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The Hindu : Navtej Singh Rehal and Thomas Sardorf, two of the unlikeliest names to be used in the same sentence, met through mutual friend and Scandinavian music producer Janus Barnewitz.The result was the formation of the Indo-Danish hip-hop duo Bombay Rockers who stormed the charts in late 2003 with the peppy and energetic “Ari Ari”. The single featuring Overseas, another hip-hop duo from Denmark with similar origins as Bombay Rockers, received a lot of airplay.Their unique hip-hop, rap sound with a dash of bhangra made them an instant hit amongst the hip-hop fans all around the world. After the massive success of “Ari Ari”, a studio album was the next step.“With Introducing we launched a whole new genre of music to the world audience,” says Navtej who is currently in India on a promotional tour for Overseas’ first studio album All or Nothing. Introducing included other popular hits like “Rock tha Party” and “Sexy Mama”, which were off the hook hip-hop tracks.Whole new genre“Well, we did what we had to with our first album. That’s how most of the music was made for Introducing. Impulsively. We do it our own way,” says Thomas. “The only thing that our sound enthuses is good vibrations, good times. We make our music to make our listeners happy. No sad stuff for us.”The huge success of Introducing put Bombay Rockers alongside the international music brigade. It was no longer making music for themselves; rather it was all about the fans. It was around this time that Navtej and Thomas hit a block.Penalties of fame“We couldn’t write a single track for six to seven months. Our brains were clogged. It was like our creative juice ran out and we had reached an abrupt stop,” Navtej recollects. “We felt it was time we stopped experimenting with our music and strictly adhere to what fans want,”Navtej adds.This led to their second studio album Crash…More