TAG: Teqkilla

Jul13

M.I.A – /\/\ /\ Y /\ (Review)

M.I.A.

// / Y /

Released by Interscope


Maya is M.I.A’s third full length release, following critically acclaimed Arular and Kala. Lately she’s been in the limelight for her immature twitter beef with journalist Lynn Hirschberg who wrote the now-infamous New York Times Magazine profile on her, along with conflicts with ex-BF/producer Diplo, a clusterf!@# of a record release party in NYC, and just yesterday the cancellation of LA's HARD festival that she curated and was was meant to headline. You could call Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam a sheep in wolves' clothing: there’s a contrast between ...

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Jul01

New M.I.A. “Teqkilla” (prod. Rusko, MIA, Switch, John Hill) (MP3)

For all those who have become skeptical about whether M.I.A.’s forthcoming /\/\/\Y/\ can possibly live up to the deafening hype created by a dozen a magazine covers, a million blogs, and a couple of snide remarks from her ex-boyfriend, this new track up on her MySpace gives us serious hope. “Teqkilla” is the closest we’ve heard to the classic M.I.A. of Kala and Arula. A jerking beat with some international flavor and shouts to a dozen liquor-brands and the “sticky sticky icky icky weed.” This is the girl we used to like partying with. …MORE

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Jun14

M.I.A.’s Infuriating Album Stream (MP3)

There has been nothing orthodox about the roll-out to M.I.A.’s ridiculously-anticipated third album. From blimps above Coachella to battles with “gotcha” journalists, getting there has been half the fun. But with a month to go, this marathon build-up is becoming absurd. Today, the full album began streaming on the People’s Record Store website (Faux-populist web portal name? Check!). The rub? The player only plays :30 of each track at a time, meaning if you want to hear the full 6:20 of “Teqkilla,” you have to hit play 13 times. …MORE

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