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January 03, 2008
Best of 2007, number 1
MIA 1, originally uploaded by danepstein.
M.I.A. - Kala. Now here's a surprise, right? I think pretty much everyone has this as their number one or number two, but it's deservedly so. When I think about how to describe this album, I'm always reminded of the movie About a Boy when Will gives Marcus a CD player and a Mystikal album. He says it's "world music... slash rap." Well, I have no idea what that means, but that's what I think this is. M.I.A. comes from Sri Lanka and has a father who was a member of the political/"militant" Tamil Tiget party. She throws raps, Bollywood songs, a freakin' Jonathan Richman reference, and sound effects like barking dogs and gunshots into her songs. Unlike so much other rap, her songs have a political conscience in addition to driving beats, and it's an irresistable combo.
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Posted at January 3, 2008 09:59 AM