Adventures around the world: Saudi Arabia: Saudi Hip Hop battle

Saudi Hip Hop battle, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
One of the advantages of the job that I have as well as being in this country, is that from time to time I get to see somethings that aren't widely publicized because of fears of a backlash from the establishment. This time round I got to see one of the few outcrops of the burgeoning hip hop scene. Granted the show scene here mostly consists of posers and people who are doing it for the wrong reasons, the same can be said about the same culture elsewhere around the world. The show, which started three hours late, was supposed to be a hip hop battle and dance off kind of show but I didnt stay for the whole thing. Mainly because it was three hours late so I got the shots I needed and left. Not only that but audio engineering in this country is still stellarly lacking in any real luster. A good friend of mine is possibly one of the best sound engineers Ive ever met in my entire career. For events like this they need a guy like him to make sure that the raps and lyrics dont come out drowned out by a poor bass system. Whats really unfortunate is that the rappers were going in and out of English lacing their rhymes with Arabic some even rapping entirely in one language or the other. This kind of multicultural combinations are fantastic but ended up coming out as a bass fizzle and pop. Shame.