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The past year was a bit of a rough for M.I.A. A combination of media backlash, political paranoia and an album that sadly failed to live up to extremely high expectations made us wonder if the colorful star would come back into favor. But she’s getting in the last word in 2010, dropping this mixtape of unreleased music plus some new gems produced by Diplo, Blaqstarr, Switch and M.I.A. herself.
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Photo by Brooklyn Vegan
The future is here, and her name is Rye Rye. Onstage, the rapper is a party monster, the spunky, stylish, charming but tough girl you always wanted to be friends with in high school. The 19 year-old moves with the fierceness of a confident dancer, shouts with the commanding presence of an established veteran, and spits with an aggressive spunk her current competitors seem to lack (with the exception of Minaj…yeah yeah we get it, she’s the best). Rye Rye’s trippy accent bounces along to the booming bass of her Blaqstarr-produced jams that never seem to lose their steam. Rye Rye’s live show, an exhibit of b-more culture dressed in miami raver clothes, is but an extension of her …
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M.I.A. has been keeping it fairly low for a minute (or maybe that’s the media just taking a breather after her worst summer ever). But the web never sleeps, so we offer up the third piece of new music from M.I.A., following Monday’s “Story To Be Told” and yesterdays Diplo leaked demo. This time Maya gets rappy with her long time b-more protigee Blaqstarr. The video is KSFW (Kinda Safe For Work) although I’m certain we’ve seen the whole animation over vintage porn thing before (the Google is failing in finding anything on “porn animation indie rock video,” so if you remember what I’m talking about, please leave a comment.
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Mad Decent has announced a multi-city series of weekly block parties, starting July 31st in Philly, and hitting NYC and LA before ending in Chicago on August 21st. The specific line-ups for each event have yet to be announced, but it’s pretty much all URB faves on the flier, from Diplo to Mike B, so you can’t really lose.
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