Posted in Music on Jan 14th, 2010
There’s no Filipino Verizon workers to be heard on this, but the “my lines are down, so you can’t call me” line does sort of sound like it could be attached to a title like I’m Down Like Your Internet Connection. Perhaps not – M.I.A unleashed this new track via Twitter simply with the title [...]
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Posted in Footnotes on Nov 14th, 2009
1. Diplo says of M.I.A’s upcoming record, “It’s like Gucci Mane meets Animal Collective.” [Pedestrian TV]
2. What were black people talking about on Twitter last night? [The Awl]
3. Clipse’s new video for Doorman. [Kanye]
4. Meet the amateur DJ’s that are putting you out of work, professional DJ’s. [Sound of the City]
5. New rap music. [Cocaine [...]
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Posted in Music on Aug 31st, 2009
I talked how much I liked The Very Best’s ‘Warm Heart of Africa’ last week and now we have a new track off their album which is available now to purchase in digital format. Apart from the drums of ‘Rain Dance,’ the track is a little more subdued than ‘Warm Heart of Africa.’ This time, it’s M.I.A’s turn to step [...]
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Posted in News Wrap-Up on Aug 15th, 2009
- The cover art and tracklist have finally been revealed for Q-Tip’s unreleased album, ‘Kamaal The Abstract’. The album was initially set to be released in 2002 but was shelved because his record label decided it was not commercial enough to market. ‘Kamaal’ is set to drop on September 15 via Battery Records.
- Radiohead could be releasing [...]
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Posted in Music on Aug 12th, 2009
We’ve been keeping a pretty close eye on M.I.A’s Twitter lately and for good reason. Two weeks ago she posted this and now she’s finally come up for air. Here’s hoping the finish line comes up quickly.
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Posted in Music on Aug 2nd, 2009
Even though we may not be getting the Rye Rye album as soon as we had hoped there’s still a couple of things happening with the Baltimore rapper right now. The 18-year-old club star just released her video for ‘Bang’ featuring M.I.A (below) and her label, also run by M.I.A, has just opened their website, which [...]
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Posted in Music on Jul 31st, 2009
This is a pleasant surprise.
Hot on the heels of the pretty great Major Lazer album recently released comes Keep Watch Vol. X: Major Lazer. The mixtape, which is curated by Major Lazer’s Diplo and Switch, is part of the ‘Keep Watch’ series by Mishka. Naturally, the best part of the entire thing is the new verse from [...]
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