Okay, I’m taking a leap into NOT my area of specialty, so forgive any mistakes I make in descriptions and correct me! But I find these two stories really interesting.
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Hindi Film 101/2010s, the Decade Rap Arrived in Hindi Film
This is fun, these random decade round up posts as stuff occurs to me. It’s slow days anyway as we all prepare for New Years Eve (and, of course, the New Years Day tweetalong!), so I might as well put up random stuff. Oh, and forgive me if I mix up “rap” and “hip-hop”, Reflects on Life explained the difference to me months ago and I mostly understand it, but when we get into trying to use them as verbs and adjectives and adverbs, I got confused again.
Continue readingEither-Or Post! Bananas, Tiger versus Hrithik, Punjabi Versus Bombay Rap
Mostly I want your bananas answers. This is a hot debate in my office right now and I feel very strongly about my personal answer.
Continue readingHindi Film 101: A Brief Incomplete Overview of Hip-Hop/Rap in Indian Film
Yesterday the new Badshah song for Veere Di Wedding came out, which made me think back on how long hip-hop/rap has been part of the Indian film scene in one way or the other. I know almost nothing about this (like, I’m not even clear on the difference between “hip-hop” “rap” and “rock and roll”), but at least I can put up some fun videos and start the discussion!