Holland’s Worst Nightmare

Yesterday, I got my dirty little hands on Salah Edin’s seminal album Nederlands Grootste Nachtmerrie (Netherlands’ Worst Nightmare), which features fifteen pounding tracks plus two skits and a bonus DVD.

Outside the Hip-Hop community (and maybe inside as well), this record is probably best known for its controversial cover. If you’re wondering how it can be controversial when all it does is sport Salah’s mug, then compare it to the police mug shot of Theo Van Gogh’s murderer Mohammed Bouyeri…

Bouyeri

Salah on the cover of NGN (that’s all there is)

Of course, Salah’s cover is supposed to remind people of Bouyeri and all those events. This also ties in nicely with the album’s title of him being the country’s “worst nightmare.” Dutch politician Geert Wilders released a “somewhat” (!) propagandistic film, called “Fitna,” a few weeks ago about how the Qur’an, Islamism, and terrorism have an undeniable and inseperable relation to one another. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Wilders shot himself in the foot extra-hard by showing Salah’s mug from the album cover in the film, while claiming it was Bouyeri’s. Needless to say, his ass is getting sued right now.

Be that as it may, Salah’s album is more than just listenable. It’s packed with hard beats that’ll make you bounce and cool rhymes that’ll make you listen more closely; although I don’t understand 99% of what he’s saying in Dutch. But that shit’s gonna give your subwoofers a special treatment nonetheless. Crank that motherfucker up!

And I wouldn’t be 3ardrumm3r if I didn’t also give you something for your eyes. Charitable as I am (yeah, right), you can also download the bonus DVD that comes with the album right here. On there, you can find music videos, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage from the videoclip shoots, and a bunch of other shit. The DL on offer is a 1:1 copy without any kind of DVD region code. You can find the download links for that at the end of this post. Just so you know, this baby is 4 gigs in size (42 times 100 MB).

But first things first…

Salah Edin – Nederlands Grootste Nachtmerrie incl. Bonus DVD (2007) (320 kbps)
part 1 (mirror for part 1)
part 2 (mirror for part 2)

1. NGN feat. Focus…
2. T.H.E.O. (Teleurstelling, Haat, Ergernis & Onbegrip)
3. Het Land Van…
4. Geliefd Om Gehaat Te Worden
5. Opgeblazen feat. Opgezwolle
6. 0172
7. Zwarte Gat Op Het Witte Doek feat. Focus…
8. Geld feat. Caprice
9. Hosselaar
10. Skit
11. Vrouwtje Is Een Bitch
12. Samen Huilen, Samen Lachen
13. Koning Ter Rijk
14. Oog Om Oog feat. Probz
15. De Voorbereiding (Skit)
16. Paradijs Is Nu
17. Op De Straat feat. Sticks, Kempi, Winne & Appa (bonus track)

Daag & vrede,
3ardrumm3r

P.S. DVD DL links below (should be 42 total; mirror files will not be provided for this one)…