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When I'm With You
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About this Song
The creator of this work emerges from a sprawling, vibrant community of hip-hop practitioners across the Philippines, a community that has spent decades nurturing the form, shaping it to hold the specific textures of life across the archipelago while honoring the core principles that define hip-hop as a global creative force. Long before this sound took shape, creators across the country began weaving their own narratives into the framework of the genre, turning hip-hop’s inherent flexibility into a tool for connection, able to bridge gaps between regions, communities, and experiences while retaining the raw, authentic energy that has made the genre a staple of creative expression worldwide. Every hip-hop sound coming out of the Philippines carries with it the weight of that history, building on the work of earlier creators who first brought global hip-hop influences into local spaces, reimagining every layer of the form to fit the needs and stories of the people who call the country home.
