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Rap your head around this album
Updated On: 22 January, 2020 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Shunashir Sen
Two young hip-hop artistes have released their debut album after winning a talent hunt
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Warboy (left) and Devm
It was in June last year that we had first written about Ashutosh Rai and Devam Pandey, aka Warboy and Devm. This was after the rapper-producer duo had won Redbull Spotlight, a talent hunt for hip-hop artistes held in Mumbai. A part of the deal for winning the event was that the organisers would assist them in recording their debut album. That musical offering is now set for a January 24 launch. It's called Out of the Blue and includes songs that fall under the bracket of Pahadi rap, the name that the two 20-year-olds have given to their genre of hip-hop.
The reason is simple. Rai hails from Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, a place that's far removed from the urban realities that most Indian rappers touch upon. His lyrics thus deal with what life in the mountains is like; the words depicting the struggles and triumphs of a youngster living in a small Himalayan town. Rai tells us, "I have picked up small issues and tried to paint them in a bigger light, through which I can relay my feelings to the listener. There's also a song about my teenage years, when my family tried to take me down the right path, but I was misguided and fell into the wrong hands. It's happened with others in my hometown. And it will resonate with you, too, if you have ever been misguided yourself."
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