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Here’s another leftover from M.I.A.’s /\/\ /\ Y /\ album. “Zig-Zag” catches the reluctant pop star singing over a New Kids on the Block melody, probably in an ill-advised go at more chart hits. Fortunately, it seems someone was wise enough to not put this on the album. Unfortunately, nothing gets past the internet.
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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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The sun came up this morning, which means there must be new M.I.A. news. The animated GIF of a singer has announced the name of her upcoming third album, /\/\/\Y/\. Yeppers, that’s /\/\/\Y/\. Some say that if you stare long enough, you’ll see it spells out MAYA, which in that case makes sense seeing as how M.I.A.’s first two albums were named after her mum and dad. But we keep looking and all we see is a sailboat.
No word if this album title was a result of the open called for suggestions put forth via Twitter last week (we suspect that bit of info is scheduled for tomorrow’s blog role.) But we do know that the new album has been pushed back two week from it’s original release date (you know, the one announced via blimp at Coachella). And we …
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