About this Song
Rooted in the creative networks that anchor hip-hop practice across the Philippines, this sound carries the intentional clarity of its title, Life Goes On, as it sits within a lineage of regional work that prioritizes the specific, unglamoured realities that shape how the genre is created, shared, and received across the archipelago’s many communities. Unlike broader, globalized strains of hip-hop that often circulate with a one-size-fits-all framing, this sound stays rooted in the local contexts that give it purpose, tying its core identity to the specific ways that hip-hop has grown and shifted across the Philippines’ varied islands, each region nurturing its own approach to the genre that speaks to the needs and experiences of the people who create and engage with it.
Life Goes OnE Dove Abyssinyawi
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