Comments on: Doin’ Her Thang Thang http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/01/06/doin_her_thang/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Omar Singh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/01/06/doin_her_thang/comment-page-1/#comment-119845 Omar Singh Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:33:37 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4074#comment-119845 <p>I've been following Shakti since that 2004 release and for someone independent with no major label behind her she really is Doing her thang thang and going for it from what I can tell. I heard that song in a lot of clubs in New York. I can't say the same for a lot of other indian artists that have tried to come up. (exception: PMC..but he's a DJ) I hope she does blow up cause we need some type of representation out there in the mainstream and M.I.A. just aint it.. Maybe Shakti is gonna be the one? I heard that she could really sing and do all this crazy stuff..wasn't she doing like wierd jazz stuff at some point? Anyway..</p> <p>I found the lyrics somewhere for the let me dance song..it is actually</p> <p>just like the bellydance the gypsys did to please their men just like the Karma Sutra's practised by the Indians..</p> <p>Ghandi..LOL..I heard his name in a track that showed up on her myspace for like 2 days a couple of months go...she was rapping and said something about Ghandi and there will be no peace...or something like that.</p> <p>I want to hear that DnB remix the other guy was talking about. how can I get a copy?</p> <p>Oh yeah..don't sleep on that guy that did her production..he has some good tunes on his myspace..you can get to his page thru her myspace page.</p> I’ve been following Shakti since that 2004 release and for someone independent with no major label behind her she really is Doing her thang thang and going for it from what I can tell. I heard that song in a lot of clubs in New York. I can’t say the same for a lot of other indian artists that have tried to come up. (exception: PMC..but he’s a DJ) I hope she does blow up cause we need some type of representation out there in the mainstream and M.I.A. just aint it.. Maybe Shakti is gonna be the one? I heard that she could really sing and do all this crazy stuff..wasn’t she doing like wierd jazz stuff at some point? Anyway..

I found the lyrics somewhere for the let me dance song..it is actually

just like the bellydance the gypsys did to please their men just like the Karma Sutra’s practised by the Indians..

Ghandi..LOL..I heard his name in a track that showed up on her myspace for like 2 days a couple of months go…she was rapping and said something about Ghandi and there will be no peace…or something like that.

I want to hear that DnB remix the other guy was talking about. how can I get a copy?

Oh yeah..don’t sleep on that guy that did her production..he has some good tunes on his myspace..you can get to his page thru her myspace page.

]]> By: nishe http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/01/06/doin_her_thang/comment-page-1/#comment-119839 nishe Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:51:05 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4074#comment-119839 <p>so i just want to say i saw shakti perform on tv a few days ago it was vh1 or soemthing shes really got it. i couln't belive someone so talented was so humble she has way better stuff then the old song i keep hearing different stuff pop up. i hope she blows up. her albumn has timbaland on it too for the person talking so much about the producer.</p> so i just want to say i saw shakti perform on tv a few days ago it was vh1 or soemthing shes really got it. i couln’t belive someone so talented was so humble she has way better stuff then the old song i keep hearing different stuff pop up. i hope she blows up. her albumn has timbaland on it too for the person talking so much about the producer.

]]> By: Manisha http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/01/06/doin_her_thang/comment-page-1/#comment-116081 Manisha Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:58:16 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4074#comment-116081 <p>I heard that this is actually a cover of a hip-hop song. You can hear it on www.desihits.com on their Urban Desi podcast show. Cool show with soem very cool music</p> I heard that this is actually a cover of a hip-hop song. You can hear it on http://www.desihits.com on their Urban Desi podcast show. Cool show with soem very cool music

]]> By: Sriram http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/01/06/doin_her_thang/comment-page-1/#comment-111001 Sriram Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:53:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4074#comment-111001 <blockquote>Man, the Beatles did it better.</blockquote> <p>Preach on, sister.</p> Man, the Beatles did it better.

Preach on, sister.

]]> By: SC http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/01/06/doin_her_thang/comment-page-1/#comment-110977 SC Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:24:14 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4074#comment-110977 <blockquote>"Just like the Kama Sutra got to Gandhi in the end." <blockquote>Oh no. How unfortunate. I guess I should have been careful what I asked for. Thanks, SC.</blockquote></blockquote> <p>Oh, my goodness, Siddhartha Bhai, I was just joking. I don't really think she's saying that. It just kinda sounds like that.</p> <blockquote>I humbly propose a catchphrase to describe desis who unironically co-opt brown stereotypes, symbols, and terminology: "Shaktified"</blockquote> <p>Brilliant. I had always used the term "self-exotification" but "Shaktification" is even better.</p> “Just like the Kama Sutra got to Gandhi in the end.”
Oh no. How unfortunate. I guess I should have been careful what I asked for. Thanks, SC.

Oh, my goodness, Siddhartha Bhai, I was just joking. I don’t really think she’s saying that. It just kinda sounds like that.

I humbly propose a catchphrase to describe desis who unironically co-opt brown stereotypes, symbols, and terminology: “Shaktified”

Brilliant. I had always used the term “self-exotification” but “Shaktification” is even better.

]]> By: Deepa http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/01/06/doin_her_thang/comment-page-1/#comment-110840 Deepa Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:03:56 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4074#comment-110840 <p>Man, the Beatles did it better.</p> Man, the Beatles did it better.

]]> By: Huey http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/01/06/doin_her_thang/comment-page-1/#comment-110695 Huey Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:11:28 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4074#comment-110695 <p>"brownosity"? She's better than K-Fed, I'll give her that.</p> “brownosity”? She’s better than K-Fed, I’ll give her that.

]]> By: Fuerza Dulce http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/01/06/doin_her_thang/comment-page-1/#comment-110659 Fuerza Dulce Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:26:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4074#comment-110659 <p>An even better kamasutra song reference - look up Adassa - she's a Latina artist, and even better, she has a track w/ Pitbull called "Kamasutra". She has done the <a href="http://search.music.yahoo.com/search/?m=all&p=adassa">track </a>in Spanish as well as in English, and they're both equally amusing.</p> <p>As for my thoughts on Shakti - she was my "friend" on MySpace back in the day. I tried to listen to her with an open mind, but honestly, I don't feel like she does any particular genre justice. Her voice and music just aren't that good. She's trying to cash in on her brownosity and is trying to come across as if she has an edge, or is doing something different, when the truth is simply to the contrary. And her addition to the "Do your thang thang" track just effs it up.</p> An even better kamasutra song reference – look up Adassa – she’s a Latina artist, and even better, she has a track w/ Pitbull called “Kamasutra”. She has done the track in Spanish as well as in English, and they’re both equally amusing.

As for my thoughts on Shakti – she was my “friend” on MySpace back in the day. I tried to listen to her with an open mind, but honestly, I don’t feel like she does any particular genre justice. Her voice and music just aren’t that good. She’s trying to cash in on her brownosity and is trying to come across as if she has an edge, or is doing something different, when the truth is simply to the contrary. And her addition to the “Do your thang thang” track just effs it up.

]]> By: timepass http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/01/06/doin_her_thang/comment-page-1/#comment-110656 timepass Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:34:13 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4074#comment-110656 <p>I humbly propose a catchphrase to describe desis who unironically co-opt brown stereotypes, symbols, and terminology: <b>"Shaktified"</b></p> <p>Example usage:</p> <p>"Shakira was looking all <i>shaktified </i> and glam in her <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5313228.stm">VMA Bollywood dance number</a>."</p> <p>"Hank Azaria's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon">Apu</a> voice needed more of that authentic desi flavor so he <i>shaktified</i> it through special secret training. Now his Apu sounds more stereotypically desi than ever."</p> <p>Related terms: <i>shaktification</i>, <i>shakticize</i></p> <p>Remember, if you want to "exude glamour and verve like a glistening eastern jewel", you must shaktify yourself.</p> I humbly propose a catchphrase to describe desis who unironically co-opt brown stereotypes, symbols, and terminology: “Shaktified”

Example usage:

“Shakira was looking all shaktified and glam in her VMA Bollywood dance number.”

“Hank Azaria’s Apu voice needed more of that authentic desi flavor so he shaktified it through special secret training. Now his Apu sounds more stereotypically desi than ever.”

Related terms: shaktification, shakticize

Remember, if you want to “exude glamour and verve like a glistening eastern jewel”, you must shaktify yourself.

]]> By: Gulabi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/01/06/doin_her_thang/comment-page-1/#comment-110652 Gulabi Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:06:16 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4074#comment-110652 <p>I was bombarded with myspace friend requests from Shakti.</p> I was bombarded with myspace friend requests from Shakti.

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