Comments on: I used to love H.E.R

By: PooPac

PooPac — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:53:42 +0000

I don't know much about the history of rap in the US, but I get the unified feeling from those deeply involved in rap that the music today is not like anything it was decades ago. Unfortunately, it has regressed and the material written nowadays does not have the same meaning and impact it could potentially have in creating awareness of underrepresented and overlooked issues in different American communities. The thought and consciousness within and of society has diminished slightly in the music. Though this is not true of every work done by every rapper or musician, its value can and should be reexamined. It all probably depends on the interests of the respective writer. I myself usually rap about issues I personally feel are pressing or important to me and not as well known among others. But of course, I dip into mainstream indulgences at times to get away from stress arising from my own lyrics.

Peace, PooPac

By: ra ra

ra ra — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:35:24 +0000

arabian music has the best beats and rythem so why doesnt any1 make it more popular and mix with thw rnb and regatone. u cant go wrong with that. after all arabians know exactly how to move

By: Wantok

Wantok — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:54:06 +0000

I really enjoyed reading this post and the comments that followed. I'm not sure if anyone is reading the comments on this post anymore, but this guy is great: The Leano

Nice to see hip hop dealing with male sexual inadequacies, the total opposit of whats out there on popular radio now. More here.

By: zquest

zquest — Mon, 15 May 2006 18:17:08 +0000

I find it funny that most of you have been talking about hip hop and Asians, whether justifying it or opposing it, but few of you are actually listening to the music that Asian hip hop artists are putting out there… I saw about two or three shoutouts to Outlandish, 1Shanti, and Karmacy; three artists that I do respect. However, if you’d listen to your own Asian mainstream sounds… Bobby Friction and Nihal, you’d be surprised what you’ll find. Sure, they do dwell in the “money, sex, n alcohol” with a desi touch hip hop alot, but they do have their artists that will surprise you. For instance, ive been hearing some big things about a guy named MC Riz. And did the lyrics from the Common track not click in anyone’s mind? An Asian hip hop duo by the name of Sunit and Raxstar came out with a track earlier this year or late last year, I forget, called “Keep it Undercover”. Whether they copied Common is a different question, but the entire track revolves around the rappers love for this girl, well you assume it may be a girl, but he never explicitly says it, until the end when he says “we have a mutual trust and I would never abuse it, cuz the woman I’m in love with is music”

“… there was curry in the air I could smell the masala around the time Gurdass Mann came out with Challa I’m taking you way back to when the rain was purple before Michael Jackson became controversial she would dance with me tell me about the places that she been the things that she’s seen and everything in between and I would listen to her, so would everybody else sometimes I wish that I could keep her to myself…” the lyrics to the track, roughly…

By: DJ Drrrty Poonjabi

DJ Drrrty Poonjabi — Fri, 12 May 2006 03:11:16 +0000

This is not hip hop, but it’s really good. And I’m not just saying htat because I know the guy

I listened to a few tracks, it’s not bad at all. In fact, it’s quite good. Hrishikesh sounds a bit like like a desi Iron and Wine. The few desi emo-hipsters I’ve encountered have been nothing short of dreadful and intolerable, this dude seems to be pretty unpretentious. (I’m hoping.) Defintely an artist to watch for.

He’s coming to SF next month, likeminded mutineers should try to catch his show.

By: someone else

someone else — Wed, 10 May 2006 01:17:50 +0000

This is not hip hop, but it’s really good. And I’m not just saying htat because I know the guy

the one am radio

By: Cheap Ass Desi

Cheap Ass Desi — Fri, 05 May 2006 02:53:16 +0000

Hey, Jazzy B is not soooo bad.... Tall, dark, handsome Bobby on the cassette cover has probably already gotten his shaadi done. A mundelike that doesn't stay single for long.

Oh, I now have some words re: Bobby Jindal: he is basically a jackass and sell-out.

By: DJ Drrrty Poonjabi

DJ Drrrty Poonjabi — Fri, 05 May 2006 01:35:58 +0000

Apache Indian, yes, and also Jazzy Z

Jazzy Z? I believe you've unintentionally created a portmanteau of Johnny Z and Jazzy B; the latter of whom can only be described as completely ridiculous.

Good luck with your quest to find the tall, brown, and handsome man on the cassette cover, just don't lose any sleep over it. @=)

"Congressman Jindal supports a policy of 'no abortions, no exceptions,'" so I support of policy of "No Jindal, no exceptions."

By: Cheap Ass Desi very emotional

Cheap Ass Desi very emotional — Fri, 05 May 2006 01:15:47 +0000

Apache Indian, yes, and also Jazzy Z. But Bally Sagoo is a producer. There was the Sahotas as well, but sorry, they don't compare to Apna Sangeet. There was also Hans Raj Hans (whose concert I went to in LA!! Back in 1996) but his music is still alive and kicking.

Re: Bobby (who was tremendously handsome; another thing I remember was that on the cassette cover, he's resting his arm on a car, with his kadaa conspicuously flashing-- don't know what to make of the purpose of that), his last name was a common Punjabi last name-- Gill? not Singh.... something else...

Bobby Jindal... sigh.... at times, I am at a loss of words when someone mentions him.

By: DJ Drrrty Poonjabi

DJ Drrrty Poonjabi — Fri, 05 May 2006 00:58:08 +0000

Quick, throw me some names!

Aside from Apache Indian and Bally Sagoo, I think you pretty much summed up the best of the early 90s bhangra scene.

Malkit Singh did "Tera dupatta satranga da", right?

That would be the late and great Surjit Bindrakhia.

BTW, in 1995 or so, there was this guy named "Bobby" (maybe a young Bobby Jindal, before he crossed over to the Dark Side). His black-white picture on the cassette was what had induced me to buy it. The songs sucked, a type of hybrid slow jam/bhangra that I quite couldn't grasp.

Hmm, you've stumped me with that one. Perhaps you're thinking of Johnny Z, before underwent what was to become a pattern of identity crises and morph into Taz and then into Stereo Nation?

And btw Bobby Jindal has always been a member of the Dark Side, even if he refuses to acknowledge his membership to the Brown Side.