Every week a different FADER staff member will pick a clothing item or accessory that he or she has lately been spending a lot of time with—or would like to—and write a little love letter to it. We would’ve done a column on who we’re dating but that seemed a little bit much. This week Duncan Cooper talks about his M.I.A. “Bad Girls” USB necklace.
The day I got M.I.A.’s USB necklace—$50 on her own site, 2GB and loaded with three “Bad Girls” remixes—a rapper came to FADER offices. The USB is gold-plated, and so were this guy’s teeth. He wasn’t wearing a shirt, but he wore gold rings and necklaces. His eyes widened as he spied the necklace on my desk, then stretched even bigger as he put it on and discovered it opened to reveal a USB drive. M.I.A. might’ve been the first person to gild a fake BMW key and release music on it, but I hope she’s not the last to make a special vehicle for her tracks. Riff Raff could do a USB hair brush, or Kanye could do a little hand mirror. I mean, look, I’m not wearing this around. It’s more like desk art, and I’m going to plug and unplug the hell out of it. When I’m done copying TPS reports or whatever, I keep this next to my computer and the chain snakes around the table in a fancy tangle. I used to lose my dinky old USB in a drawer every other time I used it. Never again.
CONTEST: Win your own M.I.A. USB necklace
To help spread the good office vibes, we’re giving away one of these bad girls. Comment below using your real email address with your favorite M.I.A. song OR suggest another object you’d next like to see turned into a USB drive. Contest is over, thanks everybody!
I would say my favorite song would be between paper planes and boyz! I so would rock that USB haha
Gotta be Galang init
fav song “Pull up the People”..
surely a USB ring (Phantom style) has been done before? if not, how cool would that be!?
$20
mannn this a good comp
fav song is World Town
Hombre off Arular
gotta be 10 Dollar from Arular.
come around ft timbaland is hands down my favorite of hers.
and who wouldnt want a gold plated usb cod piece?? you’d be a fool to turn that down.
My favourite M.I.A. song would have to be Born Free.
XR2
my favorite’s You’re Good, from Piracy Funds Terrorism vol. 1!
born free never fails to get me motivated and hyped as hell. BOOOORN FREEEEEE!
Born Free
I would definitelly decline myself for either ”Sunshowers” or ”It Takes a muscle”, this one weird beats though.
Also, now tha those items are dwelling amogst us ALL THE TIME, I will want a ”mosket” to be satirized and itemized as a USB drive.
Thank you.
Favorite M.I.A song would have to be Paper Plans.
Planes*
Space definitely has to be my favorite
My favorite MIA song is $20
Favorite song is deeefffinitely Meds and Feds
paper planes
sunshowers!
“LET ME HUMP YOU” / do they really not sell car keys that are also USBs? that would be rad
I guess Bamboo Banger, It always puts me in a dancing mood
“XXXO”
When she was sampled for Swagga like us, that was a banger.
“Bamboo Banga”: She unleashed a torrent of confidence and style in Arular, but “BB” established her as an artist on top.
Definitely “Jimmy”!
sunshowers!
Hussel, no question.
The Turn by M.I.A.
Teqkilla. My mother’s dream when growing up was to be a Gogo dancer. My dream is to be a dancer for an M.I.A concert.
My favorite M.I.A Song Is Bad Girls. DJButtaLove@gmail.com
My first M.I.A. song was Galang, but 20 Dollar, Sunshowers, Boyz, and Bird Flu are up there too. (I really have to pick just one?) email: tieranix@hotmail.com
XR2. n Bad Girl…
I will wear the chain everyday!!! in my office that is. Gotta have it.
Lovalot is my fav off Maya, Paper Planes from Kala, and Sunshowers off Arular.
ONE SONG, ONLY?
C’mon, this is M.I.A we’re talking about here.
“XXXO” Remix with Jay-Z.
The only reason I singled this song out is because when I first heard this song, I listened to it on repeat for a week straight, no lie.
Email: LaelaKaye@yahoo.com
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this may seem a little corny and cliche given that this is a FADER contest BUUUUT I’d LOVE to see a mini FADER magazine USB drive that is loaded with a few classic FADER covers, exclusive interviews, maybe a monumental playlist etc. etc.
also, my fav M.I.A. joint is Mango Pickle Down River!
Scuse me lil Hombre /
Take me # call me
Favorite M.I.A. song: Jimmy
Something I’d like to see made into usb: a lipstick would be amazing. Like one side a lipstick and the other side a the flash drive.
Favorite song is Jimmy. Also loved the Of Montreal’s cover of that song.
A usb item I’d like to see would be a lipstick. One side a lipstick and the other end, the flash drive.
(Sorry if I posted this twice!)
Probably “Jimmy”.
20 dolla
let’s go retro, usb beepers. Just safely strap it to your pants when you’re roller bladding to your friends house.
my favourite M.I.A. track’s gotta be XXXO
my fev is “XXXO”
Fav song: changes witht the time, but id say XR2
I would like to have my USB with me all the time.. Lets ring it… have it in my finger.
My favorite M.I.A. Song is paper planes
“$20″ is my favorite M.I.A. song because it’s the first time I really paid attention to messages in music. It changed my entire perspective.
Does it hav to b her or can it b a feature? Bt if it has to b jus her, I’d choose paper planes, as for features, she’s technically featured on swagger like us (paper planes sample)
My favorite M.I.A track has to be either world town or 20 dollar…..Kala was soo good!