Band : United Desis
Album : Desi Game
Genre : Rap and Hip Hop
Label : BIG Music
Website : http://www.uniteddesis.com
I am not a huge fan of Rap/Hip-Hop music. I listen to only a couple of rap artists like Eminem or D12. I feel Rap music loses it's soul whenever it is sung by people other than African-Americans. When Rap is sung by the Afro-Americans, it has a strong power both in the lyrics and music. In India, we have had artists like Style-Bhai who claimed himself as a rap artist but has got nothing to do with rap. He was just a bhai with some strange style. Now we have Blazee who is doing good in the film music (thanks to A R Rahman) and have written songs like "Ban the Police" which was well received. One reason could be that Rap is not fit for the Indian audience. Many Desi musicians have understood this limitation and have adapted to fusion music, which would be the perfect solution to sell music both nationally and internationally.
And here comes United Desis, a Rap/Hip-Hop band that sings in both Punjabi, Hindi and English. Their music has a strong Bhangra influence too. The band consists of 3 people - Nipun P Deashpande, Amit S Modak and Rabbit Sack C where RSC is also the producer of the album. Their debut album Desi Game is released through BIG Music and has 15 songs in total. I think this is the first Indian Rap/Hip-Hop album that has come of age.
Out of 15 songs, I like 10 songs of this album. I think they could have done without those 5 songs which were not up to the mark and those 5 songs sounded so amateurish in this otherwise good album.
My favorite picks from this album:
- Sohniye
- One Vision
- Ganda Bachcha
- Your Eyes - Feat Kacy
- B.D.
- Bumpin In Da Club
- This is How We
- Lemme Be The One
- Shake Shake Shake
- Rap n Hip Hop - Outro
Desi Game is an album worth checking out if you like Rap/Hip-Hop/Bhangra Fusion music. This album will not dissapoint you as this is so far the best desi album in this genre. So grab your copies, visit the website of United Desis here and also check out one of their videos given below.
hey Jo,
heard abt these guys from a friend of mine few weeks back, glad to know that you dig their songs. About Blaaze, I don't think he is a rapper rather his style of singing is more of reggae side. I think rapping in any of our language has its limitations, and there are quite a number of underground 'desi' rappers in US especially in NY... most of them rap in English even though their music is heavily loaded with bhangra music. I hope some day someone will blowout to be mainstream. just my 2 cents
cheers guy
united desis is a duo bro
2 rappers - ques?ion & Graffiti Culprit -
RSC just produces music fr them, aka the beat maker