Isn't the MIA song just her over Various Production's "Hater"?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 31 May 2010 01:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Heh yeah.
― silence is a rhythm too (Turangalila), Monday, 31 May 2010 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
truffled fries sound disgusting
― i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Monday, 31 May 2010 05:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I’m tired of pop stars who say, ‘Give peace a chance.’ I’d rather say, ‘Give war a chance.’ The whole point of going to the Grammys was to say, ‘Hey, 50,000 people are gonna die next month, and here’s your opportunity to help.’ And no one did.”
RIGHT ON.
― Band Fag X (u s steel), Monday, 31 May 2010 13:22 (fourteen years ago) link
if we're gonna call her out for being a hypocrite, what about all the MC's who reference "the struggle" and their Maybach in the same couplet? I'm trying to figure out why MIA is worthy of being called out and not everyone else who was on stage with her at the Grammy's that night. I really hope it's not her status as woman :/
― Blancminaj (Spinspin Sugah), Monday, 31 May 2010 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
allow me to connect points 'a' and 'b' for you -- the idea behind those songs is that the maybach was earned through the struggle/hard work/hustling. i know "Juicy"'s subtext is supersubtle but
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Monday, 31 May 2010 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
no, deej, actually, its her status as a woman
― max, Monday, 31 May 2010 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
does "hustling" include selling crack to your already poverty stricken neighbors?
― Blancminaj (Spinspin Sugah), Monday, 31 May 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
truffaluffagus
― spud webs (am0n), Monday, 31 May 2010 20:10 (fourteen years ago) link
today is a banner day for spinspin sugah
― J0rdan S., Monday, 31 May 2010 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
wish rappers would sell truffle fries to their poverty-stricken neighbors
― max, Monday, 31 May 2010 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
like i told you to sell drugs... nohov did that, so hopefully you won't have to go thru that
― J0rdan S., Monday, 31 May 2010 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I really hope it's not their status as rappers :/
― spud webs (am0n), Monday, 31 May 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
can't believe ppl are making fun of MIA when nobody in the world has ever made fun of rappers :(
― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Monday, 31 May 2010 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
when will people start criticizing gangsta rap
― J0rdan S., Monday, 31 May 2010 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
i hope MIA's music hasn't been banned from stores cuz her status as a woman
― J0rdan S., Monday, 31 May 2010 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
you guys are so cute.
― Blancminaj (Spinspin Sugah), Monday, 31 May 2010 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
to all the people that lived above the buildings that I was hustlin' in front of that called the police on me when I was just tryin' to make some money to feed my daughter
i mean this kind of owns its own contradictions so
― plax (ico), Monday, 31 May 2010 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
never 4 get fries-gate
― spud webs (am0n), Monday, 31 May 2010 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
whoa that was some real enlightening music discussion from me just there
― plax (ico), Monday, 31 May 2010 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
it was so cute.
― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Monday, 31 May 2010 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/hro/da891381.jpg
― ksh, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WwzViH1wwI
― ksh, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean, I know it's beyond cliche to say something is very "Nathan Barley," but M.I.A. just said "The record kind of goes to different places. A bit emo... and a bit digital ruckus. Moshpit. It's kind of... muzak. It's infotainment."
― Becky Facelift, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 01:07 (fourteen years ago) link
It's infotainment.
So Dan was quite literally right with the KRS-One comparison upthread, then.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 01:26 (fourteen years ago) link
do you think she's going to get krs one in to do a guest spot?
― kumar the bavarian, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
oops snap ned
― kumar the bavarian, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
i read the new york times article. it's easy to see it's a biased piece, but i'd also say it's likely more truthful and insightful than MIA ever will be.
― pakkit, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Every story is biased.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 02:44 (fourteen years ago) link
It makes life more fun.
KRS-1 is a great comparison.
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 05:01 (fourteen years ago) link
krs made awesome music for like a good dozen years or so
― i don't care if big daddy kane signed your mommas tits (The Reverend), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 05:08 (fourteen years ago) link
jus sayin
MIA has made some good songs over the past few years as well.
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 05:12 (fourteen years ago) link
if MIA = KRS, i "can't wait" for 10 years from now
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 1 June 2010 05:14 (fourteen years ago) link
ughsiguhfiguhrfuh i know im not known for being an MIA fan so u might disregard this but KRS's career shits all over MIA's
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 05:35 (fourteen years ago) link
you could say that, these days, they are both sounding a bit batshit & politically self righteous but thats about where the comparisons end
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 05:36 (fourteen years ago) link
― max, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 05:36 (fourteen years ago) link
KRS's career shits all over MIA's
...this and more in this month's issue of "NO DOY" magazine!
― L-ZD Drownsystem (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 05:37 (fourteen years ago) link
*both wear dayglo spandex
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 05:37 (fourteen years ago) link
oh hey whineys back
― its like why GROCERY BAG and not saddam? (deej), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 05:38 (fourteen years ago) link
http://yepyep.gibbs12.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/kool.gif
― L-ZD Drownsystem (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 05:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh Lord.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 07:14 (fourteen years ago) link
that interview is very spinal tap in the way. it just. sort of. strings. random. words. together? with. ODD. inFLECTions. in the HOPES. that. something. interESTing. willcomeout.
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 07:59 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.nme.com/news/mia/51302
She added: "Everyone on the internet is like, 'Oh my God, come and join Facebook!' They’re all so optimistic… and really, everyone is fucking you up behind the screens. And I don't like that. It makes it difficult for me to interact with my fans knowing that. Google and Facebook were developed by the CIA, and when you're on there, you have to know that."
Amazing. She really is turning into the female Bobby Gillespie.
― The Men Who Stare At Goatse (Matt DC), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 10:39 (fourteen years ago) link
nice gif xps
mia is clever but obv a complete fantasist
of course not all pop stars shd be like that but it helps that a few are
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 10:44 (fourteen years ago) link
i find this woman annoying. the nyt piece isnt the best, its pretty obvious in how it wants to slyly show her up, but mia does talk a lot of complete shit. its so baiting. reeks of desperation to agitate and cause a fuss. she might have not had much back in hounslow, though ive a feeling it was more than she perhaps let on (the whole 'started from nothing' thing obv has a real attraction for her, prob from years of listening to hip hop), but now shes basically just a rich girl, living a pretty privileged existence, with some class guilt issues, a few dozen immature axes to grind (though this makes for good music, less good political interview quotes), and a rich white husband (funny how all her talk of 'IM FROM THERE I KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE IM REAL IM REAL IM REAL' she hasnt married someone sri lankan or FROM THE STRUGGLE.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 12:52 (fourteen years ago) link
"On several tracks, Maya even sings."
thats not new.
(this might have been commented on already)
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 12:54 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost - it seems ben brofman is mixed race, though my point still stands.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 12:58 (fourteen years ago) link
the turnaround from "untouchable rock critic golden child" to "hilarious, unlikeable retard" took only six years. Good job everyone!
― L-ZD Drownsystem (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 12:59 (fourteen years ago) link