M.I.A. - KALA

why don't you like the music?

i just pasted 4 pics of rappers i like

i thought you were saying ms melodie was hotter than mia

call her a bitch again, ethan, let it out

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Attention anyone who can actually be bothered to have that argument, the correct line of attack is not "ooh you are being misogynistic" but "ooh you are being like one of those lame dudes who posts on Cat Power threads".

holy shit why do i keep clicking this thread

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

"ooh you are awful"

Ban women

where do you stand on men in drag?

MIA = The IT Crowd
Snap = Flight Of The Concords

Emergency Kala Ward 10?

The Gucci Mane vs MIA thing is kind of irrelevant as there was already a bird flu dance craze in the Ivory Coast beforehand.

por ejemplo

there goes my hope of this being my byron crawford/kanye west moment

I have it now. On first listen, brilliant beginning but maybe trails off. However, I will revise these opinions in due course.

The beginning tracks are great to listen to while walking around.

its a great ipod album.

i've listened to it several times now..

the best tracks for me are 'the turn,' 'paper planes,' and '$20,' and 'mango pickle' is really growing on me. at first it seemed like the obvious weak link of the album (kids rapping?), which is now a toss-up between 'hussel' and 'come around,' which is a shame because the production on both are adequate. timbaland and, um, afrikan boy are drags, though. i like the first four tracks, but the side 2 is what makes the album special. she's the only artist whose inclusion of politics in a song i find genuine and even engaging (and lil' wayne on 'georgia bush').

anyway, huge contender for album of the year for me.

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.

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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
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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

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