Understanding hip-hop just isn’t not possible with understanding its origins, to include the samples used from soul and funk, in order to understand its cadences and bounce. Arguably two of the most important and ubiquitous songs/samples in the history of music,…

Perhaps not an outright death of rap lyrics, but something has happened – and it started in the most unlikely of places.   “The game’s fucked up N****’s beats is bangin’, n**** your hooks did it Your lyrics didn’t, your…

The Hum Hip Hop Project – Promo 2 Presented by The Humming Tree & DesiHipHop Dear Hip Hop investor, performer, organiser and audience The 4th Edition of the Hum Hip Hop Project (HHHP) took place on Diwali day. It all…

Enkore finally drops, ‘Libra Scale’ ‘Libra Scale’ is the debut album from 23 year old Mumbai rapper Enkore, released on the 13th of November 2015, along with the accompanying music video for the lead single ‘Walk Again’. On the potentially game-changing…

The Siege – Bombay Mix PSA (PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT) The Siege from Bombay comes out with his own remix of Jay Z’s Public Service Announcement. The song has Hindi rhymes that give you a picture of the place he was brought…

Zan TwoshadeZ could be the missing link between India and Sudan One half of 2-ShadeZ and one of the best freestylers in India Zan is a true definition of what Desi HipHop stands for, which is “Unity through Hip-hop“. Zan…

Lazarus is on Fire! He just won the Underground Music Award for Song of the Year last weekend, and this weekend, he dropped a track in the new D12 album (which features Eminem, Slaughterhouse, G Unit, and the entire Shady…

What are your favourite Desi Hip Hop crews upto ? 1. Desi Beam This group has dominated the Northside like no other. Other than working with Bohemia, they have also make their presence felt with tracks like, “Main haan Desi“,…

The G-HOST report of The Hum Hip Hop Project “We call this “Hum” Hip Hop cause it belongs to all of us, how we grow it depends on us. Not as an Individual but to build the scene itself together,…

Sankalp Chaturvedi is better known in the Indian underground music scene by his stage name “San Cha”. A Delhi based Emcee, a music addict turned guitarist who use to perform at different clubs with his band “Mridung”. Mridung disbanded after…

Asi Munde Aam Nai – Young Soorma x Laxya Freezy x Souljha Bee Asi Munde Aam Nai track is basically regarding how they roll in the hood and about their lifestyle. Souljha Bee & Laxya Freezy did a great job in…

ENCORE ABJ – PAINTING A PICTURE : BHED YA BHEDIYA The young New Delhi emcee ENCORE ABJ is quickly earning his stripes in the indian underground hiphop scene with back to back fire tracks. Receiving appreciation eversince his track AAWAAZ…