I don’t know much about rap/hip-hop, but one of the primary focusses in my musical search in Burma was to find urban youth-oriented music, how it’s made, distributed, performed, etc… and how something like a Hip-Hop scene might exist in a city like Yangon or Mandalay. The first rapper everyone pointed me to, both inside and outside the country, is J-Me. A member of the “Myanmar Hip-Hop association”, which supports now over a dozen musicians through their distribution of annual compilations, and functioning for all intents and purposes as a collective and record label.
J-ME SONG 2 MP3
Other members of the MHA include Cyclone, K-Ca$h, Kaung Chit Soe, OnTrack, Bigg-Y and others. Many produce their own music, make their own beats and write their own lyrics, and occasionally some of the artists work with big name DJs such as Thxa Soe and DJ Jay for remixes or new releases. In the spirit of copy songs, I thought it would be appropriate to breath a little life into the idea, and pass along the DJ Thxa Soe and MHA Wu-Tang copy
WU INTERNET MIX MP3 (Wu-Tang copy song)
It’s more common for rappers to release single songs than full albums, making compilations the primary marketing device to introduce rappers to the public. This 2005-dated compilation features 2 songs each by 6 rappers.
I am hoping to throw a compilation together featuring a number of interesting songs from the Yangon underground electronic/hip-hop scene. Please contact me if you are interested in this project.
