Hassan Asif writes: We need to talk about Hasan Raheem. When I listen to his songs I feel as if he is gesturing towards a barely audible, subsonic challenge to find a historical precedent for his music in the Pakistani pop music repertoire. We, as listeners of Pakistani pop, have been conditioned (somehow) to draw overreaching claims in musical genealogies: "oh, this one sounds like early Vital Signs [or insert a random 90's band name]"; "this one is definitely taking its groove from Nazia's prime"; or "this is part of the wave that
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Hassan Asif writes: We need to talk about Hasan Raheem. When I listen to his songs I feel as if he is gesturing towards a barely audible, subsonic challenge to find a historical precedent for his music in the Pakistani pop music repertoire. We, as listeners of Pakistani pop, have been conditioned (somehow) to draw overreaching claims in musical genealogies: "oh, this one sounds like early Vital Signs [or insert a random 90's band name]"; "this one is definitely taking its groove from Nazia's prime"; or "this is part of the wave that