Unless you lived under a rock for the past year, you heard Jay Sean's breakthrough single "Down." Who knows if his meteoric rise will be sustainable with continuing hits or if he'll be another one hit wonder to add to the ranks of Aqua and Buster Poindexter. Regardless, that's not why I'm posting about Jay Sean; indeed, he's just about as far from indie as they come. Instead, my motive is based in curiosity about American culture. You see, a quick Wikipedia search will reveal Jay Sean's real name as Kamaljit Singh Jhooti.
Consider this: There is an alternate universe where everything else is exactly the same. The only difference is that instead of Jay Sean collaborating with Lil Wayne on "Down," it's Jay Sean going by his real name, Kamaljit Singh Jhooti. That's the name that goes on all the promos and the singles and the album covers. It's the same exact song, but American political and cultural climate and generalized xenophobia considered, does anyone listen now that Jay Sean's Punjabi name is affixed to it? Just something to think about.
Stevie Wonder vs. Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne: "Downtight (Chambaland Mashup)" [alt]
3 comments:
dis is damn good, thanks..keep using hype machine u da man.
hey a while back you had a link to a british interpretive dance trio. any idea where i can find that again?
a while back you had a link you a video of a british interpretive dance trio. any idea where i can find that again?
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