▁album ▁despite ▁their ▁" pro - Mus lim " ▁message ▁and ▁" ca ut ious ▁approach ▁to ▁religion , ▁politics , ▁and ▁society ". ▁ ▁However , ▁hip - h op ▁music , ▁both ▁Arab ic ▁and ▁American , ▁has ▁managed ▁to ▁circ umn avig ate ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁restrictions . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁sub version ▁via ▁the ▁internet ▁or ▁boot leg ▁record ▁sales , ▁it ▁seems ▁that ▁c ensor ship ▁incons isten cies ▁and / or ▁lingu istic ▁difficulty ▁associated ▁with ▁transl ating ▁hip - h op ▁from ▁English ▁may ▁account ▁for ▁some ▁English ▁language ▁records ▁making ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁cities ▁where ▁they ▁would ▁otherwise ▁be ▁b anned . ▁Abd ul lah ▁D ah man ▁of ▁Des ert ▁He at ▁offers ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁west ▁coast ▁ra pper ▁S no op ▁Dog g , ▁whose ▁records ▁are ▁available ▁for ▁purchase ▁in ▁J idd ah ▁in ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia . ▁Another ▁example , ▁ 2 ▁Live ▁C rew ' s ▁album ▁" As ▁N ast y ▁as ▁They ▁W anna ▁Be ", ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁made ▁it ▁by ▁cens ors ▁due ▁to ▁transl ational ▁difficulty . ▁ ▁H ip - h op ▁music ▁from ▁the ▁Arab ▁Spring ▁movement ▁presented ▁direct ▁challeng es ▁to ▁the ▁strict ▁c ensor ship ▁policies ▁of ▁many ▁reg imes ▁throughout ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁and ▁North ▁African ▁region . ▁Arab ic ▁hip - h op ▁became ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁expression ▁that ▁act ively ▁resist ed ▁against ▁the ▁state ▁and ▁its ▁reg ulations . ▁In