''Qurd'' is a studio album by the

Dayirman Dayirman ( az, Dəyirman) was the first Azerbaijani hip hop group, based in Baku and was founded in 1996 by four friends. The word ''Dayirman'' means ''windmill'' in Azerbaijani language. The group fuses hip-hop with elements of traditional Mey ...

. The album contains fifteen compositions based on

Azerbaijani hip hop Azerbaijani hip hop ( az, Azərbaycan hip-hopu) is the musical genre which became popular in Azerbaijan in mid-1990s. It's a mix of native meykhana genre of Azerbaijani music with Western hip hop. History The first Azerbaijani hip-hop song "Dü ...

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''Qurd'' is a reflective album, featuring Dayirman's more personal and serious side. This change gives the album a lighter tone, a departure from his previous albums. One of the most noticeable changes is the generally lighter lyrical content. Over the course of the album, the group touches on the issues of Karabakh in hip hop ("Ya Qarabağ, Ya Ölüm"), Pan-Turkism ("Turk turke dastak"), the

Turan Turan ( ae, Tūiriiānəm, pal, Tūrān; fa, توران, Turân, , "The Land of Tur") is a historical region in Central Asia. The term is of Iranian origin and may refer to a particular prehistoric human settlement, a historic geographical re ...

and

Tengrism Tengrism (also known as Tengriism, Tengerism, or Tengrianism) is an ethnic and old state Turkic peoples, Turko-Mongolic peoples, Mongolic religion originating in the Eurasian Steppe, Eurasian steppes, based on folk shamanism, animism and general ...

("Qurd").

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Critical reception

''Qurd'' received mostly positive ratings from most music critics. Dayirman been praised for their patriotic elements in their songs and helping popularising

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{{Authority control 2001 albums Dayirman albums

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