M.I.A. – Boyz
M.I.A. is back with her second album, Kala which hits stores on August 21. Her first album, Arular was a huge success in the United States and garnered her a lot of endorsements using a couple of her songs. I was actually surprised by how well she was recieved. Producing and writing all of her own music, people just took a liking to her. However, with all of this success, people were wondering what M.I.A.’s sophomore set was going to sound like.
She actually worked with a few American producers this time around, such as Bangladesh (who produced the hit “Bossy” for Kelis), and Timbaland. She still used some of her own production, and it seems that her album varies in sound a lot more than Arular did, but sticks to the same format. I will admit that Kala is a little shotty and has some holes in it. I definitely saw where she was going, and with that being said, the album has some stand-out, fun tracks.
M.I.A. – Birdflu (full) – download / alternate
M.I.A. – Jimmy (full) – download / alternate
M.I.A. – Mango Pickle Down River (full) – download / alternate
M.I.A. – $20 (full) – download / alternate
M.I.A. feat. Timbaland – Come Around (full) – download / alternate
For more information on M.I.A. and Kala, log on to her official website, MySpace. If you like what you’ve heard, make sure you pick up Kala on August 21.
WHO?
#1 Who? This is UK’s finest female rapper M.I.A. (Well I think so) I love her so much. She’s one of my favorite artists because she’s so different. Her beats are crazy and her lyrics are ridiculous. Ima definitely pick up this album when it hits stores here in the US.
Back with her 2nd album? Hmm never heard of her before….
I love MIA, she is quite different as you can tell. I like her videos, very and I do mean very different from the norm.
I love M I A . Even from her first album. her style is dope. Her lyrics are dope when I can understand her! lol
get into ‘XR2′
I totally love her and I like this album (from what I’ve heard so far)
I like her and her style. I can dig it. I downladed some track from the first album but didn’t buy it, tell you the truth I really couldn’t find it. I will try and pick up both of them.
im not feeling it. She has zero vocal talent.
THAT’S MY GIRL! SHE’S VERY CREATIVE AND DIFFERENT. WATCH GWEN STEFANI AND FERGIE BITE SOMETHING OFF OF HER……
THAT’S MY GIRL! SHE’S VERY CREATIVE AND DIFFERENT. WATCH GWEN STEFANI AND FERGIE BITE SOMETHING OFF OF HER……
Her voice grates on my nerves.
Sadly I have never heard of her,but from the responses on here she must be good.
I love M.I.A. Her sound is soooo different from whats out there. It’s great work out music too!
Her Brian check out Lady Tigra’s “Switchblade Kitty”
http://www.myspace.com/theladytigra
Who in the hell is this chick again???!!! I never know who artist are unless they give you air time on BET/MTV or on the radio, other than that I will never know you
THANK YOU BRIAN!
I PASS
cool songs..
she got her own style.. n she isnt tryin 2 sound or look like all the other females in the industry.
i like it.
Wow! I think it’s funny that you’d call her work shotty ( I heard the whole album) when this is who GWEN STEFANI, FERGIE and KELIS will be swagger jacking in 08! She may seem odd and shotty to some because she pulls from idigenous cultures (african/hindi/aboriginee) and sounds. Shes a real artist in that, like Bjork, she’s her own person….has her own sound….she’s not selling sex…does not have weave down to her ass or her ti**ties out and is not trying to break a glass with her vocal riffs….shes a muscian…shes about creating a sound…not joining a gospel choir…sometimes i wish we would open our minds to something different…i see many of us are up on it (high five) but the fact that she’s not on BET should tell you something…it means she might actually be saying something…BET is not one to put anybody different on there…no…they put the same sounding…same looking artists on air because they’re about following the formula…the same format..(which is really just a brown version of everything on MTV) but alas…the minute a person not of color does it….Fergie…Gwen Stefani (who is the ultimate culture vulture and swagger-jacker!) they become soul queens…or we’re impressed with what they bring to the table! ugh! Sorry but it just makes me sick!
I LOVE HER. SHE IS AN REAL ARIST.
This is definitely UK’s sound. You will not hear this play on Hot 97. But Timberland’s beat is nice.
SHE LOOKS LIKE A DOG ON THAT PIC! not feeling it
Different doesn’t necessary mean its “hot”.Music is music and if your music is good, its good.If its ok its ok.People do different things in music everyday and they don’t get no recognition or they don’t get heard.It is what it is.
She definately is her own person,she’s unique and fun.I love Birdflu,Mango pickle down riverJimmy and her older song Galang.I usually don’t buy cds but this can be an exception.
#19, what are you talking about? LOL. I love MIA. I just said that in entirety, the album is not as complete to me as “arular” was. I wasn’t saying that it wasn’t a good album, I just said it has some empty spaces and it’s not as fluid as “arular” was.
HAHAHA I FEELING COME AROUND. THAT SONG HOT!. HEHEHE TIMBALAND HAVE ME LAUGHING WHEN HE SAYS: “BABY GIRL YOU AND ME NEED TO GO IN YOUR TIPI”
@ # 19: I agree with you 100%. Unfortunately I have not listened to her albums yet but will do when I get a chance. It seems lots of people only respect what they see on BET…
i think she is so whack
although i do kinda dig the beat to boyz, cuz parts of it sound like Bmore Club music
but other than that ill continue to pass on MIA
@19 YOU AGREED W/ AND NOW I AM AGREEING W/ YOU!!!
I listened to a little over a minute and only heard her say about 4 words the whole time. I’ll admit that I do like some of her stuff (mainly the beats) but like someone said earlier different does not mean good. I don’t hear the lyrical talent that yall are proclaiming…
Brian I hear you…i just know that becasue we have been so programmed by the BET aesthetic and the same ten songs on radio that we immediately deem different as bad, not fully digesting it….
and @30….you might not hear it right off…but she talks about oppression and poverty…pain…racism…ALL kinds of stuff that her home folk and other oppressed folk experience in so called third world countries…but like a real scientist…she doesnt hit you over the head with it ’cause she knows she would be labeled ‘preachy’…she’s like let me get a dope beat…a catchy hook and pull mofos in that way…have the time we dont hear lyrics or realize what they mean til later (I never knew what the ‘give me what you cant get back’ song meant til i got grown) i taught a group of girls who proclaimed that LAFFY TAFFY was their song! Then when i bought the lyrics in they were all mad and offended…so i think MIA (even her name has a political slant) is going for feel first and content second…
and listen it aint like i cant get crunk with the rest….i LOVE dancing….but im glad that theres more in the landscape of music….a different color, sound, edge…knamean? thats what i miss about early nineties HIP HOP
aight getting off soapbpx…(its rented by the hour and i didnt sell enuff beanpies to cover an hour long dissertation
PS if you want some FIRE AZZ CONTENT check out Jay Electronica..or Donnie…or Georgia Anne Muldrowe….she was down with Platinum Pied Pipers….and SaRa…her writing is FULL BLOWN..(wrote, composed, engineered, produced her first album at 20) just something you don’t hear alot…she kinda reminds me of what Stevie was bringing to my parents generation
and @30
Do you think listening a little over a minute can tell you ANYTHING about an artist aside from whether or not you like the beat?
LOVE IT! WE R USING THIS SONG IN A FASHION SHOW….ITS GREAT!
Its ok, nothing to scream about.And what does B.E.T have to do with this, it should be same for M.T.V, VH1 too.BET ain’t the only one.
If you want to hear something good post Emily King.
I’ve heard of this artist before. I can say that I will give her props for the beats…. the lyrics…NOPE! I am open to all types of creative music, but if I cannot understand her lyrics and the point of the songs, so I will pass! It’s funny how many people will critize others for not liking music they like, but this sytle is not everyone’s style so…OH WELL!! I think MIA would get her point across more if she would speak clear and not have so many beats that overpower her lyrics. To each its own!
hmmm sorry it dont sound good to me at al…sound like a bunch of people tryna do everything at once..not feelin this chick at all
i listen too all her songs and all of dem jacked up…plain and simple
i wouldn’t buy this shyte if they paid me too…..the music sound like it deserves to be a theme song at the next gay pride week. smh its a no go
well,unfortunately i cant hear the rest of the tracks but aside from THAT BANGING ASS BEAT,i dont hear what everybody else is hearing…i dont even know what she is saying,all i understand is “how many boys are crazy or how many start a war” or something.
like somebody said,its ok to be different but be good at what you do!
WORDBLAZE: I was gonna come on here and give my 5 pence, but it seems u done it for me already. Could not have said it any better. I just wish more people in our community had a more open mind to music. That is to say not that we always agree with the music but can class it as different and except it for what it is instead of downcasting it. But hey, everyone’s entitled to an opinion and maybe what I am wishing towards is what would be in an ideal world, and we all know we do not live in that.
Jenn, UK.
i love M.I.A…the video for “BOYZ” is cute n colorful..and it features the hottest dancehall dancers from Jamaica..her music is fun..i plan on coppin “Kala” when it drops..the timbaland song is hot too
I like M.I.A’s style….very unique. She has some sick”going -back-to-africa” beats that I love. Plus, watching her dance has me dying on the floor with laughter. You my girl and all, but your in desperate need of a choeographer.
@Wordblaze, I actually listened to the whole thing, but after a minute I only heard her say 4 words….
& by the by I dont even have cable so I dont watch BET or even really listen to the radio.. and she may say all of that but I don’t see how when half the song is spent going “Nah nah nah nah nah” and “How many How many how many”
i loved her first album…cant wait!
love this chick even if i might not like most of her songs. i love that she’s so unique. lmao @ ppl who criticize her yet wanna say that rihanna is doing something new. in truth, there’s really no one out there like m.i.a. which is more than i can say for most ppl
and @ DCTRINI- you say it like there’s something wrong w/ the gay pride parade. smh. i can see you’re not very open-minded
sounds like some shit off of a national geographic documentary
19. WORLDBLAZE
Wow! I think it’s funny that you’d call her work shotty ( I heard the whole album) when this is who GWEN STEFANI, FERGIE and KELIS will be swagger jacking in 08! She may seem odd and shotty to some because she pulls from idigenous cultures (african/hindi/aboriginee) and sounds. …i see many of us are up on it (high five) but the fact that she’s not on BET should tell you something…the minute a person not of color does it….Fergie…Gwen Stefani (who is the ultimate culture vulture and swagger-jacker!) they become soul queens… Sorry but it just makes me sick!
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Please say it again. It amazes me everyday how shallow some people are. Many said that they couldn’t understand the girl but hell…most of us couldn’t understand Bone Thugs and Harmony or Twista but still bang their tracks. We might have had to play it back a few times but we eventually got the lyrics (well at least I did, LOL).
There is a lot of International music that bangs. If some don’t hear it on a radio or see it on a video, they’ll automatically dismiss it. The majority of artists in the states got the same beat, lyric biting and exact style. Perfect examples-Kelis rocked the bob cut first…then came Rihanna and now Trina. And it’s funny to me because they pay people for a sense of style in fashion/beauty and creativity. Another example…”Snap Ya Fingers” remix began with I believe Lil John, next Dem Franchize Boys, T-Pain and the list goes on. I give the girl props for being different and being outside the box.
Birdflu, is a good song. NOt sure wutz she’s sayin though
I like Jimmy (escpecialy the beat,crazy)
Come around is good too but, is she sayin, “run nigga, run nigga, run nigga, run down?” hopefully she’s not
But yea i do like her songs though, the beats are wut keep me listenin
I love M.I.A.
i just realized that the $20 actually takes some of the song “where is my mind?” by nada surf (originally done by the pixies). amazing rock song, check it out
Who? Brian you say that her debut “Arular was a huge success in the United States”, I find that hard to believe. Did you mean the UK?
I consider myself a music fanatic in EVERY genre and I have never heard of this lady.
I haven’t listened to any songs yet (still at work) but I will def check out the tracks when I get home. I do wanna agree with 19 regarding a lot of young black folk not being opened minded to different types of music. It’s always beauty/fineness and selling sex BEFORE talent.
All the sendspace links to her songs are down.
I’ve seen the Boyz video though…..I can’t say I like her or hate her…….she has a weird style which to me in reference in her style isn’t all bad or great and I understand maybe half of what she says but I KINDA like that song. I know she’s worked with Missy a bit but I never checked any songs out with her on them.
why when people dont like an artist who is “different”,we have to be close-minded. are you kidding me?like i said,i like the beats but she aint saying more than 10 words throughout the song and i can barely understand them.its not close-minded,its called having a preference.and i dont watch bet unless its my last resort so i havent been brainwashed or programmed by it….i just dont see myself liking her just because she’s different. i commend her for that though.
Her voice annoys me if i’m not in the mood for this music but there is a message in her songs…which is refreshing. and she is very creative and fresh. overall i doubt i would just sit and listen to this album at home but i would totally see her live. i’ve seen youtube videos of them and they look like a ton of fun.
I like it, to me different = good. This is the kind of music I can listen to while at the gym and dance around the house to.
yes i have ahad this album for liek 2 weeksnow…. banglades didnt produce a song for kala…atleast not the american version hit that is not on the album…
Didn’t like it.
Her music is………weird, i like her style though, its different, but i can’t quite make out what her music is about.