Peace and love, Just got off stage in houston. The After Hijrah brothers are tearing it down right now, Mustafa Abdul Basit and Khalil did their thing with a beautiful song about the Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him. I got to give it to the sisters in Houston, they definitely held the show down, they were live. Sorry Oakland, Chicago, New York and Philly but Houston sisters repped their deen tonight. Thank you for that. BelikeMuhammad gets a special shout out for working the sound board like a double jointed octopus. Getting ready to record and have some sesssions with the brothers at the hotel, We miss you Ty we definitely could have used your presence during and after the show. Your Brother, Doc Zhivago |
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Just got off the stage in Houston
E. Bollywood Stories!!!! Exclusive
Breaking report. Just discovered by our crack staff, Bay area rapper Tyson, also known as Brother TY, also known as smooth brother #4 was the third member of the notorious group known as the M-Team. These two chunky revolutionaries have a deep dark secret they have been hiding. Discrimination!!!! Brother Ty was a devoted MC in the group, to insiders he was considered to be the backbone. So what led to his untimely departure? Weight loss!!! When the two brothers realized their partner in rhyme was losing weight they ultimately voted him out of the group. "It was a betrayal that was unforgivable" said one of the members in a distraught telephone conversation. Stay tuned for further details
Friday, January 16, 2009
Just touched down in houston...
Just touched down in houston, tripping on the statue of Super Bush we seen in the airport, He looked like a superhero with a cape flapping in the wind. One day there will be a statue like that of belikemuhammad. Maybe in Peoria Illinois there will be a statue of BLM with a jamaican beef patty in his hand and a pakastani kufi on, well one can dream. Being the Hungry Puerto Ricans that we are, we went on a mission looking for some food. We found a Mexidorian sea food spot (beleive me you don't want to know). We'll let you know how that works out. Houston we have a problem!!!!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
MTEAM at U of Houston
Radio Raw Deen's "Back to Reality" Muslim Hip Hop tour
www.RawDeenConcerts.com -
The "Back to Reality" Muslim Hip Hop Concert Tour blasts off from Houston on Jan. 17th at the Univ. of Houston, Houston Ballroom Doors open at 7pm - Show starts at 8pm
Featuring:
M TEAM ***
SLAK MADEEN
AFTER HIJRAH
MUSTAFA ABDUL BASIT
RSVP here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=53571220519
Register Online here: http://mybausa.org/registerB2R.htm
Brought to you by:
I.M.A.N. (Inner-city Media Arts Network) - Empowering Muslim Youth through Broadcast & Media Arts www.IMANbroadcasting.org
Radio Raw Deen - a unique perspective on news, talk, and urban art forms. www.RadioRawDeen.com
Saturday, January 10, 2009
MuslimHipHop.com Interview - About MTEAM
Source: MuslimHipHop.com
From the depths of Puerto Rico to the mean streets of New York, M-Team is tearin' up the Muslim hip hip scene with a unique latin vibe. Few Muslim artists bring the raw fervor this duo generates. With the forthcoming release of "Wretched of the Earth", M-Team is planning to drop hits like never before. Check out our exclusive interview:
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: Why are you called M-Team?
M-TEAM: Our group name is M-Team short for Mujahideen Team... A mujahid is one who struggles in the path for Allah and that's what are music consist of the struggle of poor and oppressed people.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: Where exactly are you from? Where did you grow up?
M-TEAM: We were born in Brooklyn but we are from a section in Puerto Rico called Loiza Aldea. After being born in NY and living there and getting our first encounters of the birth of the whole hip hop scene we began making frequent visits back to P.R. then my mother decided to move us to Puerto Rico. Then we moved to Massachusetts and lived there for a while as well.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: What are your main musical influences?
M-TEAM: The Poetry and works of Shehu Uthman Danfodio, Hector Lavoe, Ismael Rivera, Afro Boricua, Ruben Blades,Kool G Rap, Gang Starr etc.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: What inspired you to do Muslim/Islamic music?
M-TEAM: When we first became Muslim we stopped all music because we was mc's before we took shahadaa.. We was taught one sided views on the rulings of music so we left it all to do what we thought was best. Then we began to sit with traditional Scholars who taught us various opinions and we began to understand more about Islamic views on music. In Islam we believe that those of you who were the best in jahileeya should be the Best in the deen so we began to form the M-Team
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: What are some of the key issues you are tackling in your songs?
M-TEAM: Allot of issues.... Poverty, Injustice, Tajdeed (Revival of The Sunna) Human rights, Racial issues, Freedom for political Prisoners, Honoring our women etc, on top of a platter of pure raw hip hop.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: Do you feel that you are making a difference with your music?
M-TEAM: InshAllah.. We have fans who Allah has inspired them to take shahadaa from listening to our music. So we pray that Allah will bless what we are trying to do.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: What can we expect from you in the future?
M-TEAM: Allah knows best.... We pray that Allah will bless us with much success so we can have money to fund youth programs and dawah programs that we have designed.. I would like to go study with some traditional ulema in different parts of the world and help finance brothers and sister who are trying to do the same.people can get a peak at some of our programs at www.myspace.com/shehuprogram
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: Without giving away any secrets, how do you produce your songs? What software do you use?
M-TEAM: You want the iron mountain secrets huh? Well the first piece of weaponry we use is whudu, then I all ways make sure that before I write every rhyme I begin with Bismilah hi rahman ni raheem and alhumdulilahi rubeel alameen.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: How would you say you are different from the other 100 or so Muslim hip hop artists?
M-TEAM: We have a different population that we are attracting. Allah has blessed us to have allot of non Muslim Latinos loving our music. So I think culturally we have a different angle that we can address at the same time addressing Muslim youth and adults as well. This opportunity has come at an important time with the increase of Latinos accepting Islam.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: The Muslim community has been ailing for quite some time now (external oppression, internal division)…what do you think can combat this?
M-TEAM: The things we are going through is our faults as Muslims. I heard Habib Ali say that it's our lack of us reflecting the true nur and image of the Prophet Muhammad pbuh is why people have a bad image of Islam. As Muslims we need to listen to the Prophet pbuh and be gentle to the believers and firm against the Kufar, but to day we are doing the opposite we are kind to the non Muslims at work and harsh against our brothers and sisters. We need to make dua for one another and unite what we agree upon and leave the difference in the deen to the ulema.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: How has Islam influenced your life?
M-TEAM: Islam has changed our life in a way I cannot completely explain to you. From discovering the oneness of Allah to the amazing Lamp of RasoolAllah suadalahu alayhi wasalam....I would never be able to explain with words the favor that Allah has bestowed on us by making us Muslims.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: What would you like to say to your fans?
M-TEAM: To please make dua for us and our families. Ask Allah to forgive us for all our sins in the day of reckoning. Ask Allah to make us or our children to be among those who will be in the armies of the Mahdi. Be respect full to the Muslims and non Muslims. Sit with a scholar and learn Islam, command the good and forbid the evil in yourself then in others. Do not examine the faults of others like you were their lords but examine your own faults like you are a slave, treat your parents with love if their Muslim or non Muslim.
From the depths of Puerto Rico to the mean streets of New York, M-Team is tearin' up the Muslim hip hip scene with a unique latin vibe. Few Muslim artists bring the raw fervor this duo generates. With the forthcoming release of "Wretched of the Earth", M-Team is planning to drop hits like never before. Check out our exclusive interview:
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: Why are you called M-Team?
M-TEAM: Our group name is M-Team short for Mujahideen Team... A mujahid is one who struggles in the path for Allah and that's what are music consist of the struggle of poor and oppressed people.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: Where exactly are you from? Where did you grow up?
M-TEAM: We were born in Brooklyn but we are from a section in Puerto Rico called Loiza Aldea. After being born in NY and living there and getting our first encounters of the birth of the whole hip hop scene we began making frequent visits back to P.R. then my mother decided to move us to Puerto Rico. Then we moved to Massachusetts and lived there for a while as well.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: What are your main musical influences?
M-TEAM: The Poetry and works of Shehu Uthman Danfodio, Hector Lavoe, Ismael Rivera, Afro Boricua, Ruben Blades,Kool G Rap, Gang Starr etc.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: What inspired you to do Muslim/Islamic music?
M-TEAM: When we first became Muslim we stopped all music because we was mc's before we took shahadaa.. We was taught one sided views on the rulings of music so we left it all to do what we thought was best. Then we began to sit with traditional Scholars who taught us various opinions and we began to understand more about Islamic views on music. In Islam we believe that those of you who were the best in jahileeya should be the Best in the deen so we began to form the M-Team
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: What are some of the key issues you are tackling in your songs?
M-TEAM: Allot of issues.... Poverty, Injustice, Tajdeed (Revival of The Sunna) Human rights, Racial issues, Freedom for political Prisoners, Honoring our women etc, on top of a platter of pure raw hip hop.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: Do you feel that you are making a difference with your music?
M-TEAM: InshAllah.. We have fans who Allah has inspired them to take shahadaa from listening to our music. So we pray that Allah will bless what we are trying to do.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: What can we expect from you in the future?
M-TEAM: Allah knows best.... We pray that Allah will bless us with much success so we can have money to fund youth programs and dawah programs that we have designed.. I would like to go study with some traditional ulema in different parts of the world and help finance brothers and sister who are trying to do the same.people can get a peak at some of our programs at www.myspace.com/shehuprogram
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: Without giving away any secrets, how do you produce your songs? What software do you use?
M-TEAM: You want the iron mountain secrets huh? Well the first piece of weaponry we use is whudu, then I all ways make sure that before I write every rhyme I begin with Bismilah hi rahman ni raheem and alhumdulilahi rubeel alameen.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: How would you say you are different from the other 100 or so Muslim hip hop artists?
M-TEAM: We have a different population that we are attracting. Allah has blessed us to have allot of non Muslim Latinos loving our music. So I think culturally we have a different angle that we can address at the same time addressing Muslim youth and adults as well. This opportunity has come at an important time with the increase of Latinos accepting Islam.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: The Muslim community has been ailing for quite some time now (external oppression, internal division)…what do you think can combat this?
M-TEAM: The things we are going through is our faults as Muslims. I heard Habib Ali say that it's our lack of us reflecting the true nur and image of the Prophet Muhammad pbuh is why people have a bad image of Islam. As Muslims we need to listen to the Prophet pbuh and be gentle to the believers and firm against the Kufar, but to day we are doing the opposite we are kind to the non Muslims at work and harsh against our brothers and sisters. We need to make dua for one another and unite what we agree upon and leave the difference in the deen to the ulema.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: How has Islam influenced your life?
M-TEAM: Islam has changed our life in a way I cannot completely explain to you. From discovering the oneness of Allah to the amazing Lamp of RasoolAllah suadalahu alayhi wasalam....I would never be able to explain with words the favor that Allah has bestowed on us by making us Muslims.
MUSLIMHIPHOP.COM: What would you like to say to your fans?
M-TEAM: To please make dua for us and our families. Ask Allah to forgive us for all our sins in the day of reckoning. Ask Allah to make us or our children to be among those who will be in the armies of the Mahdi. Be respect full to the Muslims and non Muslims. Sit with a scholar and learn Islam, command the good and forbid the evil in yourself then in others. Do not examine the faults of others like you were their lords but examine your own faults like you are a slave, treat your parents with love if their Muslim or non Muslim.
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