From Twitter just now:
_M_I_A_ M.I.Ai think story told and born free are the best songs i eva wrote, one makes me cry and the other make me try14 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply
That's why I like Story to Be Told as well - it's where autobiography meets polemic, very movingly.
― Pop is superior to all other genres (DL), Saturday, 9 April 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
She did polemic autobiographical better on MIA from Arular imo. Born Free is a good 'get you going song', it's fun to run to.
― The Sunspots In Your Eyes Are Actually Cataracts, Mr. Rudich (AWALL), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Fun unreleased /\/\/\Y/\ track.
yay Digital Underground references
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
like Zig Zag! it's from '03 according to P4k. she's the master of putting the wrong songs on the albums it seems sometimes.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
okay now that I'm in the mood for this, this is hot
― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
2003? That's even before Piracy Funds Terrorism. And that sounds a lot more produced and better than PFT.
― The Sunspots In Your Eyes Are Actually Cataracts, Mr. Rudich (AWALL), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
whoops. recording for Arular was apparently in '03, so I guess it's an Arular track. I guess it could fit.
She puts a lot of good songs as bonus tracks, which kind of annoys me since I have to go hunting for them. URAQT, Big Branch, Illygirl are some of her best tracks and all are Japan only or iTune bonus tracks.
― The Sunspots In Your Eyes Are Actually Cataracts, Mr. Rudich (AWALL), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 20:56 (thirteen years ago) link
"URAQT" is on the American rerelease of Arular, and "Big Branch" is on the rerelease of Kala.
― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
(by which I just mean it's not like these tracks are actually hard to find!)
― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Caps Lock is a fave too; another of yr extra/ japan only jobs.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Diplo still doing a thriving line in slagging off MIA
"She’s not an easy artist to criticize because she’s very left-leaning, she’s progressive, she’s a woman."
I would say last year disproved his "not an easy artist to criticize" thesis.
http://www.wwd.com/eyescoop/boys-night-out-with-diplo-3610252/print/#/slideshow/article/3610252/3610294
― Pop is superior to all other genres (DL), Friday, 13 May 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
Her biggest fan = Nic Roberts! http://www.nicolaroberts.co.uk/2011/05/read-nicolas-first-twitter-chat-in-full/
think i'd rather have Nic on my side than Diplo.
― piscesx, Friday, 13 May 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
who is your fave artist at the moment? #beatofmydrum x@_jessmay My favourite artist at the moment is @diplo
although it seems she likes both!
― piscesx, Friday, 13 May 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
Her favourite Girls Aloud single is The Promise? smdh
― Pop is superior to all other genres (DL), Friday, 13 May 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
well hasn't she been working with major lazer?
diplo's always been an annoying little bitch and "still slagging off your ex" after how many years is never a good look, no matter how many grains of truth there may be in it
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 May 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
From Twitter:
maura maura johnstonif a woman talked public smack about her ex as much as diplo talks shit about m.i.a. she would be branded as a psycho hose beast1 minute ago
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Friday, 13 May 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
^ real talk
― teledyldonix, Friday, 13 May 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
That Diplo is a complete douchebag isn't exactly news, is it?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 13 May 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
I've taken it as a given for years
― american thinker (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 13 May 2011 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
“Maya left herself open for attacks,” he says. “She’s not an easy artist to criticize because she’s very left-leaning, she’s progressive, she’s a woman. She’s good in a lot of aspects, but when it comes to die-hard, facts-on-the-ground politics, she’s at zero. She’s nothing. I told her at the beginning of the third record, like, do not bring politics into this. Obama’s the president, for one. You just can’t glamorize terrorism, it’s not cool.…You can’t hide behind that sh-t. But she totally did. She didn’t have a plan B. I told her from the beginning, it’s not going to work. And Lynn Hirschberg just ate it up. If she didn’t, the critics would have ate her up anyway because the record wasn’t good.”
― The Sunspots In Your Eyes Are Actually Cataracts, Mr. Rudich (AWALL), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
Haha, as if Obama being prez means shit is all good.
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Saturday, 14 May 2011 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
MAYA is actually a dope album if you cut like 1/3 of the songs off and include the bonus tracks.. some of her best stuff actually
― The Brainwasher, Saturday, 14 May 2011 04:25 (twelve years ago) link
MAYA is actually a dope album as it stands.
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Saturday, 14 May 2011 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
the bonus tracks are better than most of the songs on the standard edition though ("internet connection," "CAPSLOCK," "illygirl")...
― The Brainwasher, Saturday, 14 May 2011 04:31 (twelve years ago) link
Reverend OTM. And whenever someone says "Don't bring politics into this," that usually means politics needs to be brought into it.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 14 May 2011 04:32 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't like the bonus tracks tbh, they all seem v undercooked compared to the album proper.
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Saturday, 14 May 2011 04:37 (twelve years ago) link
"CAPSLOCK,"
read this as "COCKSLAP," what is wrong w/ me??
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Sunday, 15 May 2011 04:37 (twelve years ago) link
finally watched Born Free after having avoided it for months now (out of fear that it would undermine my pretty positive of her when I don't listen to the lyrics)
= mistake
― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 18 May 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
guesting on Madonna's new album supposedly.
― piscesx, Thursday, 27 October 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
Huh:
MIA has confirmed that she will be performing with Madonna and Nicki Minaj at the halftime show at the 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis on February 5.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
MIA's fourth album, which is the follow-up to her 2010 record 'Maya', is rumoured to feature contributions from Swizz Beatz, Cataracs and Chris Brown.
okay I'm gettin off this bus
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
her and MDNA are bezzie mates now as we used to say in Liverpoolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npzcezjGMTg
― piscesx, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
if the rumor pans out, I'm off the bus too
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah. I already heard the rumour and I'm already KMT about the whole thing.
Honestly, Cataracs might be enough. I don't dislike their role in Dev or G6 or whatever, but it just seems like a wrongheaded move.
I really liked /\/\ /\ Y /\ and there were a bunch of fruitful directions on Vicki Leekx. This isn't one of them, imo.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
at least "Bad Girls" is dope tho
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I like all her albums a lot, maybe MAYA the most tbh. but this does not sound interesting.
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
rumore doesn't sway me, will wait and see
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
Bad Girls is dope, but of the two tracks off Vicki Leekx that felt like actual songs, 'GEN -N-E-Y' felt like something she hadn't really done before.
Bad Girls is awesome, but it could have slotted in no problem in KALA.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
this isn't bad
you are using the wrong thread again >>>:( is it so hard to start a new one
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 09:23 (twelve years ago) link
Still fighting the good fight
― Meme Rogers (DL), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
I feel like I've heard that song from countless other people before. I hope she isn't try to step back from doing "difficult" songs like she did with her mixtape and last album. Why all of a sudden there is an expectation of her being commercially successful?
*Looks at Wikipedia page of "Paper Planes"*
Oh shit the song was that popular???? Well OK then.
― Tired of these edcuated basic bitches. (lilsoulbrother), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
haha
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
You are using the wrong thread again >>>:( is it so hard to start a new one
Man seriously stfu about this o.g. thread had like twelve posts, half of which were all "which MIA r we talking bout", then 2k posts on M.I.A. followed years later. This thread is M.I.A.s now.
*angrily munches Caesar salad*
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
lol everyone uses this thread specifically because it annoys lex so much
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
German MIA really needs to raise her game if she wants this thread back imo
― Meme Rogers (DL), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
neanderthal i have told you before DO NOT TALK TO ME DO NOT LOOK AT ME
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
when i saw someone on twitter RT that @miauniverse had a new single i got really excited thinking it was michaela grobelny, cuz i thought M.I.A.'s twitter name was dfferent. but she'd just changed it :(
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
yeah when is the real MIA going to put out another album?
― omar little, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
MIA is truly one of the world's biggest trolls
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link