Nepalese hip hop

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Nepalese hip hop, or NEPHOP, is the Nepali form of hip hop. Its elements include MCing, DJing, B-boying, and graffiti writing. Rap culture was introduced in Nepal through the electronic DJs mixing the classical Nepalese songs with the Western Urban style. Later, it took the form of artists releasing songs with the commercial beats.

Early 2000

Way back in 90s GP Started the Rap Culture and then In 2000 Rappaz Union (Sammy Samrat and Nirnaya) created the first Nepalese rap album in English. In 2003 Nurbu Sherpa released his debut album Nurbu Sherpa Representin' K.T.M.C. (Kathmandu City), the first Nepalese hiphop album recorded in the US, for which he was nominated for a Best Music Video award. In 2004 TheUNity (Aidray and Da69) brought out their first album Girish n TheUNity presents X with Girish (Gorkhali G). It included "Shes the Bomb",[1] the music video of which was a major success in the local charts.

Rise of the Underground

In 2003 underground rapper Aroz, based in New York City, spearheaded the Nepalese underground hip hop movement through his website (now defunct) nephop.com. The term "Nephop", coined by producer DJ AJ, soon gained worldwide popularity and is accepted as referring to Nepalese hiphop in general.

In 2004 Aroz released his first underground single "Chudaina", produced by DJ AJ on nephop.com. In 2005 Nepsydaz had a commercial success as a rap group when they released their version of the same song. Aroz became "the most controversial"[2] rapper, experimenting with dirty rap in his next single "Katti Khep Vannu".[3] This had great success in the underground, after which he quickly released his next single, "Killin Terraces",[4] which the New Urban Music Blog[5] considered one of the best Nepalese political raps.

Aroz received some mainstream exposure after being featured in Nurbu Sherpa's single "Baby Gurl", from Nurbu's second album, Save Nepal. According to fursad.com, "Baby Gurl"[6] was voted one of the top ten songs of 2008. Nurbu also featured Aroz and other underground rappers in his next single, "When I'm around",[7] from his third album.

Another well known rapper in the underground NepHop scenario is Mc Flo. His lyrics are generally patriotic, and day-to-day issues which are associated with the current generation. "Maile Hasna Sikay" is an example.

Current Scenario

During the past couple of years NepHop has taken an absolutely new shape and form. The music genre which was subconsciously started as the passion, back in early 2000s, has become profession for most of the artists. But the irony is that, due to the lack of organized marketing and distribution most of the talented emcess are wandering to the foreign country as the alternatives and their credentials in there are not much appreciated.

Battle Rap

Yama Buddha, with the help of many other production and distribution houses, introuduced the battle rap, titled, 'Raw Barz' for the first time ever in Nepal and he hosted the first season. Easi-12 and Mc Flo also took part as host. Though the bars spitted during the battles were pretty unacceptable in conservative Nepalese society and might have cognized as the steaming pile of baloney, but the youth in urban areas welcomed the spurt and gave big shoutout. In addition, it was not just a rap battle, but a platform to sharpening oneself and building confidence to confront the crowd. The first season of the Raw Barz was critically acclaimed. The battle league has outturned so many talented rappers most prominently being Laure, Balen, Unik Poet, Sacar, Mc Rage and the list goes on.

The rap battle between Laure Vs Unik Poet is regarded as the best of all. Both the rappers were equally strong and confident with their bars. On the other hand, the female battle sensationalized the event even further with rappers like Tsamyun, Pari, Rhythms Up, C-Ring and so on. The objective of the league was to promote the NepHop and introdue it to the mainstream media throughout the country and overseas as well. The Raw Barz season was also held events in UK and Australia.

Notable Rappers

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pwl4_kw_bY
  2. ↑ Nep-hop nation (Cover Story — WAVE magazine) (cached)
  3. ↑ Katti Khep Vannu, by Aroz – mysansar.com's exclusive report
  4. ↑ Killing Terraces, by Aroz feat. Suzata
  5. ↑ NEPHOP – Hiphop Aus Nepal
  6. ↑ Baby Gurl, by Nurbu Sherpa
  7. ↑ When I'm Around, by Nurbu Sherpa feat. Aroz, Golden Child & Ambassador

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