Various Artists / Streets Of Bollywood And Beyond, The
Album: Streets Of Bollywood And Beyond, The   Collection:World
Artist:Various Artists   Added:Jun 2006
Label:Times Square Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2006-07-02 Pull Date: 2006-09-03 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Sep 3 Aug 27 Aug 20 Aug 13 Aug 6 Jul 30 Jul 23 Jul 16
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Recent Airplay
1. Aug 30, 2006: Not Storytime
Say Na, Say Na
4. Aug 15, 2006: New World Disorder
Say Na, Say Na
2. Aug 22, 2006: New World Disorder
Naadirdinna
5. Aug 08, 2006: New World Disorder
Indi-Yarn
3. Aug 17, 2006: Storytime!
Afreen Afreen (Dance Mix)
6. Aug 06, 2006: Boo Disorder
Naadirdinna

Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2006-06-28
[coll]: Streets of Bollywood and Beyond (Times Square)
Reviewed by Sadie O., 6/28/06
Modern urban Indian (and Indian expat) dance music, movie music, remixes, mostly out of England. Wide range of quality – some gawdawful commercial tripe and a few inspired moments. Track 1 and 12 are infectious dance treats from a recent hit movie, track 13 (with Nusret Fateh Ali Khan) and 14 (by A.R. Rahman) are brilliant, there are a couple of decent English style Bhangra cuts, and tracks 8-10 suck so hard it hurts.
FCC on track 9, which is pure shite anyway.
1. 3:15 ***midtempo high energy urban Bhangra, female vocalist. From the recent hit movie “Bluffmaster”. Highly infectious!
2. 3:22 *somewhat downtempo and relaxed beat, sound collage with some pretty female vocals and a bit of English pop hip hop.
3. 5:00 *midtempo dance Hindi remix with English (rather bland) rap. Nice sound overall, though.
4. 5:07 **midtempo dance groove with really fun sound – unfortunately the rap in English is even worse than the last cut.
5. 4:16 ***midtempo Bhangra, with some traditional style male/female back and forth, a lot of remix from huge hit movie with Shahrukh Khan from several years ago.
6. 6:02 *slow, with toast/rap by English DJ Cheshire Cat, female Hindi singer.
7. 3:45 *midtempo remix of hit from Hum Aapke Hain Koun a few years back, with a bit of English rap.
8. 4:28 slow, pop, really rather awful, puerile female singing in English…
9. 3:04 FCC 0:30, 1:10, etc. “shit”; downtempo hip hop with very little Indian influence or interest.
10. 4:13 midtempo remix duet with another rather awful English rap really spoiling a decent Bollywood hit.
11. 5:35 **somewhat downtempo Bhangra, lots of Indian vocals and bit of OK English/Jamaican rap.
12. 3:57 ***slightly uptempo dance with fun vocals. Hit from Bluffmaster with samples from much earlier filmi hits, including the fun and goofy Eena Meena Deeka which was recently on a-file.
13. 5:45 ****downtempo remix featuring Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, rather trance-y and devotional, but with some cool beat.
14. 5:45 ****Amazing mashup of styles from A.R. Rahman and the film Paarthale Paravasam, which I think is Tamil? Midtempo, bongos, acoustic guitar, lovely vocals, sinister undercurrent. Amazing ending. A.R. Rahman roolz!

Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1. Uhlmann, Robert / Arash / Johan Bejerholm Say Na, Say Na
2. Sameeruddin Tadbeer Se Bigdi Hui Taqdeer (Destiny Mix)
3. Hunterz Baby Girl Remix (Aap Ka Aana)
4. Kami K Intoxicate (Zara Zara)
5. J-Skillz Henna (Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna)
6. White Rascal Waiting For You (Intezaar)
7. Metz & Trix Ladies In A Frenzy (Deedee Tera Devar)
8. Kami K As One (Silsile)
9. Rattan, Surinder Bollywood Queen (Zindagi Ban Gaye Ho Tum)
10. Metz & Trix You're Coming With Me (Dil Leke)
11. Manak, Kuldeep Ek Jogi Dillion Agaya
12. Trickbaby Indi-Yarn
13. Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Afreen Afreen (Dance Mix)
14. Rahman, A.R. / Rashid Ali & Thubhara Naadirdinna