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Hip-hop's Alexander the Great-style impact on music from around the world is well-documented; its inexorable beats have plowed a path through sounds of every culture. And on the surface, the debut from Coventry, England's Rajinder Rai, aka Panjabi MC, seems to offer that same imbalance, thanks in large part to its Jay-Z cameo on the massive club single "Beware of the Boys." But once you get past the Western window-dressing (and Jay-Z's presence, despite the undeniable electricity and commercial clout it adds, isn't much more than that -- his verses, which ricochet from sexed-up snake-charming stereotypes to weak antiwar whine, certainly aren't among his most memorable), you discover that it's the droning groove of bhangra, not the block-rockin' beats, supplying this project its juice. Which means that the less overt mash-ups, like "Yaaran Kollon Sikh Kuriye" and "Jogi," carry a foreign intrigue even greater than Beware's huge hit. On those songs and others, it's the familiar rhymes and rhythms that are made to fit into an alien framework of wails and chants, instead of the other way around. As an authentic antidote to hip-hop's superficial Indian infatuation, Beware is most welcome; what it augurs for future musical meetings between East and West makes it most important as well. ~ Dan LeRoy
This groundbreaking album seamlessly fuses traditional Indian rhythms and instrumentation with the beats and aesthetic of classic Hip-Hop and R&B to form and entirely new sound. The album features Jay-Z. Sequence. 2003.
Introduction by: Soni Atwal.
Photographer: Mike Eller.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Manisha Godbole; Sukshinder Shinda; Balwinder Safri.
Personnel includes: Panjabi MC (rap vocals, vocals); Jay-Z (rap vocals); Labh Janjua, Surinda Shinda F, Emelzer Cazley, Gurdas Mann, Soni Atwal, Ranjit Mani, Raj Asia (vocals); Shukshinder Shinda (tabla, dohl).
Personnel: Panjabi MC (vocals); Hema Sharma, Gurdas Mann, Surinda Shinda, Emelzer Cazley, Soni Atwal, Jay-Z, Labh Janjua (vocals); Andre Dembkowski (guitar); K.S. Bharma (strings); Sunil Kalyan, Sukshinder Shinda (tabla); RSR (percussion).
Beware Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   awesome and multi-cultural
This CD is Awesome!
Rocks with a oriental taste of rap
Submitted by art4ta (San Francisco, CA)
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 cool
the grooves are fixed and the cuts are fierce. A force to be reckoned with
Submitted by Rouen (Freeport, Grand Bahma, Bahamas)
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Panjabi MC is sick
England's own Panjabi MC brings his talent to make these music, as we know the orginal "Beware of the boys" to other hits, This MC is did well with this track.
Submitted by Dj (Toronto, ON, Can)
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the shiznit!!! My dance team performed to this music at our basketball game...the crowd went wild!! BuY THIS C.D.!!!! it's sooooo good!!!
Submitted by stacy (indianapolis, In.)
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