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Nadia Hamdi

Cracked Laptop

Started making beats on a cracked laptop

style

  • arabic electropop
  • mahraganat influence
  • qanun samples
  • hard electronic drums
  • female alto
  • sharp and commanding
  • microtonal melody
  • modern
  • arabic accent
  • microtonal qanun hook

the numbers

bpm
108
key
F minor
energy
0.69
dance
0.94
valence
0.59
vocal at
7.2s
length
2:08
language
Ar

lyrics

(mish sahl!)

El laptop kan maksour men nos, el screen half black
Kont ba7ot warqa taht 3ashan yefdal maftou7
Kol el sot elli 3amalt beydawwar el sana di
(el sana di)
Etwalad 3ala jihaz mesh 3aref yeqfel sa7

Delwa2ti 3andi studio (studio)
We ba3mel a7san 7agat 3ala nafs el laptop

Cracked laptop
(cracked, cracked)
Nothing good I made came from good equipment
Cracked laptop
Wel nas 3ayzeen ye3rafo el serr — mafeesh serr

Sa'aluni fi interview 3an el "process" bta3i
Qult: 3andi jihaz 3atlan we oda sughayyara
Katabo "humble beginnings" we mashyo
(we mashyo)
Mesh humble. Da kol elli kan mawgood. Fi far2.

(solo qanun, microtonal run)
El waraqa lessa ta7t el screen. Lessa.
(HARDEST DROP)

Cracked laptop
(cracked, cracked)
Nothing good I made came from good equipment
Cracked laptop
Wel nas 3ayzeen ye3rafo el serr — mafeesh serr

(mish sahl.)