.

I would love to hear some rap music here, if you got some.....
Eminem is the man.

Peace.

RA786

Eminem is the man.

Salaam Brother Alan...

But please....NO oath takers here! ;D

I hear Those mainstream rappers hail the Dark side

Muslim Rappers

http//www.myspace.com/pathofperfectionrecords
http//www.myspace.com/warfaceakaislamicwarrior
Muslim Rap Group from Holland/Netherlands
http//www.myspace.com/abunurah
Muslim Rapper from New York
http//www.myspace.com/msundastood
Muslima From New york (This is why Im Hot-remix this is why Im Muslim****) listen to it

Btw... Gandhi I like your Flow...TIGHT...and Wakaz!?! I never knew you wrote Tight work Brothers...
Inshallah Ill record my song and show you.
I have 3 songs but no recorder.