It’s no “Down.”

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Thomas Inskeep: Jay Sean and Juggy D team back up with the man who gave them their big breaks, Rishi Rich, and return to the formula that made “Dance With Me” a UK smash back in 2003, with Jay singing in English and Juggy in Punjabi. It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Rich, but it sounds like he’s used his sabbatical to re-perfect his sound, because this is just as bangin’ a hybrid of bhangra and R&B as ever (and how nice it is to hear danceable R&B without any EDM flavor). Jay Sean’s sweet voice still sounds like early Chris Brown, too.
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Micha Cavaseno: Man, this is so stiff and self-serious, but it barely goes anywhere and doesn’t seem made for anyone in particular. Bring back the days of Punjabi Hit Squad, RDB and Dr. Zeus.
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Jonathan Bogart: Listening to this without remembering who the players were, I had half-convinced myself it was an unusually tender soca-reggaeton collab until Juggy D started singing in Punjabi. There are of course longstanding affinities between Latin and North African-Middle Eastern-South Asian musical cultures, but really it was just Jay Sean’s liquid tenor, which could slide easily into any romantic music in the world and be just as seductive in each setting.
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Will Adams: There’s a clear drop here, but it doesn’t sound like it. The synth bass cranks up, but nothing else does, and the result is a flat club track.
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Alfred Soto: It’s nice to hear Jay Sean back but not on a soca-reggaeton track of no particular consequence.
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