Tagged: MIA
M.I.A. Confirms Collaboration with Madonna and Nicki Minaj
Last month, a fansite reported that the eponymous lead single from Madonna’s upcoming album, Give Me All Your Love would feature guest appearances from M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj. But a few weeks ago, a clip … read more »
MIA, Big Boi Share Amy Winehouse Tribute Tracks
On Saturday evening, following reports of Amy Winehouse’s death, MIA posted a track—recorded before the release of her Vickileekx mixtape but never before shared—to Twitter and a Soundcloud page. She wrote that the song, an … read more »
This Week in The FADER: May 15, 2011 Edition
** Tyler, the Creator released his second album Goblin. In By the Numbers, we broke it down into basic digits and primary colors. At midweek, Tyler was on pace to sell 40-45k copies of the … read more »
Diplowatch 2011 #9: Diplo is Not Friends With MIA Anymore, Has a Kid Named Locket
Jessica Iredale wrote about Diplo in yesterday’s WWD. She describes him as an aspirational dude who’s newly into fashion and glad to fly business instead of coach. Before breaking the news that Diplo has a … read more »
Blaqstarr’s Blaqstarr the Mixtape
When we spoke to Blaqstarr two months ago, we could swear he said this was going to be a Baltimore Club mixtape. It’s not, and it’s hard to say what is. The self-titled mixtape features … read more »
Stream: M.I.A., “Zig Zag”
M.I.A.’s newly leaked song “Zig Zag” is like a multi-lingual schoolyard taunt—”zig me and I’ll zig you back, double dare me, double dare you back.”—that’s bouncy as rubber, and sticky like glue. Stream: M.I.A., “Zig … read more »
Rye Rye’s Ryeot Powrr Mixtape + Party In The USA Video
Late last night, the second we saw it was posted, we downloaded Rye Rye‘s new DJ Sega-produced mixtape and all-caps tweeted her a bunch of times from our personal accounts. From the moment we hit … read more »
MIA: Still Styling Fear Of the Internet
M.I.A. just visualized the first ten minutes of her excellent Vicki Leekx tape on YouTube via her tweeter. Wanna freak out on it? Sit down at your laptop in the worst chair possible, try getting … read more »
GP 128: Egypt / Mutamassik / MIA / RajStar / 3Ball / 3/4 Revolution
Had serious problems focusing on music discovery and column-writing in the last 2 days, distracted as I was by a two-year old with bird flu (ok, not really but a two-year old with any flu … read more »
Interview: Blaqstarr Spaces Out
Blaqstarr’s Divine EP came out last week, a strange and sexed up Galactic Quest that channels slurred AutoTune as much as the future-club drum breaks he is usually known for. Since releasing his last EP … read more »
