M.I.A.

[stickykrylon]

have you heard this girl yet? DOPE.

dig.

[My Pal the Crook]

very dope... too bad the album keeps getting pushed back.

[poobrowne]

if there was no diplo there would be no mia

she's alrighhht

fuck around and get your waffle split

[d]

Quote: if there was no diplo there would be no mia

Personally, I think shes as hyped as diplo. Decent, nothing special.

[Yakboy Equals Nurturer]

M.I.A. = meh. There is way more hype about this album than it deserves. The music is generally not that exciting and the best track (Bucky Done Gun) is a rip-off of a much better Baile Funk track (DJ Marlboro / Deise Tigrona's 'Injecao'). Her politics are also either well dodgy or totally uninformed (can't figure out which). Not that impressed at all...

[Kofi]

For the US music scene she is special but not unlike Dizzee Rascal she is regulated to the "hipster" scene. I hope the press doesn't pigeon-hole her and make her a one hit wonder.

That being said I think she has potential. I dig what she's trying to do.

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Making Africa Pop!!!

[wild_whiskey]

<--- totally into M.I.A. Yakboy is wrong about everything he wrote Her politics are spot-on for her situation, and she's got the most endearing flow to her vocals. Plus she is beautiful. http://www.misshapes.com/images/photos/02-05-05/02-05-05_img_002.jpg

[stopatnothing]

MIA is great and stuff, but i find her to be getting far more hype than she deserves, the mixtape was pretty excellent, but i found myself really underwhelmed by the full length.

[Yakboy Equals Nurturer]

Promoting a pop album with imagery co-opted from a paramilitary group that uses forcibly conscripted child soldiers and suicide bombers hardly seems spot-on to me. Seems more like either clueless posturing (cf: Everlast's House of Pain-era Sinn Fein tattoo, the Shining Path sticker on that Rage Against The Machine guy's guitar) or dubious political views.

LTTE may be considered freedom fighters by some, but many Sri Lankans (Tamil and Sinhalese alike) consider them to be as much of reason for the fucked-up state of their country as the government.

[Shiv]

her music is definitely dope, shes got her own style which is big. her being ridiculously hot does not hurt at all

www.ryanleslie.com

[RedFoxxworth]

I like the beats, and her voice sounds genuine, like she's your cute 17 year old neighbor really trying hard to be a rapper. And she dances SOOOO FUNNY. You can watch her video on director Ruben Fleischer's site, along with alot of other dope vids....

http://www.ruben.fm/videos.html

It's Red Motherfucking Foxxworth coming straight from VA, and I've been known to make the hoes bounce it up and down like the WNBA

[RedFoxxworth]

PS- I'm not hating, I'm feeling it....

and chicks dig it.

It's Red Motherfucking Foxxworth coming straight from VA, and I've been known to make the hoes bounce it up and down like the WNBA

[Shiv]

anyone got a link to the mixtape?

www.ryanleslie.com

[giantreptile]

the album has been delayed in order to increase the hype/demand. plus it gives all the hipster blog sites time to put their two cents in to help build up the hype. the music industry has adapted to the movie industry's tactics of subversive marketing. i only hope it lives up (anyone remember fischerspooner?)

[My Pal the Crook]

it was actually delayed for sample clearance and the fischerspooner album was what is was. what were you expecting?

[giantreptile]

sample clearance? PUUU-LEEEEZE! yes, i've heard that, and it's exactly my point. and if that were the case, every friggin' hip-hop album in existance would go through this.

[RedFoxxworth]

It samples Sunshowers and a Rio funk song. I'm sure it's a pain in the ass to pin down the sample from some random Rio funk song...

I have the album. It's really cool, kind of for the ladies though, although the beats are reallllly dope.

It's Red Motherfucking Foxxworth coming straight from VA, and I've been known to make the hoes bounce it up and down like the WNBA

Edited by RedFoxxworth on Mar 11, 2005 at 01:50 PM

[My Pal the Crook]

what are you talking about?? How many Ghostface albums have been delayed because of sample clearence and had songs pulled?

How about Pharohe Monch? I can go on and on. This isn't 1993 when ats just sampled freely and credited things when they felt like it.

[RedFoxxworth]

Albums are pushed back all the time.

Sometimes for samples. Sometimes for hype.

It's Red Motherfucking Foxxworth coming straight from VA, and I've been known to make the hoes bounce it up and down like the WNBA

[docdoom]

Whats here politics, i never heard her music. I worked in a newspaper in Sri Lanks for 4 months 2 years ago, so i would be interested to hear about her. They have certianly done some horrific crimes, but so have thie opposition. There was an instance a while ago when Jamie Oliver (UK TV Chef) wore a 'Tamil Tigers' sweatshirt without knowing what it was about.

[RedFoxxworth]

Eh you can only understand half the words she says anyways...

It's Red Motherfucking Foxxworth coming straight from VA, and I've been known to make the hoes bounce it up and down like the WNBA

[Yakboy Equals Nurturer]

The record (Arular) is named after her dad, who is reportedly a fairly senior figure in LTTE, and she uses Tamil Tiger imagery on the record cover and in her artwork. I think it's probably less an issue of her actively supporting or endorsing the group than it is using the images without providing any sort of informed context.

[onpoint]

don't get it....