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All lovers of rap n hip hop rejoice.

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The movie is based on Divine and Naezy so ideally they revived..not Ranveer...
 
it is Yo Yo Honey Singh who introduced rap and hip hop to india. and farhan akhtar introduced rock.
 
Hats off to Ranveer though. This guy moves from Khilji to Simba to Gully rapster with ease.
 
Looks very cringeworthy as other posters above said. It's funny to see Indians trying to be cool :))
 
[MENTION=130700]TM Riddle[/MENTION] , these both are the best atleast in this scene,this is before they made it big..
 
Every great thing originates somewhere and spreads. India's street life and culture is a world of its own which has so far only come out to public view through movies and web series. Rap music has given a new platform for brothers in the hood to express themselves artistically.

Don't know about small towns but in Delhi, Mumbai, Punjabi cities hip hop culture is thriving. You could say they were a bunch of western wannabes few years ago. Today there is authentic stuff coming in regional languages throwing light on real experiences.

As with everything people laugh and make fun of anything new and when it thrives they eat their words and become followers.
 
Pakistanis took to rap before Indians although as in many other things Indians seem to be outpacing and getting to next level earlier.
[MENTION=110712]Captain[/MENTION] Rishwat
 
I won’t watch this but it’ll be better than our hyped up maula jatt
 
Rap in hindi using similar beats as American rap is lame. American Rap works with those beats because of their slang etc.

It needs to figure out its on beat structure. Like London rappers were able to come out of the shadow of the Americans by having a faster paced rap, now called Grime. BTW Grime is not just rapping with a British accent. The beat structure, the tone and subject matters are different.

Indian rap, if it ever becomes mainstream, will need to carve out its own niche, by subject and technicalities.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
Pakistanis took to rap before Indians although as in many other things Indians seem to be outpacing and getting to next level earlier.

@<a href="http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/member.php?u=110712" target="_blank">Captain</a> Rishwat
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That was back in 2010 but I think it was banned by Pakistan authorities. The artist in your first post is definitely copying his style. But then Indians ripping off superior Pak tunes is par for the course, it's been going on for decades. And I say that as an impartial Brit.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:

That was back in 2010 but I think it was banned by Pakistan authorities. The artist in your first post is definitely copying his style. But then Indians ripping off superior Pak tunes is par for the course, it's been going on for decades. And I say that as an impartial Brit.
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Nah different beat. Thanks for the song though. Sounds really awesome.
 
Aping shamelessly Western Black culture. We should stick to Hindustani classical music.
 
JaDed said:
Hmm ,its only a form no issues when lyrics are local. Internet was made by western ,trolling probably started by Americans, just saying.

Cricket the game a British import are you saying we should only do kushti and play kabbadi?
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We can play these games without using Americans terms. It is good that Pak players conduct interviews in Urdu afterwards unlike others. You know who tops the list as always!
 
Rap, metal, rock etc. are sub-cultures. Although, in India most of the followers do it for the sake of standing out or to look cool, there is a minority who embraces the music because they can relate to it. Dissing them is equivalent to dissing a football lover (read- premier league/ la liga) or UFC or heck, even cricket is not an indigenous sports.

However, this movie would be crap judging by the people involved, they already managed to screw up the rock genre with 'Rock On' series. Farhan Akhter & co are one of the crappiest wanna be in Hindi philam industry. Dil Chahta Hai was good and ahead of the time though.

I am a metalhead myself, I like the genre because it doesn't belive in sugarcoating everything and it has the balls to explore the darker side without glorifying anything or picking sides; plus the musicianship.
And no...linkin park is not metal 😋

The problem with most of us is that we diss anything and everything at the first glance without even trying. I find people outside of the sub-continent to be more open minded and always willing to experiment newer culture. It doesn't cost us anything to be a free-thinker!

P.S. Indonesian president is a metalhead. 🤘
 
Rap and hip hop looks good on kaalas&#55357;&#56841;, not desis or *****.. maybe im old fashioned!
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Probably the wrong song, this is more typical, and probably stylistically the one that Gully Boy is trying to recreate for the Indian market.


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I thought the same as well but then I did some research and found out that Divine and Naezy(esp the former) have quite a following in India's underground rap scene. Have a listen to some of their songs

https://youtu.be/9emx__jxcTE

https://youtu.be/9Wsi7YTI2nY

https://youtu.be/hqn0cxi2d0A

Was quite impressed to tell you the truth. BillyX otoh has his own style which his highly influenced by Punjabi rap scene. Rappers like Raftaar fall into that category.
Here's one from Raftaar.

https://youtu.be/uykOHAhId0Q

In fact the one who is actually similar to Divine and Naezy is Bohemia , the greatest Pakistani rapper of all time imo even though it's a shame that he had gone commercial these days.

https://youtu.be/tixIb21MO5U
 
TM Riddle said:
I thought the same as well but then I did some research and found out that Divine and Naezy(esp the former) have quite a following in India's underground rap scene. Have a listen to some of their songs

https://youtu.be/9emx__jxcTE

https://youtu.be/9Wsi7YTI2nY

https://youtu.be/hqn0cxi2d0A

Was quite impressed to tell you the truth. BillyX otoh has his own style which his highly influenced by Punjabi rap scene. Rappers like Raftaar fall into that category.
Here's one from Raftaar.

https://youtu.be/uykOHAhId0Q

In fact the one who is actually similar to Divine and Naezy is Bohemia , the greatest Pakistani rapper of all time imo even though it's a shame that he had gone commercial these days.

https://youtu.be/tixIb21MO5U
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I don't actually listen to any of this stuff, my daughter was playing it, but when I saw the video in the OP I thought that sounds familiar. :62:
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
I don't actually listen to any of this stuff, my daughter was playing it, but when I saw the video in the OP I thought that sounds familiar. :62:
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Desi rap is in it's formative years so it would take some time for it to become mainstream.
:))) BTW that Juttni Punjabi song is addictive as hell. Can't get the beat out of my head.
 
TM Riddle said:
Desi rap is in it's formative years so it would take some time for it to become mainstream.
:))) BTW that Juttni Punjabi song is addictive as hell. Can't get the beat out of my head.
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I might not listen to this stuff but when I saw it, I thought to myself that is quality. These artists are talented, in another country they'd be superstars making millions.
 
TM Riddle said:
I thought the same as well but then I did some research and found out that Divine and Naezy(esp the former) have quite a following in India's underground rap scene. Have a listen to some of their songs

https://youtu.be/9emx__jxcTE

https://youtu.be/9Wsi7YTI2nY

https://youtu.be/hqn0cxi2d0A

Was quite impressed to tell you the truth. BillyX otoh has his own style which his highly influenced by Punjabi rap scene. Rappers like Raftaar fall into that category.
Here's one from Raftaar.

https://youtu.be/uykOHAhId0Q

In fact the one who is actually similar to Divine and Naezy is Bohemia , the greatest Pakistani rapper of all time imo even though it's a shame that he had gone commercial these days.

https://youtu.be/tixIb21MO5U
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Bohemia is far from commercial sell out. Infact he calls out honey singh and other guys for being sellouts.Bohemia is OG ! Here is a clip of Bohemia slaying your wannabees

 
from_da_lost_dim3nsion said:
Bohemia is far from commercial sell out. Infact he calls out honey singh and other guys for being sellouts.Bohemia is OG ! Here is a clip of Bohemia slaying your wannabees

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I have been a fan of Bohemia since my school days and yes I do feel he's GOAT when it comes to Desi rappers.
 
from_da_lost_dim3nsion said:
Bohemia is far from commercial sell out. Infact he calls out honey singh and other guys for being sellouts.Bohemia is OG ! Here is a clip of Bohemia slaying your wannabees

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He is not the same he used to be, he has gone down, check out any of his latest tracks..esp the latest one.
 
TM Riddle said:
I thought the same as well but then I did some research and found out that Divine and Naezy(esp the former) have quite a following in India's underground rap scene. Have a listen to some of their songs

https://youtu.be/9emx__jxcTE

https://youtu.be/9Wsi7YTI2nY

https://youtu.be/hqn0cxi2d0A

Was quite impressed to tell you the truth. BillyX otoh has his own style which his highly influenced by Punjabi rap scene. Rappers like Raftaar fall into that category.
Here's one from Raftaar.

https://youtu.be/uykOHAhId0Q

In fact the one who is actually similar to Divine and Naezy is Bohemia , the greatest Pakistani rapper of all time imo even though it's a shame that he had gone commercial these days.

https://youtu.be/tixIb21MO5U
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The Raftaar one I hope u know is a reply to Emiway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTZkwKzd7l0

Also Divine has been there in bollywood but I guess you missed it, here is a song from Anurag Kashyap, which Nucleya (best Indian EDM imo) and Divine Collaborated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Dda6gacFA&t=58s

Naezy is more raw, and somehow doesn't care about making his rap entertaining its more hard hitting, hopefully he realizes he has to make sure people listen and enjoy..
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Probably the wrong song, this is more typical, and probably stylistically the one that Gully Boy is trying to recreate for the Indian market.


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Thats a good song, but Punjabi market is different and there are many to give you an example:


So its tough to become big in that market(the above video has only 80k views, you can imagine the competition), Imran and Bohemia(the best) made it though..
 
I remember the days when i used to rap and write lyrics. The problem was the i used to rap in english which no one else was doing in the desi set up. With i didnt get enough response, i stopped doing it altogether.
 
Madplayer said:
I remember the days when i used to rap and write lyrics. The problem was the i used to rap in english which no one else was doing in the desi set up. With i didnt get enough response, i stopped doing it altogether.
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What are you on about? Ahmed Ali Butt was doing it mainstream in the early 2000's.
 
Madplayer said:
I remember the days when i used to rap and write lyrics. The problem was the i used to rap in english which no one else was doing in the desi set up. With i didnt get enough response, i stopped doing it altogether.
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This movie is the story of the few who didn't stop, hopefully Zoya has done justice to it.
 
For some reasons most mainstream Indian rappers are cringey.

For those that are into urdu / punjabi rap, listen to this (the first and last verse are in urdu and punjabi, but the second is in english):

 
There is this young Balochi rapper called Sami Amiri who has a couple of good songs out, a mix of Balochi Punjabi and Urdu, check him out


 
A great video for people to understand the origins of new age rap in India.

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Adijazz1706 said:
There is this young Balochi rapper called Sami Amiri who has a couple of good songs out, a mix of Balochi Punjabi and Urdu, check him out


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Video is nice but i think he needs to work on his delivery. Voice me dum nyi hae.
 
blackanhyellow said:
For some reasons most mainstream Indian rappers are cringey.

For those that are into urdu / punjabi rap, listen to this (the first and last verse are in urdu and punjabi, but the second is in english):

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Liked this.

Great stuff.
 
Some aspects of cultures shouldn't mix... leave all this to the brothas :lara

But movie looks interesting. I trust Ranveer Singh.
 
Suleiman said:
Some aspects of cultures shouldn't mix... leave all this to the brothas :lara

But movie looks interesting. I trust Ranveer Singh.
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Why do you trust him? Has he ever been in a single good movie? Biggest myth in Bollywood is that this guy is actually good. I guess when the standards are already low....
 
aliasad1998 said:
Why do you trust him? Has he ever been in a single good movie? Biggest myth in Bollywood is that this guy is actually good. I guess when the standards are already low....
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He was exceptional in many films. Going by Bollywood standards that is.
 
Rap in Hindi/Urdu or Punjabi just sounds lame. I don't think the languages fit. They are supposed to be melodious while in rap they sound too robotic, too restricted and fake.
 
Watched it.

One of the best Indian movies ever.

Absolutely loved it.
 
Ranveer Singh, Hats off. Pulled this off like a champ.
 
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