Unless you're obsessed with Bollywood (or you're a regular reader of this very blog<http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/11/ar_rahman_on_slumdogs_sound.html>), chances are that your iPod isn't loaded up with A.R. Rahman tunes. But even without your help, he's managed to sell more than 200 million albums in his sixteen-year career — approximately as many as Madonna has in twice as long. But here in the States, he takes second billing on this ominously driving song from his soundtrack to *Slumdog Millionaire*, after his moderately popular collaborator, some musician named M.I.A. No matter how well you know their names, though, the pair are a great choice for the film; Rahman's protean ability to compose any style of music meshes well with M.I.A.'s own eclectic tastes, creating a track that feels as at-home on the subway as it does on the subcontinent. http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/12/ar_rahman_slums_it_with_mia.html
-- regards, Vithur
