The Mammoth Tusk
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The Mammoth Tusk | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | 6 July 2009 |
Recorded | 2008-2009 |
Genre | Hip hop, Arabic hip hop, rap, political hip hop |
Length | 50 minutes |
Label | Eslamaphobic & RPEG Ltd |
Producer | Eslam Jawaad, De La Soul, Damon Albarn, Focus, Shadia Mansour, Miskeena, Lord Sear, DJ Maseo, Narcy, GZA, Ledr P, Omar Offendum, The RZA DJ Lady S, DJ Vans, Wu-Tang Clan & Cilcaringz |
Singles from The Mammoth Tusk | |
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
BBC Music | [1] |
IndieLondon | [2] |
The Mammoth Tusk is the first album by the Lebanese-Syrian rapper Eslam Jawaad, released on 6 July 2009. It features guest collaborations by Miskeena, Lord Sear, Shadia Mansour and Rude Jude. The album also has more mainstream performers including De La Soul and Damon Albarn, the frontman of Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, the Bad & the Queen). Jawaad worked with Albarn on The Good, the Bad & the Queen's first album, The Good, the Bad & the Queen on an unreleased B-side entitled "Mr. Whippy" and also appeared with Albarn on Gorillaz's Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour when he rapped on their song "Clint Eastwood". When the group played in Damascus, he rapped in his native Arabic, as he does on the song "Alarm Chord" which also features Albarn. His song "Pivot Widdit" was used in the Dubai film City of Life.[citation needed]
Track listing[]
- "Pivot Widdit" - 3:26
- "Star Spangled Banner" - 3:05
- "Tickle My Pickle" (featuring Miskenna) - 3:40
- "Rewind DJ" (featuring De La Soul) - 4:37
- "Baba's Shotgun" - 1:21
- "Trick" - 3:10
- "Leave it Alone" - 3:06
- "It Wasn't Me (Skit)" (featuring Lord Sear and Rude Jude) - 1:15
- "Criminuhl" - 3:20
- "Heave Ho" - 3:52
- "The Mammoth Tusk" - 4:18
- "Big Slingaz'" - 4:09
- "So Real" (featuring Shadia Mansour)
- "Alarm Chord" (featuring Damon Albarn) - 3:29
- "Beirut" - 3:52
References[]
Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. (March 2011) |
- ^ "Music - Review of Eslam Jawaad - The Mammoth Tusk". BBC News. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "Eslam Jawaad - The Mammoth Tusk". IndieLondon. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- 2009 albums