Sanggar Mustika also pay tribute to the late Tan Sri P. Ramlee with his song "Bunga Melor" and Toh Puan Rafeah Buang "Bisikan Hati". This song has been recorded by Siti Nurhaliza dedicated especially for her beloved mother, Siti Salmah Bachik. Among the most popular and well accepted song in the album are "Badarsila", "Nirmala" and "Kurik Kundi". Both "Nirmala" and "Kurik Kundi" were composed by the same composer (Pak Ngah). With his magical touch in traditional songs he made those two songs became popular and accepted by listeners with the touch of catchy beats blended with Samrah.

Sanggar Mustika became Siti Nurhaliza’s fourth traditional album after the success of her previous traditional album - Cindai (1997), Seri Balas (with Noraniza Idris; 1999) and Sahmura (2000). It also was her fourth collaboration with Pak Ngah.

The album title Sanggar Mustika was chosen based on the meaning "sanggar" which means place and "mustika" means beautiful or perfect. It was translated as the beautiful places to putting the traditional rhythms. The recording of Sanggar Mustika was took place in January 2001 when Siti Nurhaliza launches her seventh album, Safa and completed in February 2002. Most of the lyrics in this album revolves around the question of discretion, moral, divine, avoid slander and many more.

One of the songs in the album, "Kurik Kundi" composed by Pak Ngah and written by Nurul Asyiqin requires Siti Nurhaliza to features seven Malaysian state accents - namely Penangite, Kedahan, Perakian, Negeri Sembilan, Kelantanese, Sabahan and Sarawakian accents. In an interview with Utusan Malaysia in March 15, 2002, she said she willing to learn several district accents from several states in Malaysia to be included in "Kurik Kundi". Through this song, Siti Nurhaliza wants to tell communities there that Malaysia is rich with various cultures, while saying: "I found this just very difficult while singing it in Kelantanese dialect, other languages such as Sabah and Sarawak was not a problem".

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