Panjabi MC - 'Mundian To Bach Ke'

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What are people's thoughts on this, the 4 and a half year old, Knight Rider sampling track which has just become the first bhangra song to get into the 'official' top ten at No5?
Whether this is merely a novelty, token crossover hit or tip of a new mainstream-success ice-burg remains to be seen, I think.
But Missy Elliot, Holly Valance, Busta Rhymes and others have had recent hits using Eastern flavours in their music. Have they whetted the public's appetite enough for 4-real bhangra to join hip-hop as a regular in the charts?

― DavidM (DavidM), Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Panjabi MC: "Bhangra is massive in the UK. It's bigger than hip-hop [but] hip-hop is a multimilion-pound industry and bhangra is... a 25, ooo pound industry"

'MTBK' got to No2 in Germany.

― DavidM (DavidM), Sunday, 19 January 2003 19:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Horrible record

― zoot, Monday, 20 January 2003 14:29 (twenty-three years ago)

zoot hates fun, heh...i do find the use of 'Eastern flavours' in a lot of the pop, hip hop and soul kinda contrived tho...but i suppose this is the real deal so carry on...

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 20 January 2003 14:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Almost brilliant, but the bass line is ultimately too four-square and unswinging.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Monday, 20 January 2003 16:20 (twenty-three years ago)

eh? bassline based on Knight RIder theme thus class

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 20 January 2003 16:25 (twenty-three years ago)

...thus ass, more like.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Monday, 20 January 2003 16:36 (twenty-three years ago)

i went to hmvto get this but decided i liked it mainly for the knightrider theme and that i'd probably not play it too often if i did. in the shop i preferred jameson's true but i didn't bother with that either. come on, chrimbo's over, inspire me music!

― michael wells (michael w.), Monday, 20 January 2003 16:41 (twenty-three years ago)

i think i still prefer Busta's 'Fire It Up'

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 20 January 2003 18:33 (twenty-three years ago)

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