A few years ago, the Hindi rap scene was saturated with songs about money and girls – and that was it. However, over the last few years with efforts by artists like DIVINE, Emiway, Naezy, etc, we now get to hear songs about social issues, poverty, friendship, and a sense of community among those deprived of privilege. With some of the artists listed above trying hard to make this change mainstream, and with the release of the movie Gully Boy which was about these artists, people now know about these artists and prefer them over mainstream rappers who still follow the old format. We bring you the 15 best Hindi rap songs that are worth listening to.
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1. Chal Bombay – DIVINE
“Mere Muh Mein Hai Gaali,
Woh Mithi Zabaani,
Wo Gehra Samandar,
Main Behta Huwa Paani.”
2. Dooriyan – Dino James ft. Kaprila
“Tu hai bani wajah meri siskiyon ki
Aur main hu beta kaaran teri hitchkiyon ki
Toone bhi to pal woh saare miss kiye honge
Pata nahi tha khel yeh itne risky honge.”
3. Interview – Ikka
“Bachpan Mein Sharaarti Mein Padhai Mein Kamzor Tha
Apne Ghar Mein Chori Karta Chhota Mota Chor Tha
Chori Kar Ke Leta Mein Comics Or Khilone Tha
Maa Thi Bada Maarti Aur Kaam Mera Rona Tha.”
4. Gandhi Money – DIVINE
“Bhai tujhe maan liya, maan liya, maan liya
Man ko lagti shanti hai jeb me jab Gandhi hai.”
5. City Slums – Raja Kumari ft. DIVINE
“Gully gang is the sound of the slums
From LA to Bombay
Know we coming up, you know we coming up
You know we coming up!”
6. Doori – Gully Boy/DIVINE
“Jitna kaala tera mann
Utna kaala tera dhann
Woh tarfa shoot karte bole gun
Yeh tarfa karte hain chillum.”
7. Mantoiyat – Raftaar, Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Manto)
“Laal batti wali gaddi
Glass inke hath mein hai
Rajneeti mein hai chor
Police inke sath mein.”
8. Mere Gully Mein – DIVINE ft. Naezy
“Dekho tho idhar
mere gully mein hai ghar
chote chote lekin zara dekho
dil mein hai jagah beshumaar”
9. Azadi – DIVINE/Gully Boy
“Haan bahut baithe chup chaap
Kya ghante ka insaaf
Desh kaise hoga saaf
Inki neeyat mein hai daag”
10. MMM/Yaad – Seedhe Maut
“Hoke dekha calm kaam aata nahi
Daalo harr jagah naak kaam zyada nahi.”
11. Mirchi – DIVINE ft. Stylo G, MC Altaf & Phenom
Ruko na miss I miss you
Miss se tumko mujhko mrs banana hai
Tum sirf baith ke dhyan do
Mujhko kitchen mein dishes banana hai
12. Firse Machayenge – Emiway
Apna life sahi hai, sabka life sahi hai
Zindagi ko sahi taur pe jeene waala chahiye
13. Mein – Emiway
“Sath main nahi wo bhi yaad main hai mere
Jis ke sath rishtein mere hone lage”
14. Teesri Manzil – DIVINE
“Ek hi to insaan hai akela kitna khayega
Jinke sapne tune tode, Sapno me satayega.”
15. Khatam Hue Wande – Emiway
“Aayela dil mera tere pe machaan de tu
Mere raat ka ujala kar deti chaand hai tu”
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