M.I.A. - KALA

also, those didgeridoo samples in the beat on 'birdflu' sound like the noise a boss makes in Link to the Past when you hit a boss.

"The Turn" is fucking massive. I'm still not convinced by "$20", though.

I really really like most of this album but it could have been boiled down to just "Bamboo Banger", "Hussel" and "The Turn" and I would have been happy (maybe "XR2" as a bonus track).

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sjam_ygv69Y

Also: I really can't stand the way the kick drum completely mutes out the bassline on 20 Dollar. Sidechain compression at it's worst!

yeh that's something really off about that muffled bass, it's a shame.

man i would beat that shit up-- she talks real nasty, but not like a flipper. TS, smash-off edition: maya vs uffie. i would get them dyking while my russian wing was making a snuff video of ed danger & diplo.

^^^ saying what we're all thinking

never ban luriqua

Somewhat inchoate thoughts after listening to this for the first couple of times:

The thing that impresses me most at first is how jam-packed with musical/extra-musical ideas it is in comparison with Arular. It seems strange that no one has yet mentioned how similar to Kish Kash this album is in certain ways, i.e. it doesn't seem to be quite as densely mixed, but has that same *something always catching you off-guard* feel to it, I guess. Unlike Arular,Kala feels like a kind of a disorienting listen at first; there seems to be something new/weird/different popping out and making you think WTF(?) every so often (except on "Jimmy", I suppose--which seems to be the most obviously conventional track here, and a great choice for a cross-over[?] single). Nonetheless, even though there's a hell of a lot to digest on first hearing, I have no doubt that this will end up being one of my top five records of the year. Happy, happy! Joy, joy!

its a great ipod album.

-- titchyschneiderMk2, Friday, August 31, 2007 11:37 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Link

ban the 21st century

The thing that impresses me most at first is how jam-packed with musical/extra-musical ideas it is in comparison with Arular. It seems strange that no one has yet mentioned how similar to Kish Kash this album is in certain ways, i.e. it doesn't seem to be quite as densely mixed, but has that same *something always catching you off-guard* feel to it, I guess. Unlike Arular,Kala feels like a kind of a disorienting listen at first; there seems to be something new/weird/different popping out and making you think WTF(?) every so often (except on "Jimmy", I suppose--which seems to be the most obviously conventional track here, and a great choice for a cross-over[?] single). Nonetheless, even though there's a hell of a lot to digest on first hearing, I have no doubt that this will end up being one of my top five records of the year. Happy, happy! Joy, joy!

-- JN$OT, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 10:20 (3 hours ago) Link

how does it even feel to be like the 1000000th identical herb loving this trash?? i might end up fuck-yeahing with other rap nerds about ugk or t.i. or something but this is such a obvious hipster throwaway i cant imagine anybody is gonna feel good the next morning waking up next to a bullshit dont-believe-the-hype spoken word jittery beat fake dancehall album

or whatever the fuck it sounds like, i just heard 1 joint on college radio

Yeah, you tell 'em. Hit them where it hurts!

thanks for the insights, ethan. Hipsters will no longer invite you to their cocktail parties.

yeah i know throwing rocks at the army here but seriously its like all the threads on the streets that got revived the other day - does anybody still rep for that?? now everybody agrees that was a weak garbage version of actual good music that had a big marketing push so ppl took it serious or whatever, how is this different???

not that i give a fuck except that ppl who are interesting would rather talk about this shit on 8000 post threads instead of practically anything else - why????

'lets analyze what this tinny drum sound means!! lets analyze what these shitty terrorist-chic electroclash lyrics mean!!' while entire artists careers get 3 post threads and die off

"everybody"

"agrees"

"good"

"music"

No offence, but you're kinda starting to sound a bit like Geir there.

xp

^^^^the Lex on the Klaxons thread.

(xpost)

ethan, compare the number of responses to this thread with the ones on Arular, and the number of threads started in the last couple of days. Then return to the water cooler.

saying the streets & m.i.a. are wack music isnt subjective its
http://images.music.com/images/dmc/release/the_truth/23/images/bio.jpg

and what you are such a clown

thanks for the insights, ethan. Hipsters will no longer invite you to their cocktail parties.

-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, September 5, 2007 2:03 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

oh they invite him. I've seen the flickr pages to prove it.

big beat bros 4 eva tho (xp)

HISTORY WILL MAKE LIARS OUT OF ALL OF US.

Not that it matters (and I don't know about the Streets fans cuz I wasn't one) but I seriously doubt I won't like this album in a year or twos time. BUT even if I don't well who gives a fuck, what kind of joyless hack listens to records thinking "is the record that will stand the test of time"?

was anyone even repping for the klaxons though? i thought lex had the majority with him there.

ethan your critique would have more weight if you'd actually give the stuff a listen - "fake dancehall" is beneath you & your hateration is kinda weird to me, it's not even like you! people love MIA 'cause she's doing something kinda different, is that really so odd/loathesome? you've got this rockist thing goin' here ("why are they loving this and not GOOD MUSIC"), how is that even your schpiel, it's not

cutty and spencer were mighty peeved (xp)

and i respect those cats to the end

im not saying its got to stand the test of time or whatever it just seems like everybody is caught up in the hype and the context of this big summary judgement that you even have to give a fuck about this and weigh in and everybody is checking it off for their top 5 of the year already and its like... what

Results 1 - 10 of about 59,400 for mia kala dancehall. (0.16 seconds)

Ethan how does it even feel to be like the 1000000th identical herb making the same lame ass arguments about these records??

http://www.biblepicturegallery.com/Samples/ca/Teaching/x_teach/environ/Lemmings%20jumping%20off%20a%20cliff%20while%20one%20is%20stopped.gif

"But whyyyyyyyy do they all like this HORRIBLE NOISE and not lovely Ciara or Paris? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?"

that's that rockism I was talking about xpost - I mean, a buncha people love an artist & find an album interesting and you gotta hate? how is that even...I mean I know you, you ain't like that, wtf? "Why are these assholes loving this music I hate?" Wha?

i dunno i got bored and rolling snap fell off new answers

hahahahahahaha...

xp to Alfred's image

About time someone mentioned Hattie Collins' racist piece of shit article in The Guide a few weeks back, praising MIA for "not being too Asian".

Most of what makes MIA threads so long is how vitrolic her detractors get.

official wipe me down tribute thread

lyricist lounge 2 poll

STREET CHAMP

KINGS OF SNAP POLL

80s rappers running shit now

KLC POLL

holy shit why do i keep clicking this thread

-- and what, Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:48 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

A new raver before it was old. A baile funk/pop pioneer before CSS and Bonde De Role emerged. A quirky female singer/rapper before the Mini Allens had worked out how to log on to MySpace. [...] It was US bloggers who gave her a leg up, after the British media initially found her too hipster and she was shut out on all sides; not "Asian" enough for the Asian media, nor street enough for the urban crowd - ironic given her upbringing could make even Lil' Kim's life look Little Bo Peep-like.

Ordo ad Chao is loads better than Kala yet it doesn't even have its own thread so I feel your pain

what am i supposed to do when new answers is

i dunno youd click it too if it was surrounded by

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also, no Bachman-Turner Overdrive threads

Bart: Who are those pleasant old men?
Homer: It's BTO -- they're Canada's answer to ELP. Their big hit
was TCB. [notices Bart staring at him, questioningly]
That's how we talked in the 70's -- we didn't have a moment
to spare.

We're all here responding to you. Cheers!

I Love Those Pleasant Old Men

Old Men Rawk!!!

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