Guest guest Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Right on. It was as a result of your recommendation that I picked up her first albumn. I'm still enjoying it, and I will have to pick up this one as well. Thank you for pointing this out, DB! namaste, pr , " Devi Bhakta " <devi_bhakta wrote: > > 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: > > ********** > > 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. > > ********** > > 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: > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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