- published: 06 Aug 2014
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Arabic pop music or Arab pop is a subgenre of Pop music and Arabic music.
Arab pop is mainly produced in Cairo, with Beirut as a secondary center. It is an outgrowth of the Arabic film industry, also predominantly located in Cairo.
The primary style is a genre that synthetically combines pop melodies with elements of different Arab regional styles, called ughniyah (Arabic: أغنية) or in English "Arab song". It uses string instruments including the guitar as well as traditional Middle Eastern instruments.
Another aspect of Arab pop is the overall tone and mood of the songs. The majority of the songs are in a minor key, and themes tend to focus on longing, melancholy, strife, and generally love issues.
The road to Arab stardom is very different from in the Western world. Traditionally a certain producer creates the full song from music to lyrics no matter the talents of the performer. Most music is recorded in studios as is Western Pop music. But also several live albums have been popular such as with Asalah and Egyptian legend Umm Kulthum.
Pop music (a term that derives from "popular") is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the Western world during the 1950s and 1960s, deriving from rock and roll. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular (and can include any style).
Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other styles such as urban, dance, rock, Latin, and country; nonetheless, there are core elements that define pop music. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure) as well as the common employment of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks.
David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as "a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, and folk musics". According to Pete Seeger, pop music is "professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music". Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. The music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Pop music, as a genre, is seen as existing and developing separately. Thus "pop music" may be used to describe a distinct genre, aimed at a youth market, often characterized as a softer alternative to rock and roll.
Well hoes they do drugs
I do drugs with them
All ym niggas gone, my hitters gonn hit em
Them bitches going home
I'm going home with them,
Let go, bout to catch 2 bodies
Cause louie gonn kill em
These niggas I don't feel them
They talking I don't hear them
That phantom ghost just scare them
That pistol's just to use them
Catch em lack in that news
Pop em and drop em
See cause life call me capo
If it's hot then we drop em
Bitch on me, wanna fuck me
I fuck down, now homie wanna fuck me
I'm sippin 4's and smoking good weed
Homie got a 30 and I trap
Bout the homies serving energy
Speeding and swerving
They talking shit, but we see em they ...
This that pop music
Don't get popped to it
Head is pulling up, poppin on some pop shit
This that techno, let that tec blow
Pop a pussy, leave em wet, on the dance floor.