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Hip Hop artist Majeed Fuad is putting his lyrical skills to the test as he gets set to serve up his soulful beats online … in a tasty fashion.
The 27-year-old from Riffa will be unveiling his first mix-tape, Tomato Soup, free of charge, to the masses at the end of next month or in early January on his official site, which is currently under construction.
Majeed said: “There are several reasons why I chose this title. First of all I hate tomatoes, but I love tomato soup so it plays along the lines of take something you hate turn it into something you love.
“Secondly, I always liked the expression ‘food for thought’. These are my thoughts and I’m serving it to you on a silver spoon.
“It’s either healthy for you or its not, that just depends on what your stomach can handle. Lastly, tomato soup is a regular soup, sometimes it’s fancy and sometimes it’s not. Some people like it and some people don’t, but you can always find it anywhere you go. How you like it all depends on the recipe and those explanations are how regular people are.”
His mix-tape will feature 17 tracks based on his life experiences and surroundings under the guidance of his best friend and manager Majid Al-Awami.
Majeed has already had 1,970 YouTube views of his music video Gone too Far which was uploaded two months ago. Some have described his video as ‘dope’, urban slang for cool, while others stated that he has good flow. His song Anticipation has also received rave reviews but what had people buzzing is a song entitled Fatima.
Although Majeed, who heralds from Saudi Arabia, broke into the music game two years ago, he has been writing from an early age.
He said: “When I was younger, my dad would ground me and as part of my punishment he would make me write an essay about why I got in trouble and what I learned from it. With time it just became a habit of self-expression, therapeutic in a sense. I wrote short stories, poetry and my thoughts which eventually developed into rap which stands for rhythm and poetry so it only made sense that I should do this art.
“My inspiration comes from real life situations. It could be a serious situation or it could be something funny, but I always draw from real feelings. It’s all about the people for me, not to sound creepy, but I watch people very closely to see how they act and react.”
For details on his release date, follow Majeed on Twitter @majeedsuave
