
So, you might know about this by now, especially those of you up north--the news is a few months old, but just in case you haven't:
By now you've probably heard Busta Rhymes' "Arab Money" and/or its remix. If not, I'll fill you in. It's the first official single for Busta's upcoming album "Back on My B.S." With Ron Browz on the hook and beat, it's a definite banger, in the vein of "Touch It" and it's many remixes. The main problem with the song is that it's, well, racist. And people have been quietly grumbling about this since the song's release a few months ago.
The original hook features an auto-tuned Ron Browz bellowing gibberish that's supposed to mimic the Arabic language, not to mention the title of the song is sung in the hook, as expected; except it's pronounced "Ay-Rab" money. Ay-Rab. Like how you'd say it if you didn't take them seriously.
Also, the remix features direct quotes from the Qu'ran, which might be okay, since Busta Rhymes is a Muslim. It just doesn't seem right, though, in a frivolous song about money, jewelry, and women.
Well, this justifiably pissed off (among like every other intelligent person of Arabic heritage) Montreal rapper and Iraqi-native The Narcicyst, who responded with a pretty slick response track, called "The Real Arab Money", in which he teaches Busta how to pronounce "Arab": "It ain't Ay-Rab Money/it's called Arab Money".
He also includes actual Arabic, and explains that in today's times, "Arab Money" isn't even what it used to be.
Listen to "The Real Arab Money" here.
In response to this response, Busta personally apologized to Narcicyst via telephone call and has changed the hook to include the proper pronunciation of "Arab" but the song still includes the pseudo-Arabic gibberish and the random generalizations and belittlings of Arabic culture. Take what you can get I guess. Narcicyst has also taken "The Real Arab Money" down from his website. But you can still listen to it at the link above, for now.
This guy The Narcycist is pretty dope though. Check him out.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Busta Rhymes "Ay-Rab Money" Response Track
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Kevin
Labels: arab money, busta rhymes, the narcycist
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