{"id":6775,"date":"2011-09-12T04:03:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T09:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/?p=6775"},"modified":"2011-09-12T04:03:53","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T09:03:53","slug":"blue-scholars-bollywood-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/12\/blue-scholars-bollywood-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Scholars&#8217; Bollywood Icon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ha, ji! <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rani_Mukerji\" target=\"_blank\">Ms. Rani Mukerji<\/a> is a now a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/A-song-named-after-Rani-Mukerji\/Article1-741894.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;rap music icon&#8221;<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blue Scholars- Rani Mukerji (2011)\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uzVCv_I5m8A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s<strong> #MusicMonday<\/strong> comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/bluescholars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Blue Scholars<\/strong><\/a>, the hip hop\/spoken word crew out of Seattle. The song comes from their just released album <strong>Cinemetropolis<\/strong>,<a href=\"http:\/\/bluescholars.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> available for download on bandcamp<\/a>. Each song on the album is named after a person, such as Yuri Kochiyama, Oscar Grant, and Anna Karina.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>The duo \u2014 DJ Sabzi and MC Geologic \u2014 say the song \u2018Rani Mukerji\u2019 is a big hit at their live concerts. \u201cRani appears to be a powerful, intelligent woman and a cultural leader. She does a good job balancing her projected image with dignity and without allowing herself to be objectified,\u201d says DJ Sabzi, adding his favourite Rani film is the 2002 hit Saathiya. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/A-song-named-after-Rani-Mukerji\/Article1-741894.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">hindustantimes<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Hands down, <em>Rani Mukerji<\/em> is my favorite song on the album. As a Bangla speaker, I must say, it gives me a little thrill to hear feisty Bengali words in the catchy chorus. I expect I&#8217;ll be singing these words all week long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ha, ji! Ms. Rani Mukerji is a now a &#8220;rap music icon&#8221;! Today&#8217;s #MusicMonday comes from Blue Scholars, the hip hop\/spoken word crew out of Seattle. The song comes from their just released album Cinemetropolis, available for download on bandcamp. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/12\/blue-scholars-bollywood-icon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[80,78,81,79],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6775"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6775"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6782,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6775\/revisions\/6782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}