Labh Janjua finally gains fame

Labh Janjua, the vocalist of Mundian Ton Bach Ke & Beware Of The Boyz, has had his long and hard struggles in the Indian Music industry. Labh Janjua's first hit was with the track titled Munda Barle Mulakh Ton which was released in the 1990's era. After this, we don't know what happened to Labh Janjua as he disappeared. He came back on Panjabi MC's album with the aforementioned track and shot to instant hit status. However, Labh's solo album was never in the pipeline, and Labh was featured on many compilation albums and started to churn hit after hit. Not until recently, his hard work and perserverance has gotten from Punjabi Music to Bollywood/Hindi Indian music.

Labh Janjua did have an unofficial solo release by Big Suga Kane and BSK Records, however, Labh Janjua was totally unaware of this album. Big Suga Kane had bought solo individual pre-recorded vocals of Labh Janjua and marketed as the solo album for Labh Janjua. This album flopped badly as the music production was not close to Labh Janjua's vocal capabilities.

Since entering Bollywood, Labh Janjua has churned hit track after hit track. Soni De Nakhre from Partner has gained him high status in the Music Industry as an established hit Indian Music artist. Before this release, he had Pyar Karke in Pyar Ke Side Effects Hindi film.

His newly released track has just hit the airwaves in the last couple of weeks titled Agg Lagyey Fashion. His official solo album is also in the words in Punjabi music. However, it looks like Labh Janjua has earned his respect in due with time and will be sticking to the Bollywood Hindi Indian Music industry.

We will keep listening to Labh Janjua as long as he remembers his dearest fans worldwide.

Jazzy Bains New Album Rambo Releasing July 4th, 2008

For all Indian Music fans globally, this post if for all of you to let you all know that the Crown Prince Of Bhangra himself Jazzy Bains aka Jazzy B. will be releasing his new album titled Rambo worldwide on July 4th, 2008. After his last album about 3 years ago, Rambo is ensured to be a an instant SMASH Success. The music man himself, Indian Music's infamous Sukshinder Shinda is behind the controls again as the Music Producer. The album is to be released on the Speeds Records label in Indian, Moviebox Records label in U.K., and on Planet Recordz in North America.

The video teaser to Jazzy B's Rambo album can be seen on the Planet Recordz website at http://www.planetrecordz.com.

As you can see in the video teaser, you can see that Jazzy Bains did not spare any expense in the music videos as he has set the bar in standards very high in Indian Music. The music videos will be of top notch high caliber as we all know Jazzy's vocals are of that same standard.

This will be the album of the year guaranteed as Jazzy has been in the studio for over 3 years preparing for this album alongside Sukhsinder Shinda.

It looks like Sylvester Stallone making his movie Rambo has inspired the Indian Music industry especially Jazzy Bains to go ALL OUT!!!

Singh Is Kinng - 2008, The Year Indian Music Goes Global

This summer, actually in August 2008, there is a bollywood hindi film being released titled 'Singh Is Kinng' featuring the primo donna action star Akshay Kumar. This film in itself is setting and is going to set the entire Indian Music on fire with the soundtrack being released as well. The title track of this film is featuring the world wide rapper superstar Snoop Doggy Dog aka Snoop Dog! As you will see in the video being shot at the moment, Snoopy Dogg will do Indian Music a huge favor in setting the sales globally overnight into an Indian Music craze. The music video to the title track Singh Is Kinng is being shot at a record setting 7 crores Indian Rupees, which is $1.75 million dollars. This is a huge budget just for a music video in the Indian Music industry. Having Snoop Dogg in on the ranks of Indian Music is going to go a long way and a very very bright future is on its way right around the corner.

Truth Hurts - A major win and kickstart to Indian Music

In the year 2002, rapper Dr. Dre and his record label Aftermath Records, Interscope Records & Universal Music released Truth Hurts Addictive. This single sold 273,000 copies in the first week. If you ever gave this track a listen, this was fused with an Indian Music sample, Resham Lagtha Hai by the world famous Lata Mangeshkar. The original track Thoda Resham Lagtha Hai was written by Bappi Lahiri. The Truth Hurts Addictive track was an overnight success. And due to this, the Indian Music industry - Saregama Music, which owned the copyrights to the Lata Mangeshkar track Thoda Resham Lagtha Hai sued Dr. Dre and its record label Afermath Records, Interscope Records & Universal Records for a $500 million for illegally sampling the track and lacing it without copyrights and illegally using it to gain personal fortune. This was a major cornerstone of Indian Music going globally huge. Overnight, music fans around the world downloaded and bought the single just for the Lata Mangeshar vocal talent. This case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount as Bappi Lahiri and Saregama Record Label won the case and halted all sales and records from the shelves. This was a major blow and embarassment to the mainstream music industry and a major win and exciting news for the Indian Music industry.

In late 2007, another similar case with big name artists The Game and Timbaland have been sued by Saregama Music for illegally using one of their tracks and copyright infringements. The company claims one of its songs has been used in The Game's song Put You On The Game which was released in 2005. This is still before the courts.

By the way, as a note to mention, Saregama Music owns almost 50 percent of all of the music recorded in the Indian Music industry. This company/record label is very big and has done justice to the Indian Music industry.

Panjabi MC makes major breakthrough in Punjabi Music

As I continue with my posts, I must say and mention Panjabi MC (PMC) as a major breakthrough artist to make groundbreaking leaps for Indian Music go mainstream. Panjabi MC, hails from the United Kingdom and is a force to be reckoned with in regards to Punjabi Music. In around 1999, Panjabi MC released the now infamous album titled 'Legalised'. Legalised featured Gurdas Mann, Surinder Shinda, Yamla Jatt & Labh Janjua. This album was an underground album, and this album set record sales worldwide through the roof. I personally did not hear this album until spring of 2000, as I hail from Vancouver, B.C., Canada and the Indian/Punjabi/Bhangra Music industry is very big in U.K. North Americans were the last to hear these albums. And when I heard it, Panjabi MC retouched the infamous classis 'Challa' and boy did it sound sweet. This has been my all time favourite Indian Music track. Then the track 'Mundian Ton Bach Ke' by Labh Janjua -- WOW!!! This track made it into the dance floor scenes worldwide in the year 2000. This was the track that gave Indian/Punjabi/Bhangra a name in the mainstream market. In the year 2003, this track was released as a single in Europe, and it catapulted to No. 5 on the charts in Europe. The North American version was being worked BIG TIME! Then the announcement came that Jay-Z would be featured on this single in North America, and the title of the track was going to be translated into English as -- Beware of the Boyz. This was released as a single in North America and hit the dance floors instantly. Now, the main aim of every artist in the Indian Music industry is to get a track released in the mainstream. I beleive there are a variety of artists that will conquer this next. I beleive in the following artists to hit it mainstream -- Jazzy B., Sukshinder Shinda, and/or RDB.

As you can see, Panjabi MC has devoured the audience to thrive for more. Mundian Ton Bach Ke/Beware Of The Boyz has accomplished what no one ever had thought of in the Indian Music industry.

Indian Music going mainstream

As I was mentioning in my previous post, East Indian music has started to go mainstream. From what I can remember while I was a child, I remember the artist by the name of Apache Indian, who fused raggae into Indian music. Boy, did Apache Indian represent Punjabi Music with his raw raggae lyrics fused into Punjabi music. It was never done before and was an instant success. To my knowledge, Apache was the first artist in Indain Music to hit the mainstream market, and now he is known worldwide performing for artists in the Punjabi Music industry from A-Z. Punjabi Music has evolved into a bigger market and riled up interest in this genre of amongst the Indians worldwide. I remember the single 'Chok De' and 'Boom Shaka A Laka' as the two best Apache Indian tracks ever. I remember the line '...Sweet like jalebi...' as one of the chorus lines in the track 'Chok De'. Apache Indian now has a wider music fan base and is very successful in the Indian Music industry.

Indian Music

Welcome to my blog. Here I will write and share with you my views and points about Indian Music. I am an avid Indian Music fan and have been since my birth (as this is what my mother and father have told me). In this day in age, Indian Music is now being represented in the mainstream genre. Music as a whole in every genre has evolved into a major part in everyone's lives. I've always shared a viewpoint with my colleagues and friends in regards to music, whether it be Indian Music or any other music and that is -- WITHOUT ANY MUSIC AT ALL, WHAT WOULD THE WORLD BE LIKE? The reason I say this is simple -- music makes us live. Music is full of emotions and makes us feel better and energizes us at the same time. Simply said, without music, all of the clubs/raves/parties would not be alive. All of the clubs worldwide would be shut down since music is the heart of the clubs/raves/parties.

I have been attached to Indian Music due to my deep cultural roots instilled in me from my parents. I will be sharing my viewpoints in the coming posts in regards to Indian Music past, present, and future.