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The Massacre, 50 Cent Sony BMG
Even if hip hop isn8217;t your scene, 50 Cent8217;s second album The Massacre is popish enough.
The rapper8217;s teamed up with hotshot producers Eminem and Dr Dre for this one too. Candy Shop, the first single featuring 24-year-old Olivia, the newest R038;B entry into the rapper8217;s inner circle G Unit, has already topped the Billboard charts. This is just what Eminem and Dr Dre who8217;ve mixed the track are good at: A sinister, seductive hookline, while 50 Cent spews lines like, I melt in your mouth girl, not in your hand.
After his 2002 grand slam debut Get Rich Or Die Tryin, 50 Cent sure has the Grammy bling again with this album.
Hori Hai8212;A Festival Of Colours Beat of India
WITH the spirit of Baisakhi in the air, it8217;s time to tune into some more sounds from the fields.
Benaras-based Sucharita Gupta manages to strike a fine balance between thumri and folk in Mori Chunar Bhijal Jaye, one of the finer tracks in the album. Mohal Lal Kanskar8217;s Khele Hamse Hori follows a narrative style, when he sings about Krishna playing Holi in Brindavan. The singer from Mirzapur has rustic appeal, compared to Gupta8217;s trained vocals. Rajbir8217;s Aa Jaiyo Shyam is a more lively rendition that speaks of the indigo-skinned Krishna, and Radha.
The 10-track album explores various aspects of Holi, moving from gulaal-stained cheeks in Lallan Singh Gahmari8217;s Mora Phagun Mein Jiyra to the colour of the soul in Urmila Srivastava8217;s Charara Rang De.
Though you8217;re not satiated merely listening to these folk singers8212;the essence is in watching the entire performance, complete with flailing arms when they hit a crescendo, and instruments unique to their music. But if you8217;re in the mood for some music that goes beyond the commercial Rang Barse variety, then this is it.
