Thursday, August 21, 2008

Money Hai Toh Honey Hai

Album: Money Hai Toh Honey Hai

Music: Adnan Sami, Nitin Arora, Sony Chandy


Title track Money hai toh honey hai is a mix of hip-hop, electronic music and tinges of Chinese sounds. The composer duo joins Harshdeep Kaur for the rendition. Since the song is quite a concoction with Sameer's bizarre lyrics, its popularity is doubtful.

With Awaara dil, we move on to an unconventional, hip-hop number. Rendered by a horde of singers - Adnan Sami, Shruti Pathak, Bob, Ishq Bector, Shantanu Hudlika, Nitz 'N' Sony and Arya - the song moves at a steady pace. Sameer's peppy lyrics gel with the arrangements that are kept thumping and a lot of rap is thrown in as well.

Churiyaan doesn't waver much from the genre except for mixing hip-hop with a bit of Sufi. Sunidhi Chauhan and Labh Janjua croon this romantic piece pretty well that has Sameer's average lyrics. The arrangements are an easy mix between the two genres and thankfully do not result in a major chaos.

Next Ta na na is more of a dance number, with Nitin, Sony, Earl and Arya joining lead singers Kunal Ganjawala and Rekha Bharadwaj.

Rangeeli raat stops the hip-hop chain. The loud track, revolving around a grand celebration, has the quintessential, blaring instruments tossed in and, to top it all, it has the piercing vocals of Daler Mehendi. Sunidhi Chauhan, Saleem and Arya join him, but they don't complement him. The number ends up being a complete mess.

Changing the genre once again, Nitin and Sony move on to rock for No big deal. And this time, they get one of the ideal rock gurus Suraj Jagan for the rendition. The track has chances of doing well.

Dance master is not so appealing and can easily be skipped. Although drummer Sivamani collaborates with singer Shaan, this does not work out in either one's favour as both the music and the arrangements have a very dead feel to them.

Finally, instrumentals take over the reins with Hope. The track is an instrumental piece on the lines of No big deal and includes a couple of soulful and harmonious instruments that make the entire package notable. A must-listen.

Money... is an album without your typical Bollywood music. Even though the experimentation works out well for the new composers, it is too soon to say how it will work out for the makers of the movie.

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