During the conclusion of last week’s episode of Entourage, movie star Vincent Chase goes skydiving in a desperate search for the rush he’s long since lost as a major celebrity. As the character plummets towards the ground, the weightless voice of M.I.A. sings out “Gravity is my enemy” and the final track of her latest album, MAYA, folds into the closing credits. It’s the best context yet for the album and artist that has struggled to resonate with the a global audience in 2010. First there was the politically unsophisticated if visually shocking video for the song “Born Free” which was banned from Youtube for it’s graphic depiction of redheaded youths being blown up. The clip garnered heavy-buzz, but little conversation about the dissonant song it accompanied. That was followed in quick succession by a scathing cover story in New York Times Magazine, a willfully eligible album title (officially it’s /\/\ /\ Y /\), a scathing review of the CD on the ultra-influential website Pitchfork.com and most recently, the cancellation of the 25,000 person HARD LA festival—which banked on M.I.A. to both headline and curate the line-up—due to poor ticket sales.   …MORE