Podcast Timeline

01:00 – How Suresh came across Alpha’s World.

01:18 – Frappe Ash drops ‘Legacy’ with Alpha’s World.

02:25 – How Alpha got his name. Why does he rap in English and how does he manage to be relevant in a regional Rap market?

09:45 – Story of how the collaboration with Frappe Ash happened?

13:00 – Story about the supercar barter and the ‘Kali Benz’ track with Frappe Ash and his admiration for Frappe Ash and Yungsta.

19:15 – The independent vs record label debate and Alpha’s take on the debate.

25:35 – Arjun Lal – Alpha’s take on alter egos. Interesting explanation of why artists use their original names when they credit themselves with Lyrics on any social channel.

27:16 – The significance of the word ‘Indie’. Why Alpha uses the term in his tracks.

34:00 – Alpha shoots down Suresh’s opinion about real desi hip hop vs adapted form the genre with a very clear explanation.

39:56 – Alpha speaks about the Delhi rap scene and about rapping in Hindi.

45:10 – How Ahpha’s job helped him get better professionally and the Azadi concert story.

49:00 – How did he decide to record his album ‘Red October’.

53:30 – Why Alpha is not a beat maker with interesting industry insight.

55:00 – Alpha speak about the YouTube type beat revolution and explains what is a type beat. 

1:01:00 – Alpha talks about ‘Red October’ and the musical and emotional journey for the listeners of the tracks in his album.

1:07:00 – Suresh plays rapid fire with Alpha featuring Alpha’s fav desi hip hop artists, this or that, dream collabs and more.
1:17:00 – Special Feature: Alpha does a freestyle rap on a wavy Indian beat. The Challenge: He has to end his rhymes with the word ‘India’.