Welcome back to the The Catch Up, an mini-update/communique from America, on the latest happenings. This week saw the releases (at least the streams) of new material from notables MPC monster araabMUZIK, New Orleans spitter Curren$y, and the forever emo…

One of the perks of being a Musician is that you get to meet a lot of people in the various practices of music, be it performing, recording, composing, writing, producing. Imagine what a treat it will be if you…

Mc Snub drops the first single ‘Breaking Point’ from his upcoming debut Mixtape ‘Mass Appal‘. The track is all about a heartbreak and the flow switches smoothly from hindi to english. The rapper claims to write everything straight from the…

Problem by Deep Harks Deep Harks underground Rapper, Singer and Songwriter. He gained popularity when he released his music video Leh Sun through DesiHipHop TV. Deep Harks said he was inspired by many underground & mainstream artists in the Desi…

#FIGO is an abbreviation for Hashtag Fuck Is Going On. Splash has put together this solo record to explore himself as an artist and understand what he can offer vocally and lyrically if he is produced by someone. He believes…

Rap duo INSANOID & Kronik969, from the capital city New Delhi is back with another Horror core joint named Drag You To Hell. Both of the rappers have extremely dark humor which they put brilliantly in every rhyme. You can…

More so than any other genre except jazz, hip-hop’s merits have been built up, brought down, and deconstructed in ways innumerable. This was best verbalized in Mos Def’s “Fear Not of Man,” from his 1999 classic solo debut, Black on Both…

So here we have Rob C’s new video, “How to Rob” the intro to his new mixtape which is also titled the same. Back to back releases throughout the year has kept Rob C in the spot light. A variety of…

Welcome to the Catch-Up, a quick rundown of American hip-hop culture. In the last seven days, we saw Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole traded beats, Drake (sort of) responds to Adele‘s “Hotline Bling” request, KOOL A.D. dropped 100-track album (yes…

King Without Crown is a new song released by Jey Bee Rapper. He has done many single projects in the past & when we talked to him about his plans for future. Jey Bee told us that he is going to…

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…