Comments on: Some music for your Monday

By: cocopuffs

cocopuffs — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:37:04 +0000

Nibu- i hear ya on that, i just dislike scott storch, he’s a dick in real life he makes some bangin beats tho

By: Faraz

Faraz — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:48:55 +0000

Bit late to be talking about “Bombay” been out for ages. But since it such a good song I will forgive you.

By: Zen

Zen — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:45:16 +0000

In response to #6 noon ennui and #10 Zen: blah blah blah I could see if they talked about curry and feathers or a red dot and a pow wow. But they didn't. So it appears that you are the two who are confused!

Why thank you Naz! Can I get my abCd title back? ABD never grew on me... Nice to see Nas sticking up for Jay-Z, warms the heart. Oh wait, you're not that Nas? Sorry, I must be confused again...

By: Nibu

Nibu — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:28:29 +0000

cocopuffs…youll have to excuse the rafi statement because my mp3 was mislabeled. also…compared to his peers timbo is no scott storch…and actually far from that. the best aaliyah album to me was done with r.kelly overseeing and not timbo. and the best ginuwine album had Johnathan “Mookie” Morant producing. and how is everyone forgetting the timbaland and magoo project…he should have killed himself after that. either way i dont want to confuse someone and say i am comparing him to premier in the industry standard. im talking about style-wise. if you listen to big pimpin and you listen to promiscuous girl theres too big of a gap and difference…in the same way if you listen to dre’s chronic and chronic 2001 theres a big difference-and that was obviously because daz dillenger did a majority of the production on chronic and melman and scott storch helped on 2001. dre was a producer in the same way a foreman on a worksite is a construction worker…both timbo and dre over saw the entire product and put the project together.anyways im just sayin.

speakin of over-rated…rehka’s new album is horrible IMO. and i dont know how anyone can call someone a dj if they cant mix a whole 30 minute set. end of story.

By: noon ennui

noon ennui — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:14:56 +0000

Down killer–I didn’t actually think Timbaland was confused, I was being facetious. I’m pretty sure he was just trying to rhyme two words together and “me” and “teepee” works. That’s all I’m sayin.

By: naz

naz — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:11:32 +0000

In response to #6 noon ennui and #10 Zen:

Give the guys some credit. Timbaland and Jay-Z know the freakin difference between Native Americans = Indians in the US (if you don't like it, you have beef with Chris Columbus) and Indians from the subcontinent = Indians.

Clearly, they are giving context in their lyrics that they are referring to Indians who are Native Americans, when they speak of Teepees and Feathers. DUH!

I could see if they talked about curry and feathers or a red dot and a pow wow. But they didn't. So it appears that you are the two who are confused!

Also, for your cultural awareness... charismatic music artists like Timbo and Jay are known for their sense of humor. Their lyrics always try to shock you and make you laugh. There is something ironic and funny about saying Teepees on a track with a woman from Sri Lanka by way of India. There is something ironic and funny about referencing a Native American girl as hot, since they are never discussed in the mainstream as being hot or even existing for that matter!

I agree with the comments above that this song is weak! But it takes popular cross-over artists like DJ Quick and Timbo to make this desi fused hip hop popular, despite the fact that plenty of desi artists have been mixing Hindi music with R&B and Hip Hop tracks for the longest time.

By: joaquin ochoa

joaquin ochoa — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:10:32 +0000

Yo, on the real, Kid…this Timbo song was poppin’ at the clubs many moons ago. I’m a bit sad that Sepis is just talking about this. You are always so damn hip on the Desi topics here.

Also, I haven’t seen much about the cute girl that comes out on ImagineAsianTV…Holla! http://www.iatv.tv/index3.php

By: Camille

Camille — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:55:49 +0000

You'd think that hip hop producers would have figured that the desi lawyer-uncles mean business after the 500 million dollar lawsuit slapped against DJ Quik and Dr Dre for Addictive.

But haven't they typically "gotten away with it" (for lack of a better term)? There are tons of examples of unlicensed Bollywood tracks being laced into hip hop songs/mixes, with no royalties paid, no credit, nothing. I ask you, Mutineers, because you are way more in the know in these fields than I am, but haven't there been very few legal challenges, and among the few that exist, hasn't there been very little success?

By: DJ Drrrty Poonjabi

DJ Drrrty Poonjabi — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:56:47 +0000

Also Big Pimpin was from an Arabic track not mohammed rafi

You're right, and the artist was Egyptian, to be most specific. Timbaland's not only being sued right now for aping the melody for Big Pimpin' but also by Saregama for the uncleared Bollywood sample in "Put You on the Game." You'd think that hip hop producers would have figured that the desi lawyer-uncles mean business after the 500 million dollar lawsuit slapped against DJ Quik and Dr Dre for Addictive.

By: illusive86

illusive86 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:08:23 +0000

deja vu?

didn’t you guys already drop the track back in April ’07

http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/004320.html

“The first of the two is Ã¢â‚¬Å“BombayÃ¢â‚¬ï¿½ featuring British-Asian songstress Amar, and the other Ã¢â‚¬Å“Come AroundÃ¢â‚¬ï¿½ with our girl M.I.A., which for some strange reason is only available in the U.S. as an import.”