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| ⚫ | Nepalese hip hop music also referred as NEPHOP has a slight blend |
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| ⚫ | Nepalese hip hop music, also referred to as "NEPHOP", has a slight blend of Nepalese traditional music, western popular music, with lyrics that are usually altruistic and depicting the present Nepalese political and economic situation. However there are few others (such as Sarad Singh and Sammy Samrat) who in contrast choose to write about wealth, power and other factors which are a common scene with hip hop music in the West. |
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Hiphop in Nepal started getting popular around the 90's with Snoop Dogg and Eminem as one of the first Western artists introduced in Nepal through Indian TV channels. However hip hop did not gain much popularity in India and on the contrary was spreading fire through the younger Nepalese generation. |
Hiphop in Nepal started getting popular around the 90's with Snoop Dogg and Eminem as one of the first Western artists introduced in Nepal through Indian TV channels. However hip hop did not gain much popularity in India and on the contrary was spreading fire through the younger Nepalese generation. |
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Around 2002-2003 Nepalese rap was commercialised for the first time in Nepal by rappers such as NSK and Girish & Pranil. However the Nepalese hip hop market had not reached that large audience to compete with the Western rappers who were winning over the Nepalese rappers in their own country. Nepalese Hip hop still had to work through the Nepalese streets to reach an audience that |
Around 2002-2003 Nepalese rap was commercialised for the first time in Nepal by rappers such as NSK and Girish & Pranil. However the Nepalese hip hop market had not reached that large audience to compete with the Western rappers who were winning over the Nepalese rappers in their own country. Nepalese Hip hop still had to work through the Nepalese streets to reach an audience that preferred Nepali (as lyrics) over English (also as lyrics). |
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This time came around 2003-2004 when commercial artists arrived in the Nepalese hip hop scene with lyrics which the younger Nepalese generation could relate to. Rappers Girish & Pranil had a hit "Ma Yasto Chu" which probably elevated the Nepalese hip hop scene a bit to reach a level which could boost other Nepalese hip hop artists. And soon enough Nepalese rappers published their music underground even though the audience were usually Nepalese living in the United States and seldom audience from Nepal, the underground internet Nepalese hip hop scene was booming. |
This time came around 2003-2004 when commercial artists arrived in the Nepalese hip hop scene with lyrics which the younger Nepalese generation could relate to. Rappers Girish & Pranil had a hit "Ma Yasto Chu" which probably elevated the Nepalese hip hop scene a bit to reach a level which could boost other Nepalese hip hop artists. And soon enough Nepalese rappers published their music underground even though the audience were usually Nepalese living in the United States and seldom audience from Nepal, the underground internet Nepalese hip hop scene was booming. |
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In 2005 the Nepsydaz commercialised a remix song originally done by |
In 2005 the Nepsydaz commercialised a remix song originally done by Aroz (Underground artist) which marketed as a great hit in Nepal and among other Nepalese audiences all over the world. Aroz started the first Nepalese underground hiphop website nephop.com (now defunct) which became the pivotal platform to spearhead the Nepalese Underground hiphop movement.Aroz is also regarded by many as the first Nepalese rapper to experiment with "Dirty Rap" with his single "Katti Khep Vannu" which is regarded as the most controversial Nepalese rap song as of yet. "Dirty Rap", a subgenre of hip hop music that contains lyrical content revolving mainly around sex and sexual subjects. The lyrics are overly sexually explicit and graphic, often to the point of either cartoonishness or extreme offensiveness. Musically, dirty rap often contains a distinctly bass-driven sound, as the actually subgenre rose from the popular Miami bass rap scene. After a massive underground success of his single, he quickly released next single "Killin Terraces" which was to everybody's surprise a highly political song. It was critically acclaimed as one of the best Nepalese political rap song addressing the Nepalese Civil War. |
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However with all this publicity of hip hop in Nepal the popularity is running rampant and people who do not have the skill that it takes to be an emcee have steeped up on stage to negatively represent hip hop as an impetus towards crime. This order has brought a negative remark to hip hop from a lot of the older Nepalese genration. |
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2005 was the year which one might mark as the official beginning to the Nepalese hip hop scene through rappers and music producers such as NSK, Rappaz Union, Sammy Samrat, Girish, 9double7, |
2005 was the year which one might mark as the official beginning to the Nepalese hip hop scene through rappers and music producers such as NSK, Rappaz Union, Sammy Samrat, Girish, 9double7, Nepsydaz, DJ AJ (insidious productions), Lazy Boi, Kotho(WhiteHill Productions),Dj NepzK and many more. |
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[[Category:Music of Nepal|Hip hop]] |
[[Category:Music of Nepal|Hip hop]] |
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Nepalese hip hop music, also referred to as "NEPHOP", has a slight blend of Nepalese traditional music, western popular music, with lyrics that are usually altruistic and depicting the present Nepalese political and economic situation. However there are few others (such as Sarad Singh and Sammy Samrat) who in contrast choose to write about wealth, power and other factors which are a common scene with hip hop music in the West.
Hiphop in Nepal started getting popular around the 90's with Snoop Dogg and Eminem as one of the first Western artists introduced in Nepal through Indian TV channels. However hip hop did not gain much popularity in India and on the contrary was spreading fire through the younger Nepalese generation.
Around 2002-2003 Nepalese rap was commercialised for the first time in Nepal by rappers such as NSK and Girish & Pranil. However the Nepalese hip hop market had not reached that large audience to compete with the Western rappers who were winning over the Nepalese rappers in their own country. Nepalese Hip hop still had to work through the Nepalese streets to reach an audience that preferred Nepali (as lyrics) over English (also as lyrics).
This time came around 2003-2004 when commercial artists arrived in the Nepalese hip hop scene with lyrics which the younger Nepalese generation could relate to. Rappers Girish & Pranil had a hit "Ma Yasto Chu" which probably elevated the Nepalese hip hop scene a bit to reach a level which could boost other Nepalese hip hop artists. And soon enough Nepalese rappers published their music underground even though the audience were usually Nepalese living in the United States and seldom audience from Nepal, the underground internet Nepalese hip hop scene was booming.
In 2005 the Nepsydaz commercialised a remix song originally done by Aroz (Underground artist) which marketed as a great hit in Nepal and among other Nepalese audiences all over the world. Aroz started the first Nepalese underground hiphop website nephop.com (now defunct) which became the pivotal platform to spearhead the Nepalese Underground hiphop movement.Aroz is also regarded by many as the first Nepalese rapper to experiment with "Dirty Rap" with his single "Katti Khep Vannu" which is regarded as the most controversial Nepalese rap song as of yet. "Dirty Rap", a subgenre of hip hop music that contains lyrical content revolving mainly around sex and sexual subjects. The lyrics are overly sexually explicit and graphic, often to the point of either cartoonishness or extreme offensiveness. Musically, dirty rap often contains a distinctly bass-driven sound, as the actually subgenre rose from the popular Miami bass rap scene. After a massive underground success of his single, he quickly released next single "Killin Terraces" which was to everybody's surprise a highly political song. It was critically acclaimed as one of the best Nepalese political rap song addressing the Nepalese Civil War.
However with all this publicity of hip hop in Nepal the popularity is running rampant and people who do not have the skill that it takes to be an emcee have steeped up on stage to negatively represent hip hop as an impetus towards crime. This order has brought a negative remark to hip hop from a lot of the older Nepalese genration.
2005 was the year which one might mark as the official beginning to the Nepalese hip hop scene through rappers and music producers such as NSK, Rappaz Union, Sammy Samrat, Girish, 9double7, Nepsydaz, DJ AJ (insidious productions), Lazy Boi, Kotho(WhiteHill Productions),Dj NepzK and many more.