RS No. 1 Album of 2007! Mathangi Arulpragasam

[Guest guest]

Well, check the archive -- " we told you so " back in 2005, and now the

girl has done good: Rolling Stone recently listed its " Top 50 Albums

of 2007 " and M.I.A. came in at ... Number One! The award citation:

 

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1. M.I.A.: Kala (Interscope)

 

M.I.A.'s second album was an international block party with a sonic

imagination nobody else could match all year. The Sri Lankan-born U.K.

rapper's inspirations run all over the globe, with a Day-Glo

sensibility rooted in the Native Tongues hip-hop of the Jungle

Brothers and De La Soul, but with the political rage of Public Enemy.

She dips into Sri Lankan temple music, Bollywood disco, the Pixies,

New Order, the Clash, Wreckx-N-Effects — sometimes she even sounds

like the old U2 record where they let the Edge rap. Kala explores

worldwide war zones, talking about third-world democracy and " putting

people on the map that never seen a map. " Yet M.I.A. remains a

criminal-minded art freak with a true rock & roller's love of flash

and sensation and irresponsible shit-talking. And are those Pink

Floyd's cash registers she samples? Cool.

 

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SOURCE: Rolling Stone

URL:

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601851/the_top_50_albums_of_2007

TINYURL: http://tinyurl.com/2uurdn

 

 

 

 

 

, " msbauju " <msbauju wrote:

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>

> For you Mathangi Arulpragasam/M.I.A. fans:

> The latest M.I.A. video has a nifty multi-armed goddess sequence.

>

> http://thedailyreel.com/spotlight/music/archive/2007/08/08/m-i-a-goes-

> bollywood-for-jimmy

> or

> http://tinyurl.com/243w85

>

> , " devi_bhakta "

> <devi_bhakta@> wrote:

> >

> > [....]

> >

> > Growing up in the shadow of civil war, Mathangi " Maya " Arulpragasam

> > has a slightly different perspective; she had terrorists in her

> > family. Decades later, the Tamil Sri Lankan-by-way-of-London singer

> > now known as M.I.A. is incorporating those controversial attitudes

> > in her music. As a result, she has made one of the most volatile

> > and addictive records of 2005.

> >

> > Though much will be made of the story of M.I.A. and the " freedom-

> > fightin' dad " for which her debut " Arular " is named, M.I.A. is less

> > concerned with the sort of politics that tore her homeland apart

> > than she is with applying similarly radical ideas to music.

> > [....]

> >

> http://www.loyolaphoenix.com/media/paper673/news/2005/03/23/Diversion

> > s/M.i-a.Dances.To.Her.Own.Edgy.Beat.With.arular-900521.shtml

> >

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