Revolutionizing Indian American Music

Date: 8 Feb 2003 19:05:13 -0800
Newsgroups: alt.tv.survivor
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I don't how many actually appreciate Indian American music. I know I
certainly do. Sure you've heard of it. I'm not sure exactly when
Indian American music became revolutionary, but the very first of the
kind I heard was Missy Elliot's Get Ur Freak On. Then, other Americans
hopped onto the band wagon.
As far as I'm concerned, Truth Hurts (Shari Watson), Dr. Dre, and
Rakim represented India to the fullest in Addictive debuted in
April/May, 2002. Although plagiarized from Lata Mangeshkar's Thoda
Resham Lagta Hai (from 1981 movie Jyoti), Addictive truly became an
International success when the song started topping the international
charts which caused quite a stir in the UK and India. Consequently,
the Legendary Lata Mangeshkar now in her 70's, who is known as Mother
India of Music, slapped a $500M lawsuit against somebody called Truth
Hurts for plagiarism and stealing the song without permission or
providing any credits or profit for using the song. No doubt she will
win the lawsuit.
However, I'm quite surprised that although Truth Hurts and Dr. Dre
like the tune, they are very ignorant(doesn't even know Lata
Mangeshkar) and disrespectful towards Mrs. Mageshkar. MTV quoted Dr.
Dre "...that 'Indian girl' can sing..." Excuse me? Who is calling an
Indian girl? See how ignorant and disespectful they are are. Lata
Mengeshkar one of the greatest legends of music.
It's not over... Three other versions of Thoda Resham Lagta Hai have
been plagiarized by other Americans - again, without permission or
sharing profit.
Despite all of that, I have grown to love the new revolutionary Indian
American music. I mean even I admit Addicitve has a catchy tune. I
only hope that both pure Hindi and Indian American music will grow
into the American mainstream music like Latin American music with
Ricky Martin in 1999 following J Lo, Enrique Englisia (spelling?),
Shakira, Paulina Rubia, etc. (Gloria Estefan doesn't count. She's
Cuban. She's into Salsa music which I love btw).
Anways, if you get a chance, listen & enjoy both Addictive and Lata
Mangeshkar's Thoda Resham Lagta Hai by downloading them from
kazaa.com.