This is a little different for CL, but I thought, “Hey, why not?” If you’ve never heard of her, M.I.A. is an MC from London (by way of Sri Lanka). Her debut album, “Arular” dropped in 2005 and garnered a lot of success in the United States and internationally, appearing in several US commercials, as well as ad campaigns and being banged in clubs around the world. Well, M.I.A. is back with a brand new single, entitled “Bird Flu.” This song is electric. I really love stuff like this, but then again, my taste can be kind of funky. Let me know what you guys think, because I’d love to give more updates on her project. For more information about M.I.A. and her upcoming album, log on to miauk.com or check her out on MySpace!
M.I.A. – Bird Flu (full) – download / alternate
Check out M.I.A.’s new video for “Bird Flu.”
Anyway, bout the post.
Was scared of the title but it’s kinda str8.
Oh my goodness…..CL you SCARED the HELL out of me! I was in a different post and just seen the TITLE and thought you meant that the REAL BIRD FLU had BROKE OUT in MIAMI! LMAOOOOOO!!!!!! I was thinking “OH SH*T, this is IT! It’s a SIGN of the APOCOLYPS! The WORLD is FO-SHOW coming to an END”!! LOL!
…PLEASE STOP scaring FOLKS!
don’t like it but i only like her galang song anyway. doesn’t matter, i still respect her as an artist b/c she does new things instead of following formulas. i wish her luck on this album
Is there a cure for bird flu? Cuz if there is I wanna pour it all over her and her stupid song. Stupid ass sound effects.
I am kinda of feeling it i got 2 give her, her props she an english girl hailing from London and she seems to be doing her thing in USA i have always liked her beats to songs i like people who aint afraid 2 step out of the box
**DIPS INTO A JAWLA LOI ZIPPER DEM BIN**
This one is TOO MUCH. GET INTO IT IMMEDIATELY. ITS SO CONFUSING AND IT HAS NO DIRECTION, BUT IT WORKS, THIS GOES DUMB IN THE HOOD.
DEAD@ MIA getting the Panjabi Sri Lanka heads together and teaching the West Indian massive a lesson in the art of dancehall, whine, and riddim. WHU DI TUNE BE LIKE MON? PUNCH MIA!
Maya is beautiful, and her music is equally special. Everytime i hear this track i break into tribal dance and LOSE IT. Arular was genius but didnt sell well in America, so hopefully MIA will get her deserved credit with the drop of this album.
BTW, the little girl in the video is so cute. I love her adlibs…RA RA RA YAAAAAAAAAAAA! Yes East Indians!!
This song is great!! M.I.A. brought it on the first album, and now she is going to be doing big things with the new album. I can’t wait to cop the new album. And she can really perform. In a world where artists today don’t have the same originality, creativity, or talent as their predecessors; it is nice to see someone explore their creativity and create music that doesn’t have to fit into a preset category.
I am tired of the tired ass r&b that is churned out day to day by the same machine. Everyone is produced by the same producers, and has songs written for them by the same writers, it is boring…
And even if after listening to M.I.A., you aren’t ready to be feelin her music, you can at least say here is an artist doing her thing, her way, and she definitely aint boring. And listen to her lyrics! It is great to hear an artist talking about real world topics, not about “i can get another you in a second” dumb ass beyonce, if she didn’t like him..why would she brag about being able to get another one of him…
M.I.A. is a great artist, the only album I am more excited about this year is going to be Jill Scott, who is the only real vocalist out there…
i liked galang and URAQT. but this one was a little out there.. i still appreciate the post and wanna hear more!
^^Not too much—>
Jill is most definetely not the ONLY REAL vocalist out there. Teedra MOSES runs circles around that overweight moose, but thats a different topic for another day!
Overweight moose?? Just cuz you an obese donkey does not give you credence to call talented people names… Teedra Moses has nothing on Jill Scott…teedra is pretty good, but she is not Jill Scott
I’ve seen her other work and enjoyed it, as I did this one. She’s pretty , however, needs to work on her dancing( which always have me rolling on the floor).
love it, kinda funky n eccentric. oh, i think “NewAgePrep” musta lost ur mind bout, gettin the sri lankans 2gether to teach these west indians bout winin, riddims n etc.! im sorry bout the west indians run that ish
My music taste is real versatile, and I kinda got with this. I could hear this beat being mixed with some other stuff. Well wishes to the artist. I liked that little boy in the video – he was doin’ the damn thang in his own li’l way…LOL
it’s CRAP…sorry
I don’t “get” her music. I guess it’s too much for me. Bucky Done Gun was my shit though! That beat was sick! I get up and dance EVERYTIME I hear that song. Other than that though, this kind of music just isn’t my style.
Wack..her voice is always on some high pitch shyt…and i read the lyrics to this song..and what the hell is she talking bout..no direction for sure..her past songs where stupid too..”I put salt on my mango?”..
I think people are dying to hear something different because of so many wack artists but sometimes different does not make it dope..
how coms we havent heard of this girl in england? ive never ever heard of her. damn it i cant listen to the song.
jill scott is the shit
@Janee, i think u might be a little paranoid dear
Get into these lyrics for the track. They make ALOT OF SENSE, sadly MIA’s music is not for everyone. Not for nothing, but she usually only appeals to intellectuals and eccentric-esque individuals! So THAT basically shuts down any claims that people are looking for something creative, and because there is nothing CREATIVE/ORIGINAL on the music scene, we are settling for anything. NOT!
Bird Flu
M.I.A.
BIG on the underground
what’s the point of knocking me down?
everybody knows
I’m already good on the ground
most of us stay strong
shit don’t really bound us
then I go on my own
making bombs with rubber bands
I have my hard down
so I need a man for romance
streets are making em hard
so they selfish little roamers
jumpin’ girl to girl
make us meat like burgers
when I get fat
I’ll pop me out some leaders
A protocol to be a Rocawear model?
it didn’t really drop that way
my legs hit the hurdle
A protocol to be a rocker on a label?
it didn’t really drop that way
our beats were too evil
but I put away paper for later so I’m stable
a better something better come
so I could get cable
ghetto pops, food drops
I store them in my stable
I cook em up , pop em down
eat me it off ya a table
The village got on the phone
said the street is comin’ to town
they wanna check my papers
see what I carry around
credentials are boring
I burnt them at the burial ground
don’t order me about
I’m an outlaw from the badland
put away shots for later
so I’m stable
live in trees chew on feet
watch lost on cable
bird flu gonna get you
made it in my stable
from the crap you drop
on my crop when they pay you.
PUNCH THEM MISS MAYA ARULPRAGASM. Continue to create songs that reach over the average homo sapien’s brain!!!
And NUMBER 13, CoolieRasta, i know exactly how Jamaicans whine and grind to the riddim (i live in NY, second home of West Indians) but you must admit, the East Indian crew are setting the Jamaicans to the side with this tune!
i actually like some of her music…
I like it. I’ve always been a fan of M.I.A. her first album was fun. And sorry NEWAGPREP….you don’t need to be an intellectual to like her music. It’s not THAT serious…lol
i love M.I.A,thank you! this song is like massala!!!!
There has been an outbreak of bird flu in england, i just saw it on the news.
anyhooo ive never heard of this gal M.I.A
Anyone who doesn’t like MIA, is an idiot.
I’ve mever heard of this person, but the fact that she isn’t mainstream makes me curious–I’ll check this out at home 2nite….
Her album Arular was was…it just..was…and her so called great lyrics were anything but.
As a matter of fact let me go put some nintendo game beats, mixed with some pre-made preprogrammed keyboard songs and make an album….
I loooove this song, but I’ve always been a big M.I.A. fan. She did a show in Central Park a couple summers back and it was definitely OFF the chain.
YAY for this post.
I bought M.I.A.’s last album, mainly because I was interested after her first 2 songs. You really have to listen to her lyrics to get the message, and she is definitely has more substance than most of the rappers combined. Don’t sleep on her for real.
I LOOOVEEEEEEEEEE M.I.A. always have from the day I first heard her.
people have different music taste and if someone don’t like so what be it creative or not music is music.
LUV IT! MIA is so dope, so true to herself and her vision. Too bad other MCs don’t take the risks she does. It’d be a much better world…
I agree @ #30
I have been getting down with her since Galang. Me likey.
Thanks for posting this.
I was feeling the song at first…but it grew on me.
I love music that is different, loved the beat too.
Not too sure exactky what she was saying, but I liked it all the same.
Thanks for posting this.
I wasn’t feeling the song at first…but it grew on me.
I love music that is different, loved the beat too.
Not too sure exactly what she was saying, but I liked it all the same.
I like it… never heard of her though. Beat is crazy good.
SSSTTTRRRAAAIIIGGGHHHTTT TTTRRRAAASSSHHH!
NewAgePrep is kinda right, if you like the current rap-crap you probably won’t like MIA. She’s popular with the NY/LA Indie scene and overseas. She is a really pretty girl with a nice body that happens to sing about political/environmental issues, that throws people off. Not fond of the bird flu song, but like her other stuff.
Its coo….but don’t anticpate me bumpin this in my car.I don’t wanna get laughed at with all them bird sounds!
A little side note…the beats she has on her myspace for Bucky and Galang are bomb!
I love her music. Its different and original. By the way she is not Indian shes Tamil. In Sri Lanka there are Tamils and Singalese people. And there is a civil war going on there which is pretty much what her first Album was about. Anyways enough with the history lesson
shes wicked…been into her since day one….a lot of her music is politically geared towards situations in sri lanka with the TAMIL TIGERS and pther groups..
shes also and artist and a designer..shes had a few exhibits i think
M.I.A. song ls nice. I loved her first album can’t wait for this one.
WHOA, this shit was mad fiya! I’m 1/2 indian, so it sounds like a cool-ass indian track that me & the fam would bellydance to, maaaad goood =)
Galang was the shit! I can’t wait to hear this new one.
MORE FUN FOR THE PEOPLE! RAAAAAAAAAAA
I’m not against WORLD music but what does this song have to do with the pandemic? She should have chose another title if she wasn’t going to tie it in with the actual virus. Or maybe she did and I didn’t get it.
WHAT A WASTE OF SONG
I don’t care what anyone says, I have never been able to stand M.I.A.
My musical taste is all over the place, but M.I.A just grates on my nerves. I understand the message and all that, but it’s not my thing.
to 19.
oh for sure they’re puttin them aside in this tune, i thought u meant dancin wise. lol
@ #2 i thought the same damn thing cuz i wasnt really payin attention all i saw was M.I.A and birdflu…so im like aww lawd they got bird flu in Miami lmao….but anywho i liked the song Galang but this 1 is kinda of wierd
Shes hot
M.I.A’s cool they show one of her videos on IMF all the time
I love M.I.A., so I like this song. She’s diff and so is the song, but it works
u know i actually liked that song. the little boys dancin was cute and the little girl sortof breakin it down. i’am feelin her music (at least this song anywho.)
the only thing i understood was rocawear model lmao and I’m not even sure if that’s correct it’s different but it;s okay
FIRE.. i love M.I.A. It’s refreshing to hear someone try something new for a change. Keep us posted on her project!
Umm it sounds crazy to me…I’ll pass on this one!
Awesome thanks for posting the new song I like it! Alot of people I know hate M.I.A. so its cool to know someone out there digs her too! I hope you post more of her songs.
I like MIA…i’ve been on that since the bmore days of diplo and dj lo budjet in baltimore. Keep it comming. Versatility is good.