Panjabi MC: The Album
2003
Dharma Records
The Anglo-Indian rapper Panjabi MC had a massive international hit with the song “Mundian to Bach Ke,” making him perhaps the most generally recognizable voice in the Punjabi folk-pop fusion bhangra style. This album leads with that track, drawing the listener in with the familiar before heading down more explicitly hip-hoppy and dhol-driven, cinematic paths. Guest singers are everywhere, notably on the gorgeous “Ghalla Gurian”; every track unpeels a different layer of Panjabi MC’s complex musical vision.
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