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Street Style Hip-Hop Crew 7Bantai’Z Deliver Lyrically Deep and Sonically Strong Debut EP ‘Into The Slum’

January 2, 2023January 4, 2023 Rohit Jadhav Desi Hip Hop, hip hop, hip-hop, indian hip hop

7Bantai’Z, a street-style hip-hop group from Mumbai, is back with their highly-anticipated EP, ‘Into The Slum’. The project explores the

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Ahmer’s Azli Stands Out To Be The Voice Of Reason From Kashmir’s Homegrown Hip-Hop Scene

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 Soumili ahmer, Azli, hip-hop, hip-hop album, independent music, independent music scene, indian hip hop, indian independent scene, indie music, Kashmir, Kashmir hip-hop scene

Ahmer Javed’s story is not a singular experience, as it is also the story of countless people residing in the

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10 Things You Did Not Know About Seedhe Maut x Sez On The Beat’s “Nayaab”

June 10, 2022July 18, 2022 Akshay Kapoor album release, delhi, Delhi local scene, hip hop, hip-hop, hip-hop album, latest release, Nayaab, rap, rap album, Seedhe Maut

Delhi-based hip-hop duo, in cahoots with producer extraordinaire Sez on The Beat, released their third album Nayaab on May 27,

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‘Parvarish’ By naqaab47 & Shoals Is A Hip-Hop Concept Album For Our Generation

May 4, 2022May 6, 2022 Akshay Kapoor Desi Hip Hop, hip hop, hip-hop, indian hip hop

“Ek doob, do doob, yun hi doob gaya” (One cannabis cigarette, two cannabis cigarettes, that’s how I drowned) “Parvarish”, debut

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Clifr x Tintin’s Meet Me Halfway Is A Bold Attempt At Experimental Hip-Hop That Wears Its Mistakes On Its Sleeves

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Soumili albumreview, bangalore, Clifr, Clifr x Tintin, hip-hop, Meet Me Halfway, Tintin, trap

Bangalore-based music producer and multi-instrumentalist Clifr’s latest collaboration with the city’s rap genius Tintin on their album Meet Me Halfway,

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Looking Back At Wolf.cryman’s Debut Hip-Hop EP “Dil Fenk Ke Marunga”

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 Pratinav Tewari folk, hip-hop, indian hip hop, nostalgia, pop

In a landscape pumped up with exaggerated braggadocio raps, Wolf.cryman brings forward a dynamic mix of honest lyrics and eclectic

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An EP On The Indie-Pop-RnB-Hip-Hop Spectrum, Haalaat By Teesri Duniya’s Karun

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 Debarun Sarkar Desi Hip Hop, hip-hop, indian hip hop

Haalaat, with a runtime of roughly over 16 minutes, exists somewhere on the indie-pop-rnb-hip-hop spectrum like much of the work

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Irfana x Taslina’s Debut EP Ko-Lab is A Well Produced Project With Impressive variation

July 4, 2021July 4, 2021 Debarun Sarkar Desi Hip Hop, hip hop, hip-hop, hiphop

Ko-Lab is the debut 4-track EP by childhood friends and hip-hop duo, Irfana and Taslina. The ‘ko’ in Ko-Lab refers