What do you people think of M.I.A ?
who?
>3 gun shots and taking my money
>>66257621
Shitty overrated pop artist who can't make music without forcing her shitty political opinions into the song.
She ia everything wrong with pop music.
>>66257621
oh yeah i forgot this album existed
i should probably check it out sometime
Kala is alright, haven't listened to anything else
ugly communist bitch
>>66257621
>tfw for a second I thought her new album was out
fuck
Terrorist cunt
Seriously, how has no one ever called her out on supporting the Tamil Tigers?
>>66257688
Its like Socialist realism in music form. 'Art' reduced to nothing more than a dressed-up envelope for a blunt party message.
I would marry the fuck out of her but her output has been wildly inconsistent. Arular is her best.
>>66258432
>I would marry the fuck out of her
same t b h
The fuck you mean "you people" ??
mixed feelings really. seems to be really talented but her songs are all over the play. very inconsistent
less politics moar music
>>66258416
Pretty great
I also like her political views, I mean, it's interesting to see the world through Tamil eyes.
>>66258416
>how has no one ever called her out on supporting the Tamil Tigers?
she's literally banned from being in the US because of that, tard.
but idgaf because she makes great music. I can enjoy her music without agreeing with her political/social shit
>>66258552
neckbearded fat white teenagers.
>>66258612
>it's interesting to see the world through Tamil eyes.
Yeah, suicide bombers are the shit.
>>66258687
>I can enjoy her music without agreeing with her political/social shit
Just like how you can appreciate a portrait of Stalin hugging children without agreeing with his Great Purge
Its not about the message, its about the way the message is delivered: hamfisted and shallow
>all i wanna do is boom boom boom ching and take your money
As a brown/south asian descended person this hits close to home. White people are scared as shit of Muslims. I'm not even Muslim.
I'm conservative and I like her music ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>>66258925
>Its not about the message, its about the way the message is delivered: hamfisted and shallow
Agreed. Stalinist propaganda was made with much more artistry and intelligence than anything M.I.A.'s ever done.
great artist, matangi is a grower
>>66258984
>White people are scared as shit of Muslims.
Any rational person is scared of Muslims.
>>66258984
>As a brown/south asian
Why do shitskins think their race gives their opinion significance? Having a racial bias makes your opinion less valuable, not more
>>66259231
It's because I'm talking about my experiences being constantly beaten down and dehumanized.
>>66259148
"no"
>>66257621
Racist.
>>66259446
Only white people can be racist, you silly goose!
>>66259253
Again, your hurt feelings and overly emotional analysis make your opinion less valuable, not more.
Christgaus waifu
>>66259543
K
It's never possible to argue with white people anyways.
Most, if not all, Indians are horrible people. She's no exception.
>>66259610
She's not fucking Indian you redneck
early stuff was good, but i really fucking can't stand her. her lyrics are cringeworthy and i hate the way she pretends to be super underground leftist hip, while being a well-paid commercial pop star. fuck her
>>66259651
Sri Lanka is close enough. It's the same shit.
>>66259685
t. ignorant racist
>>66259694
No, I've just been near enough Indians to know they're a plague to this planet.
>>66258925
>hamfisted and shallow
her music is anything but that. she's easily one of the greatest female artists ever. Arular and Kala are god-tier albums and the others are great too.
also your comparison is retarded.
>>66259200
not any more than christians or jews. there were Muslims at my high school and they were perfectly fine people.
>>66259231
then your obviously white racial bias makes your opinion worthless.
>>66257621
qt sjw
>>66257621
awful musician, awful human being
>>66257621
Are you guys serious? Arular and Kala are great, Maya is interesting and experimental (if not altogether successful in its experiements), and Matangi has a few great party songs (Bad Girls is gr8). Can you guys really not enjoy semi political music unless it was made by nazis or something?
KALA was cool but nowadays she just makes song about liberal social issues so that she can stay relevant.
I don't give a fuck what MIA thinks about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
>>66263436
Her music has always been political though? Not every song, but lots of it.
DESIGNATED
reminder she was right
https://youtu.be/Sa8hXJowm_M
>>66265206
Yeah, she's always been political, and she's always been a crazy bitch, and sometimes she happens to be right. Idk what the fuck is this thread's problem. Maybe a reaction to her most recent song being about refugees (even though she's always writing about refugees and immigrants).
>>66257694
its not an album its still just a bunch of singles
>>66265264
>literal refugee is in favour of welcoming refugees
>4chan goes apeshit
anyway post your favourites https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1684Cx3tuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbFhwsSAxro
Was she one of the first to explore the "postinternet" aesthetic as a musical artist? 2010 seems awfully early, maybe she's just on top of interesting trends
>>66257621
She's a good producer (Sleigh Bells' Treats is a good example of that) but not the best musician.
if she actually just said random words in her music instead of some inbred political message, she would be a 10/10 artist
>>66266077
I'm partial to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeduDcJGNQw
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wth3V4sNtl0
I feel like she was exploring that sort of global post internet aesthetic before 2010 even. Wasn't the Vicki Leeks mixtape before that? Honestly just a forward thinking artist in general.
>>66266444
Vicki Leekx was apparently after Maya, haven't heard it myself actually
I especially enjoyed Paper Planes after I realised it kind of reached Song 2 levels of ironic popularity in the US
