Cheb Terro X Eardriller FOU9KOM(TYRANTDISTRICT remix)

Retiring to pursue a new project, Al-Mutreb (The Singer, aka The Human Oyster, aka Ja7eem Hafezz) leaves us with the very best and last of what has jeopardized his health, sanity and a number of friendships.

An almost ten-year long journey traces some tracks like Ladyyyyy 2020 (produced by Amjad Shahrour [2017-2020] and appearing on HIZZ’s ‘Kombile 002’) morphing from a dreampop song to an apprehensive doom and gloom track overlaid with the sound of a hospital ventilator. Another track that fell under Al-Mutreb’s incessant urge to butcher is nar el ghera (fire of jealousy, produced by 1800s Internet [2020-2021] and appearing on a fundraiser comp for Gaza on Avon Terror Corps). Starting out with a song about a love ruined by jealousy, to then be devoured by Abul-Loul and 1800s Internet and spat out, mutilated beyond recognition, nar el ghera is inspired by an almost palpable hatred and a desire to self-destruct if it means taking down the enemy.

Al-Mutreb’s voice shapeshifts throughout the album; from self-indulgent romance (Sorry Habibti, produced by 1800s Internet, and appearing first on Bokeh Versions’ NTS show [April/2021]), to intimidation (nar el ghera), to provocation (Al-Mutreb [The Singer], the result of a chance encounter with Amaury [Ulan Bator,Faust] in Napoli, recorded Live at the Hermann Nitsch Museo [Sep/2021]) all the way to a slurred recitement (Uhrob Min El Hob, produced by jinjin [2022]) from two spotty livers in a cloud of tobacco smoke.

Following a long tradition of plagiarists, from Abdel Wahab and Fairouz to Serge Gainsbourg and Nick Cave, Al-Mutreb, borrowing the Mutreb status from the formers and the devil-may-care attitude from the latters, steals proudly, changing the language, context, music and -in most of them- the words to the point where if you were not reading it here you wouldn’t know.

Al Mutreb also repurposes some of his personal field recordings throughout the album; one of which in particular is the little girl we hear in the prelude, which, upon the Mutreb’s request back in 2012, sings about fear in a captivating performance following the humdrum attempts of her colleagues and mentors to do so.

The project of Al-Mutreb Abul-Loul (Abul-Loul, a nickname that translates to The Father/The King of Pearls) culminates in a bodily manifestation of a very real and very rare pearl; a case with hardly any medical literature; the development of a scrotal pearl, removed under general anesthesia, adding to the series of the many unfortunate and absurd occurrings that describe Abul-Loul’s life, and calling for the abortion of this project to make room for a new undertaking. 

Mastered by jinjin
Lyric reinterpretations by Shereen Amarin and Laith Demashqieh

The Very Best and Last of Al-Mutreb (2012 - 2022) Retirement LP

Al-Mutreb Abul-Loul - Sorry Habibti (Radio Edit) ft. Miramar Muhd and 1800s Internet

Dryveins - White Trash Boy

Prod/mix: Youthbee
Lyrics:
Loving everything she do 
I barely know her 
I think about the way she move 
And then I call her 
She like how the moon glow 
Should I  let her know 
She’s everything I’m looking for 
All the hate Inside it made me runaway  
Had to go through everything and make it on my way 
She ask about me city cliques tell her I’m insane

MOONGLOW

Dryveins - There Is No Such Thing As Peace

Dryveins - I Dont Agree

Dryveins - Dont Cry Keep On Crying

Dryveins - Another Pill

I was 2 young 
When my momma told me 
Yacine you should never call it 
Yacine you should never stop 
 always keep that circle small 
And maybe you'll wake this mornings 
Maybe you’ll be some one  
Maybe you can grow some flower 
Maybe you can spread and fly 
Maybe when the time call me 
You’re really ready to fight 

By the time  I was five 
i Told my mom I wanna die 
And I saw the look in her eyes 
Not knowing what wrong and right 
What feelings insinde my mind 
What makes a child cry ?
Now this you can’t try 
And baby you ain’t dying  
You know you gonn' be alright 
I knew I ain’t right 
Cz I’m feeling hella ill 
Remember I was only 5 years momma

Ken mokhy dima fi jibi 
Fi lili nehseb zlizi 
W shab ely kenou lena 
Makenesh maahom kifi 
Li aatytou kalbi w bnity 
Warytou tri9i w thnity 
W lyouma f tri9 el shar 
I was only 7 years 
When my grand pa told me 
Ken lyouma sab7a dhbeba 
ghodwa tasba7 mtar 
Webky aali andou saba 
li bjambou beyet ji3ana
Webky 3ali sre9 el jarou
Webky 3ala snin t3adew 
7aKemna we7ed ta7an 
W chbebna meshy fi dfina 
W cheyeb 3ayesh far7an 
Naaref , naaref naaref naaref naaref
 thana kont kifek 
Ty Naaref ti kont kifek 
Li kmitou fi kaleb ghoma 
Mazedni fi kalb da9a 
Bledy li habytek 
Fi soghry khalitny nta9t 
3aref blesh klem 
Esh ya3ref ma yoslo7
Samewah limem 
Y klemou ma yosdo9 
Be3ouna l flen 
lamouna 3al manata9
Lyouma bledy menghir culture 
Jewna besm el din
Be3ouna 3al manber 
Wely 3mal el shar 
Ma tshadesh w fanter 
Wely shef l mout 
Joret kif y painter
Wely shef el mout 
Joret garou sander
ghodwa kif nmout nheb nmout npainter
i was in the same zone every since my friends left 
naaref win wselt mazelt chtar el masefa
denya ? el denia bl bkhout besh taaref win tekef
ay lil bruv look ma taamel li naamlou 
drugs ain't cool ma taba3 li 9aldou
always do you w knowledge bl mafroudh 
always stick to school klem mama fil maktoub 

GOD DAMN

we could save the world by saving some more love 
we could give one more im ready to give you more baby 
every since my grand ma died i turned into a monster 
pull your fuckin pants up and get up and talk right 
 throw the mufckin dime man 
my skin feels like carbon 
i spit like a spider silk 
dhe9et bina denia 
ma lkitesh ken mama s7i7
i know el hayet 9asya sahbi 
and i know manesh ml 9afla sahbi 
el nes takrah w toghlet ken makesh ml 9afla sahbi 
and IM STARVING sahbi 
i wrote these bars while im rolling wahdy while im rolling with me 
nhez rassy le smé ned3i kalbi safi  
i was stuck in the mud khrajt b 9albi el safi 
ma kontesh khbith sghir 
lin gholtou li hsebthom shaby ama it's okay 

IDONT WANNA SEE YOU FALL

a letter to my brother

Blood splatters

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