Release Date Delays
The album was originally set to be released after Ramadan 2006. However, it was pushed back several times due to Diab's repeated changes in the musical producers he was dealing with. Diab attributes the changes to the producer's lack of new and strong styles. In early 2006, Music Arranger Fahd was supposed to work on this album; however, later that year Dr. Tarek Madkour joined Amr Diab, and they started to work on it together. On 25 March 2007, Madkour's official website announced that Amr Diab and Madkour had decided jointly to skip the collaboration on the album due to lack of time and conflicting working schedules. Fahd and a new producer called Hassan Al Shafei were selected to produce the music in the album, which was scheduled for release in July 2007. By then, the album's name had changed from Khaleek Ma'aya to El Leila De. It was indicated that after the album's release Diab would shoot a new Pepsi advertisement in Europe.
On June 21, 2007, two of Diab's biggest fan sites (AmrDiabWorld.com & AmrDiab.info) announced that the album would hit the market on July 7, 2007. The album would contain 10 tracks; Al Shafei and Fahd shared the production (Al Shafei 7 songs & Fahd 3 Songs). Before releasing his album, Diab traveled to Portugal to shoot the new Pepsi ad choosing "Rohy Mertahalak" song from his upcoming album El Leila De as the ad music. Amr then traveled to the USA to film the music video for his upcoming album.
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