Pazz and Jop Triumph!!

[John Junk]

No one expects a girl that hot and "exotic"to have such good taste in beats.  Especially when she also likes to make crazy and emotive blog posts on her myspace all the time. 

I go between thinking the lyrics on that new album are genius and really really stupid.  I think I'll settle on "ballsy". 

People seem to think "Paper Planes" is crazy and fucked up.  I guess it's like the kid-like vocals mixed with the gunshots.  If Jay-Z did this no one would bat a lash, but MIA does it and the world gets a boner.  I can't blame the world, btw.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I think you just invented a genre: "World Boner Music."

[Laurie]

People seem to think "Paper Planes" is crazy and fucked up.  I guess it's like the kid-like vocals mixed with the gunshots.  If Jay-Z did this no one would bat a lash, but MIA does it and the world gets a boner.  I can't blame the world, btw.

I'm not a big fan of MIA, but I do like this song. Why? Because I have a soft spot for Wreckx-n-Effect. ALL I WANT TO DO IS ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dave from knoxville]

Dear God, someone please explain MIA to me. I listened to it 6 times, and haven't heard anything I had not heard prior to 2005 YET.

The music is alright, but she's got the whole smokin-hawt babe thing going on which sets her over the top.

Yeah that too.

So, in my quest for new musics, she's basically a hip-hop approved hottie a la American Idol?

[John Junk]

Dear God, someone please explain MIA to me. I listened to it 6 times, and haven't heard anything I had not heard prior to 2005 YET.

The music is alright, but she's got the whole smokin-hawt babe thing going on which sets her over the top.

Yeah that too.

So, in my quest for new musics, she's basically a hip-hop approved hottie a la American Idol?

I don't know that she's hip-hop approved.  She's a pretty shitty rapper.  She's more hipster approved than anything.  She's bros with Peaches. 

[Chris L]

I don't know that she's hip-hop approved.  She's a pretty shitty rapper.  She's more hipster approved than anything.  She's bros with Peaches. 

So she is the new Tricky, then?  Except for the Peaches thing.

How did she get a pass for that truck commercial when she's supposedly so anti-capitalist?  Or is she "over that" now?

[KickTheBobo]

So, in my quest for new musics, she's basically a hip-hop approved hottie a la American Idol?

I believe she started as a visual artist, and then moved onto making music. Her artwork, and music is really politically charged as well. Her father was a Tamil Tiger(?) so the art is kinda of a mash-up of graffiti stenciling and revolutionary iconography but DAY-GLO. I think if you watch a few of the videos on youtube, you'd get the jist of it.

the music kinda sounds like Buju Banton freestyling over a nintendo.

[dave from knoxville]

I am thrilled that Art of the Slap scored as highly as it did, but it's got to give a lot of third tier label reps a headful of ideas when they realize you only have to get 2 of the "critics" to mention you to get into the top 500. ARE YOU LISTENING, PETEY TOBLERONE?

[Gilly]

I liked Kala a lot but I really liked Arular when it came out too and I don't really listen to that much anymore.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

the music kinda sounds like Buju Banton freestyling over a nintendo.

Best capsule review since "Gene Vincent meets a book on tape."

[chrisfoll577]

i think i know how mr. perpetua got out of the hate pit.

[Beth]

I listen to her music, and I dance and have fun. I've never really analyzed her much more than that.

EDIT: But come to think of it, that "baby girl baby girl" Timbaland vocal on the last track of Kala is god awful.

[Stupornaut]

After seeing her live, I discovered it helps to be able to listen to her music with huge, wall-shaking waves of bass behind it.