Lehmber Hussainpuri

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Lehmber Hussainpuri


Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date and age|1977|7|17
Origin = Punjab, India
Genre = Bhangra, Punjabi Hip hop
Years_active = 2001–present
Label = Serious Records

Lehmber Hussainpuri ( _pa. ਲਹਿੰਬਰ ਹੁਸੈਨਪੁਰੀ, "IAST|lahimbar husainpurī" pronounced [IPA|lǽmbər husɛːnpuri] ) (born 17 July 1977 in Kapurthala, Punjab, India) is a popular bhangra singer in India, UK, USA, and Canada.

Career

Hussainpuri first appeared onto the mainstream bhangra scene through Mukhtar Sahota on a track titled 'Sohni Lagdi' who then moved onto a collaboration with Dr. Zeus on the album entitled Unda The Influence. This album was a success with both traditional and modern bhangra fans with such hits as "Ah Ni Kuriye", "Mele Vich Jatt" and "Tin Cheeja". He then did other notable tracks including "Gabroo Shokeen", "Yaar", "Daru" and a notable appearance on the world-wide smash-hit DesiRock by Swami.

An unofficial compilation entitled The Best of Lehmber Hussainpuri was also released in 2005 by Jatt Records. A tribute mixtape, in which Lehmber resang some of the great bhangra songs originally sung by Malkit Singh, Daler Mehndi, Sukwinder Shinda, etc. was released by VPearl Records entitled The Great Bhangra King. None of these were actual albums, rather just mixtapes by various companies to which Lehmber branched off.

Hussainpuri, in a relatively short time, has become one of the greatest Punjabi singers of recent times. He has many hit tracks on his own albums as well as on appearances on albums with Dr. Zeus, Aman Hayer, Simon Nandhra, RDB, DJ S-Bolina, DJ Sanj, Lil Sach and many others.

Hussainpuri is now signed to Serious Records based in the UK. His solo début album was released in October 2006 and contained tracks produced by Jeeti, Kam Frantic and Aman Hayer. In a recent attempt Envy Records, the former label which Hussainpuri was signed to, released a new album entitled 21 Century King of Bhangra featuring 3 new tracks and all of Hussainpuri's hit tracks from his Envy days. In response to this Hussainpuri released a video asking people not to buy the album and to only buy his albums which have been released by Serious Records. It has been stated that this is an attempt by Envy Records to get money back from Hussainpuri after he released Folk Attack early in India without their permission.

On September 19, 2007 Hussainpuri came out with an album called "Phuchal". It contained songs produced by Simon Nadhara, DJ VIX, Popsy, and Metz n Trix. This album had three versions to it. Phuchal, which was the original released by Serious Reords. Then, Phuchaal which was a mixtape released by Speed Records in India. Finally, Bhuchal a mixtape released by Planet Recordz in North America.

Recently, he has made appearances on 2 CDs, XS-BASS' July 2008 release, "Amplified", and DJ H & DJ Rags' August 2008 release, "Reloaded", on the songs "Mitran Da Dhol" and "Gulaab". In a recent interview, Lehmber stated that another unofficial album would be releasing shortly and it would be called Naturally Punjabi.

Feud

Lehmber and Dr. Zeus made the best songs but an incident around an album caused their breakup. Zeus wanted Lehmber to sing all the songs on his next album. Lehmber had other plans and wanted his own solo début album. Zeus trying to convince Lehmber to do his album first, told Lehmber that he could release the Indian mixtape of Zeus's album and receive all the money for it. Zeus also said he would produce Lehmber's solo début album all for free. Lehmber gladly accepted but Zeus had about 4 months before going on tour and Lehmber wanted the album done by then so he could start his solo project. Zeus could have easily finished the album but didn't meet the deadline (on purpose),Fact|date=June 2008 therefore Lehmber took the uncompleted tracks to India behind Zeus' back. He released the songs on the mixtape "Folk Attack" under Speed Records. Zeus was unhappy about how the tracks were leaked and therefore fired Lehmber from Envy Records. Zeus put the finishing touches on the songs (adding raps, backup singers, and skits) and released it as "The Original Edit"

Discography

Official Albums

*Chalakian - Serious Records - 2006
*21st Century King of Bhangra - Envy Records - 2007
*Phuchal - Serious Records - 2007
*Untitled Lehmber Album - Serious Records - TDB

Unofficial Albums/ Foreign Releases

*Botal - Jatt Records - 2001
*Folk Attack - Speed Records - 2005 (Indian Release of "The Original Edit" by Dr. Zeus)
*Strictly Vocals - Speed Records - 2005(Special Edition of Folk Attack containing remixes and raps)
*Play It Out Loud - Speed Records - 2005 (Hits from "Unda da Influence" &"The Original Edit" by Dr. Zeus)
*Greatest Hits - Jatt Records - 2005
*The Great Bhangra King - VPearl Records - 2006 (Tribute Album)
*Folk Magic - VPearl Records - 2006
*Daru Pee Ke - VPearl Records - 2006 (Accused of using Kaka Bhaniawala's songs as his own)
*DJ Attack Vol. 1 - VPearl Records - 2006 (Re-organized tracks from Folk Magic)
*Lehmber the Remix Album - Punjab2000 Records - 2006 (Accused of using Karan MC's Sara Pind Mitran Da as his own)
*DJ Attack Vol. 2 - VPearl Records - 2006 (Re-organized tracks from The Great Bhangra King)
*THE KING - BaseLine Records - 2007 (Hits From Serious Records ONLY e.g. Tokh Tokh Ke, Gabroo Shukeen, Seetee, etc)
*The Don - HOM Records - 2007 (Indian Release of 21st Century King of Bhangra)
*Phuchaal - Speed Records - 2007 (Indian Release of Phuchal)
*Bhuchal - Planet Recordz - 2007 (North American Release of Phuchal)
*Naturally Punjabi - VPearl Records - 2008 (Contains Lehmber's newest tracks)
*Mittran Da Dhol - Nachural Recorrds - 2008 (XS-BASS amplified Album)