MIA

That Diplo is a complete douchebag isn't exactly news, is it?

I've taken it as a given for years

“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.”

Haha, as if Obama being prez means shit is all good.

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

MAYA is actually a dope album as it stands.

the bonus tracks are better than most of the songs on the standard edition though ("internet connection," "CAPSLOCK," "illygirl")...

Reverend OTM. And whenever someone says "Don't bring politics into this," that usually means politics needs to be brought into it.

I didn't like the bonus tracks tbh, they all seem v undercooked compared to the album proper.

"CAPSLOCK,"

read this as "COCKSLAP," what is wrong w/ me??

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

guesting on Madonna's new album supposedly.

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.

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

her and MDNA are bezzie mates now as we used to say in Liverpool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npzcezjGMTg

if the rumor pans out, I'm off the bus too

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.

at least "Bad Girls" is dope tho

yeah I like all her albums a lot, maybe MAYA the most tbh. but this does not sound interesting.

rumore doesn't sway me, will wait and see

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.

this isn't bad

you are using the wrong thread again >>>:( is it so hard to start a new one

Still fighting the good fight

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.

haha

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*

lol everyone uses this thread specifically because it annoys lex so much

^^^

German MIA really needs to raise her game if she wants this thread back imo

neanderthal i have told you before DO NOT TALK TO ME DO NOT LOOK AT ME

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 :(

yeah when is the real MIA going to put out another album?

MIA is truly one of the world's biggest trolls

mia m.i.a.

it's hilarious that after whittling her fanbase in half or something following MAYA she thanks hardcore fans for sticking around by working with the cataracts and chris brown

they see me trollin... they hating

Actually, that's sort of brilliant.

the important question is does she still eat truffle fries

are lex and neanderthal gonna hook up before senior year is over?

the missing link

ok so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AtyZ3VoHq8

sounds like a more 'pop' Steppin Up. bit boring tbf. i hope a proper version of Gen NEY proper is on this album though.

"Bad Girls" was on the Vicki Leekx mixtape from Dec '10 and was one of the songs used to promote it.

indeed. this is the finished version off the album supposedly, it's produced by Danja whoever that might be.

With Timbaland, Hills produced a wide catalog of songs that helped return the famous producer to prominence in 2006 with an ongoing string of hits throughout the year until present, including "Put You On The Game" by rapper The Game, "Promiscuous" and "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado, "SexyBack", "What Goes Around...Comes Around" and "My Love" by Justin Timberlake among others, such as "Love Story" by Katharine McPhee, "Innocence" and "Earth Intruders" by Björk, and "Give It to Me" and "The Way I Are" off Timbaland's second solo album.[5]

In 2007, Danja produced "Gimme More" for Britney Spears, as well as "Break the Ice" and five other tracks for her Blackout album. The following year, he produced "Kill the Lights" and four other songs for Britney Spears' album Circus, but only three songs appeared on the album.

His works in recent years include, Madonna, "4 Minutes", Mariah Carey on her song "Migrate" from E=MC², Keri Hilson on her song "Knock You Down" from In a Perfect World..., P!nk on her song "Sober" from Funhouse.

yeah danja = blackout-era britney = high hopes on my end

the video exists. it is dumb

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I love the video

tbh i would be quite happy if the video just consisted of the bit where she's dressed in black in front of the bonfire for the entire length of the track. she is stunning.

whereas I was hoping for a continuous shot of her chilling on the side of the car while it's up on two wheels

that was p cool tbf