 The product of four years work, this album blends traditional Iraqi songs, Arabic and Western pop from maqam to techno.It incorporates violins, oud, cello, flute, clarinet playing in an Arabic mode, also guitars, saxophones, and Western and Arabic percussion including tabla, trap drums, and rhythmic loops.Among Rida's original compositions is "La Tesafer (Don't Go)," written for his mother about the time he left Iraq in 1997.