The Mammoth Tusk

The Mammoth Tusk
Studio album by Eslam Jawaad
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, The Narcicyst, GZA, Ledr P, Omar Offendum, The RZA DJ Lady S, DJ Vans, Wu-Tang Clan & Cilcaringz
Professional ratings
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BBCMusic [1]
IndieLondon [2]

The Mammoth Tusk is the debut album by Lebanese-Syrian rapper Eslam Jawaad, the album was released on 6 July 2009. It features guest collaborations from: Miskeena, Lord Sear, Shadia Mansour, and Rude Jude. The album also features more mainstream acts including: De La Soul, frontman of: Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Damon Albarn. The latter of which Jawaad worked with on The Good, The Bad & The Queen's self-titled debut album 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 iconic 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.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Pivot Widdit" - 3:26
  2. "Star Spangled Banner" - 3:05
  3. "Tickle My Pickle" (featuring Miskenna) - 3:40
  4. "Rewind DJ" (featuring De La Soul) - 4:37
  5. "Baba's Shotgun" - 1:21
  6. "Trick" - 3:10
  7. "Leave it Alone" - 3:06
  8. "It Wasn't Me (Skit)" (featuring Lord Sear and Rude Jude) - 1:15
  9. "Criminuhl" - 3:20
  10. "Heave Ho" - 3:52
  11. "The Mammoth Tusk" - 4:18
  12. "Big Slingaz'" - 4:09
  13. "So Real" (featuring Shadia Mansour)
  14. "Alarm Chord" (featuring Damon Albarn) - 3:29
  15. "Beirut" - 3:52

References

  1. ↑ "Music - Review of Eslam Jawaad - The Mammoth Tusk". BBC. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  2. ↑ "Eslam Jawaad - The Mammoth Tusk - Your London Reviews". IndieLondon. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  3. ↑ Rendition (2007) - Soundtracks