Sense of deja vu with Jassie Gift's latest album

Music Review

Film: "Rain, Rain Come Again"; Music: Jassie Gift; Lyrics: Kaithapram; English lyrics: Boban Abraham, Thara Thomas; Singers: Jassie Gift, Jyotsna, Karthika and Thara Thomas.

Jassie Gift's second venture after the stupendous success of "4 the People" is the Malayalam "Rain, Rain Come Again". And as he has stated from various platforms, he has not tried to breakaway from the "4 the People" mould that brought him so much success. So, when you listen to the music of "Rain, Rain..." for the first time you may feel a sense of deja vu.

The music of "Rain, Rain..." can be termed a blend of several forms of popular world music, taking inspiration from every possible source, be it rap, reggae or our own traditional folk music.

There are seven numbers in the album, with one being repeated in female voices, which makes it eight - it gives the listener a whirlwind experience.

"Themmadikatte" sung by Jassie himself is the real attraction to buy this album, but it also carries the risk of making you feel disappointed with the rest of the songs when you hear them for the first time. If you are patient enough to come back to the album, however, it is sure to grow on you. The lyrics by Kaithapram give the song the feel of "Lajjavathiye", the cult song from "4 the People".

"Themmadikatte" is repeated on B side with the voices of Jyotsna and Karthika lending freshness to the song. "Nillu Nillu" begins like Jassie's

own "Annakilli" from his previous film. But, thankfully, the similarity ends there. Being the second song of the album, it succeeds in maintaining the tempo created by the intoxicating "Themmadikatte".

Next on the list is "Kanampothi", which is just passable. A child's voice in the beginning of the number gives it an A.R. Rahman feel.

"Kiss of Death", a purely English concoction of rap and reggae, is disappointing. The song penned by Boban Abraham may not go down well even

with diehard Jassie fans.

"Krishna", the song at the end of the album, seems to be influenced by the style of the Colonial Cousins.

Jassie lends his unorthodox baritone to every song (except the female version of "Themmadikatte"), which seems to bind this album as a common thread.

The connoisseurs may have termed the success of "Lajjavathiye" as a passing phase, but with "Rain, Rain Come Again" Jassie Gift has proved that he is here to stay. Now his challenge would be to produce conventional film songs

in the voice of other male singers.

On the whole, this album is its money's worth. If you are not expecting anything drastic from the Jassie Gift-Jayaraaj team, you won't be disappointed.

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