Diss Tracks Heat up Desi Hip-Hop

Diss Tracks Heat up Desi Hip-Hop

*BTM220717/ /10/K/1*/10/Y/1*/10/M/1*/10/C/1* 10 BOMBAY TIMES, THE TIMES OF INDIA MUSIC SATURDAY 22 JULY 2017 COUNTDOWN CHARTS Best of Bollywood songs Banker turned singer kick- for the week ending July 22, 2017 Last Peak Song Album week Position Title Title starts 10-city music tour 1 1 1 Ullu Ka Pattha Jagga Jasoos 2 3 2 Radha Jab Harry Met Sejal 3 5 3 Galti Se Mistake Jagga Jasoos [email protected] munication, which connects and bonds people 4 8 4 Beech Beech Mein Jab Harry Met Sejal together.”Ameya’s new musical concept ‘Heart 5 4 2 Raabta Raabta hen you quit everything to follow your 2 Heart’ is a melodious embellishment of 6 - - Hans Mat Pagli Toilet - Ek Prem Katha passion single-mindedly,you are invari- ghazals and Sufi music celebrating love 7 2 2 Main Tera Boyfriend Raabta W ably blessed with success and that is and romance, while the other,‘Ekam Satt’, 8 7 1 Baarish Half Girlfriend what happened with banker turned singer, showcases the works of global saints and 9 6 1 Radio Tubelight Ameya Dabli. A chemical engineer with a man- spreads the message of ‘One World 10 - - Safar Jab Harry Met Sejal agement degree, Ameya gave up a 15-year corpo- Family’ across cultures. His 10-city 11 13 11 Ding Dang Munna Michael rate career, to follow his heart and that has till ‘Heart 2 Heart’ tour, produced by AD 12 10 10 Hawa Hawa Mubarakan date, earned him over 1,500 concerts across 15 Ventures, kicks-off tomorrow at the 13 16 13 Jhumritalaiyya Jagga Jasoos countries. Bal Gandharva Auditorium, Bandra. 14 9 5 Ikk Vaari Aa Raabta His training in Hindustani light music and Concerts will also be held at ghazals began when he was just seven, and later, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, 15 11 6 Naach Meri Jaan Tubelight he also acquired formal training in Western Kolkata and other cities. 16 12 1 Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin Meri Pyaari Bindu music. Ameya, who sings and enjoys all genres For details contact 17 14 3 Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga Half Girlfriend Beech Beech Mein says, “Music with a message is my motto. I firm- +91 9820598874 / 9920327826 or 18 15 10 Main Agar Tubelight Arijit Singh sings in ly believe that it is the strongest means of com- log on to Bookmyshow. 19 17 4 Suit Suit Hindi Medium Ameya Dabli 20 18 8 Mercy Mercy falsetto for Beech Beech Mein. This song is a far cry from his mushy love songs! WEEK ENDING JULY 22, 2017 DISS TRACKS HEAT UP TOP 5 ANGREZI Album Artiste / Song Title Title Band 1 Despacito Single Luis Fonsi feat. Justin Bieber 2 I’m The One Album DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber Co-written by PARTYNEXTDOOR, DESI HIP-HOP 3 That's What I Like Album Bruno Mars the track swerves between 4 Wild Thoughts Album DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna innuendos and carnal statements, making it less raunchy [email protected] 5 Shape Of You Album Ed Sheeran and more sweet. iss tracks have These are the international songs compiled across all genres, ranked by radio airplay audience impression been around since D the 80s in the hip- Badshah hop scene in the West. TUNE CHURA LIYA HAI TUMNE JO DIL KO Rap feuds like the one INTO between Tupac and SINGERS: ASHA BHOSLE AND MOHAMMED RAFI Biggie or Nas and Jay- RETRO Z are legendary.And it Trending retro n iconic love duet sung by Asha Bhosle continues; only song of the and Mohammed Rafi, the former has week Aoften said that no concert of hers is recently Jay-Z aimed a lyrical jibe at his ex- complete without a request for this track from best pal Kanye West in Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973). Interestingly, the his latest album 4:44. song is inspired by an English pop number, If For those new to the It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium by Bojoura term, a diss track is (1969). Picturised on Zeenat Aman and Vijay when one singer takes Raftaar Arora, the song is also proof of composer RD a dig at a rival through Burman’s penchant for experimentation — he their music. It’s a situa- used the sound of a spoon tapping a glass. The Zeenat Aman guitar in the song has been played by noted tion unique in the hip- Bohemia hop scene. Given the fact and Vijay Arora singer, Bhupinder Singh. that hip-hop has now become popular in main- To listen to all the latest hits, download the Gaana app now! stream Bollywood movies, it was only a matter of time that rappers started releasing diss tracks. Since the past three years, a number of desi rappers started releasing such tracks and casual digs at Indian resolving or escalating disputes and rappers, Bohemia has, sleighs, both imagined and unimag- in several online videos, deci- Album: ined with other rappers. And just like in mated online the West, diss tracks are fun for fans if Mubarakan made well and result into increased fame for Genre: Bollywood artistes. Here’s looking at the best diss tracks we Yo Yo BADSHAH’S UNDERHAND Finally,here’s a Hindi film have around... Honey Singh DIG AT FORMER that can justify all the GROUP MEMBER Punjabi-ish numbers in its album! Mubarakan is a ENTERTAINMENT In an interview that Badshah gave this year, he mad caper about a Punjabi revealed how Honey Singh did not give him family and the composers RAFTAAR HITS OUT AT credit for the time him and Raftaar wrote for have exploited the popularity HONEY SINGH the rapper and took him for a ride. The songs Punjabi tunes enjoy among in question included the hits Brown Rang Bollywood audience, to their Formerly a member of the urban music group Mafia and Dope Shope. So, in is track titled advantage. Mundeer, Raftaar is angry like hell. His bone of con- Bandook, which fans say is a total diss track First in line is Amaal tention is Yo Yo Honey Singh; his ‘brother’ from the aimed at Honey, Badshah says, “Loot ke Mallik’s The Goggle Song,which Arjun Kapoor same group, which fell apart in a spectacular fashion auroon ke paise bana tu rich (boy),” And promises to be the ‘shades song and Ileana after Badshah and Raftaar quit the group claiming then he adds, “Meri salah tujhe bas yahi of the year’ after last year’s Kala D’Cruz in that Singh fleeced them. The track Raftaar first hai, ke soch samajh ke kariyo jo bhi karna Chashma. A fun number, this Hawa Hawa released after quitting Mafia Mundeer was Fukra hai, Coz Karma is a bitch (boy).” sends out great dance floor vibes. Flow, where he dissed Honey Singh. He called him While the arrangements are several singers going behind the mic — Papon, out quite clearly with his ‘Yo Yo’ title and said he is an peppy, especially the recurring Altamash Faridi, Aditi Singh Sharma and auto tune ‘bot’. While now it’s all quiet on tht HONEY SINGH EXPLAINS string section, the band of singers Arpita Mukherjee — but is really nothing to front, you never know when the fragile peace can be HIP-HOP — Sonu Nigam, Armaan Malik, write home about. broken. Amaal, Tulsi Kumar and Neeti A catchphrase-and-tune remix of Pakistani Arguably the most famous Indian Mohan — take it slow, letting the singer Hassan Jahangir’s popular number, rapper, Yo Yo Honey Singh answered instruments infuse all the energy. Hawa Hawa, is the pick of the album. With BOHEMIA CALLS OUT HONEY SINGH, all his critics in this track. Titled Mubarakan, composed by Rishi quirky lyrics by Kumaar and unrestrained Issey Kehte Hain Hip Hop. This is the RAFTAAR AND BADSHAH Rich and Yash Anand, starts with stat- singing by Mika Singh and Prakriti Kakar, song where he took on all his ic radio voices. While tunes from the Gourov-Roshin’s reworked version is already A pioneer of desi hip-hop, Bohemia is known for his detractors who said Singh went too retro years play in the background, mil- a chartbuster. firepower delivery and his puritan approach mainstream and that his music lennial sounds take the foreground. The The soundtrack ends with Dil Dhadke to hip-hop. Considering the fact that he was not ‘real’ anymore. He song, rendered by Juggy D, Yash Louder Louder, another Gourov-Roshin com- has been an underground artist for so goes, “Socho Honey Narvekar, Badshah and Sukriti Kakar, is position. This one is a cool fusion of modern long, Bohemia gets irked with SOCHO Singh hi agar paida the shortest in the album and does nothing beats and folk tunes. The entire song is a play mainstream desi hip-hop hua na hota. Toh HONEY SINGH HI more than serving as just the title track. on the popular Punjabi call, Baari Barsi acts like Badshah, Yo Yo phir music indus- Amaal’s other song for the film, Jatt Khatan Gaya Si, and Rinku Giri and Puja Honey Singh and even AGAR PAIDA HUA NA try ka revolu- Jaguar, is foot-tappingly Punjabi. While Basnet have handled it well. Raftaar. So, besides tion hi nahi HOTA. TOH PHIR MUSIC Navraj Hans begins the song with a Punjabi There’s not much variety in the album, but taking hota.” tadka, Vishal Dadlani takes it forward with we like how the composers have maintained a INDUSTRY KA REVOLUTION full gusto. Apeksha Dandekar’s section is soundscape, with all the numbers having a HI NAHI HOTA quite flavoursome, too.

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