Introspective Ramadan Beats with Baqvas

It's Ramadan, so time to get a sense of the inner self -- the inner Baqvas. As usual, music from local artists, from all over, and exclusively made by folks of color.

Abdu Ali - Bandcamp

Middle Eastern rap: hip-hope hooray (DAM article)

DAM - EMTA NJAWZAK YAMMA

Lila Downs Flips Manu Chao’s “Clandestino” Into a Cumbia Protesting US Immigration Policy

The Genre-Defying Rage of Rico Nasty

Wizard Apprentice Gets Real About Emotional Abuse on Their New Album

Toronto Duo LAL Premiere "Losing Myself" Video

Alsarah Wrote a Song for the Sudanese Uprising

Playlist

  1. Interlude: To Love? by Abdu Ali on FIYAH​!​!​! (Self Released)
  2. EMTA NJAWZAK YAMMA by DAM on BEN HAANA WA MAANA (Cooking Vinyl)
  3. Again by Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats on Anger Management (Sugar Trap)
  4. Clandestino by Lila Downs on Al Chile (Sony U.S. Latin)
  5. Club Smash by Electric Fire Share / Embed Wishlist on EFX (Self Released)
  6. I’m Not Always Where My Body Is by Aisha Devi on S​.​L​.​F. (Houndstooth)
  7. Chunar (remix) by Bandish Projekt (Self Released)
  8. Losing Myself by LAL on Dark Beings (Coax Records)
  9. Gloves Are Off by Wizard Apprentice on Dig A Pit (Ratskin Records)
  10. Break
  11. Ya Ali by Mekaal Hasan Band on Sampooran (MHB Music)
  12. Break
  13. Men Ana by Alsarah (Self Released)