There is a particular challenge that comes with developing a recognisable sound: eventually, the thing that made you stand out can become the thing people expect you to repeat. For Raga, that expectation has been built around a voice and identity deeply connected to Delhi — raspy delivery, hard-edged rap, street vocabulary, aggression, ambition and the language of Jamnapaar. His new mixtape, NO FORMULA, asks what happens when that expectation is removed. Released on 11 Septem

Raga's first full-length project since his 2019 debut album Rap Ka Mausam is finally here — and it doesn't sound like a man easing back in. No Formula runs 21 tracks deep, pulls in more than two dozen collaborators, and treats its own runtime like an open floor rather than a tightly controlled comeback statement. That's the first thing worth understanding about this project. Raga could have released five songs and called it a return. Instead, he built something closer to a ro