M.I.A. - KALA

Wikipedia entries on recent albums tend to be really specific about what date it leaked to the internet, so there's that.

It's kinda depressing that Blaq Starr reportedly produced a song on this record, dude is a genius and deserves better.

Deserves better than being on one of the most anticipated records of the year? Yeah, he got a raw deal on that one.

Deserves better artistically, I'm just saying in my own subjective opinion, not that working on a major label album won't be good for his career.

Curious, have you heard the song yet? I love "Git My Gun" so much.

"one of the most anticipated records of the year"?

(NOTE: I really like Arular but COME ON NOW)

that's "one of the 7,500 most anticipated records of the year"

"Deserves better artistically, I'm just saying in my own subjective opinion, not that working on a major label album won't be good for his career."

It's all Diplo's fault.

he must be so depressed

Diplo or Blaq Starr?

i imagine they're both quite bummed about the situation.

jesus christ, people, you act like it's xmas eve and you're all 6 yrs old. go listen to something else and be patient ffs

-- lex pretend, Friday, 13 July 2007 09:24 (12 hours ago) Link

yes, dad.

-- Colonel Poo, Friday, 13 July 2007 09:33

lol

its easy for lex to say were acting like kids when he has it already.

the lex usually valorizes kid-like reactions, no?

Still aint' found this... (and I didn't care before I read this thread!)

ya xpost

Its usually the Lex calling people 'dad' and 'grandad,' hence the lolz.

30 second clips on each track have been revealed:

http://www.musicload.de/item.ml?releaseid=2604737_2

paper planes sounds awesome.

i really wish timbaland would stop saying "baby girl"

ha he's been saying it for like 11 years now or something. its starting to take on this paedo air.

After Arugula comes... KALE

feat. the Black Eyed Peas

"one of the most anticipated records of the year"?

(NOTE: I really like Arular but COME ON NOW)

-- HI DERE, Friday, 13 July 2007 20:24 (3 days ago) Link

I can't actually think of another record I was anticipating this year except for Justice.

I mean, why wouldn't it be?

Because her first album sold approximately 14 copies (including the two I bought)?

if people don't care too much for her or her new cd, then why is kala being guarded so badly? no leaks to speak of, huh?

Because the only people who care are Internet music nerds like us?

THIS ISN'T VERY HARD TO FIGURE OUT, PPL

I posted this on another thread but the current soundscan numbers for the first album are about 130K units in the US alone.

Also, internet music nerds are the new majority.

i've searched everywhere i can think of, and re-searched every day, quite diligently, and nothing. i know someone with a copy, but he's separated from his computer at the moment. but that means others have it.

anyone willing to share?

I posted this on another thread but the current soundscan numbers for the first album are about 130K units in the US alone.

Two iterations of the same album combined for a total of less than .04% of the potential market over the course of two years.

I am not scoffing at her album sales; that is better than anything I will ever do. However, have some sense of perspective here; her audience is narrow.

Dan, I think it's a pretty highly anticipated release. I don't think anyone on this board thinks we have to talk about Three Tenors numbers to say something is highly anticipated.

My only point is that it's highly-anticipated by a comparatively small number of people, therefore I think the claim that it's one of the most hilghly-anticpated releases of the year FULL STOP is even more hyperbolic than ILM usually gets.

Eh, I think music nerds are some of the few people that actually anticipate releases *at all*.

The fact this discussion has even occurred speaks to it being anticipated, dudes.

oh ffs i give up

dan is right.

"ffs" = classic DP

130K is a very, very good sales number for any debut artist, let alone one on an indie, let alone one pimping baile.

With Timbaland and Interscope involved, this album pretty much fits the category of "hotly anticipated" in a way that goes beyond your typical BLOGGERZ WITH BONERZ HYPE BONANZA.

I mean, the bar has been lowered a great deal to the point where every fuggin niche in the world gets to hand out "highly anticipated" cards.

I for one am highly anticpating DP's world tour stop in the ATL so I can throw flowers on stage.

I was in ATL two weeks ago!

DAMMMITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

I am v v excited about this album aka anticipating.

Dan is right.

M.I.A = Annie

This isn't as good as the anticipation of the last album.

Kala's leak anticipation is boring. When's her next album going to leak?

this isnt fun, hearing about a supposed leak but seeing no signs of the actual leakage. i dont think its leaked at all. its all a big ruse. maybe this is the new thing. phantom leakage.

In Finnish "kala" translates to "a fish". "Kala" is also the name of the female ape who raises Tarzan in the original Tarzan novels. I wonder which one Mia is referring to?

can't wait til she starts launching subtle viral marketing sites feauturing grainy videos.

KALA's her mum's name. ARULAR is her dad's name.
Tru-pop-fax.

we should have Tru-pop-fax scrolling at the bottom of ilm at all times.

I heard that KALA is a racial slur in arabic or something like that...