Sep 27 2008
Guilty Pleasure: M.I.A.
Now a lot of people might wonder why I would put M.I.A. in the category of guilty pleasure. She’s considered the epitome of cross-cultural, genre-busting, underground grime coming out of the UK right now right. Yeah, but have you seen her video for “Paper Planes”? If the answer is yes, you know exactly what I mean when I say that M.I.A. is a guilty pleasure.
Sure, she has some lyrics that are thought provoking? Read that last line Ron Burgundy stylee. I guess I’m biased because the guy that actually introduced me to this artist was a real feminine hygiene product. He gave me a bootleg of her album Galang. It must have finally sat on my computer desk long enough for me to forget who gave it to me, and when I popped it in, the sound was unique? Anchorman again.
The thing I guess I don’t get is this. I read the stuff about her songs being about political things, but when I hear them I can’t make the connection. And that video. Wow, Awkward. But ultimately I do dig the music, and her story as a person is mad deep. And like I said, it’s that cross-cultural, genre-busting, underground grime coming out of the UK right now, so if you ain’t hip, get up to date. Her links are listed below. And if you happen to see her coming to perform, make sure you don’t invite your square friends, and bring your hallucinogens.
http://www.myspace.com/mia
