[Shaun]

although inevitably losing the Best Video award to Rihanna, M.I.A.'s Bad Girls won Best Directing and Best Cinematography last night

[Me. I Am Salman]

Youtube video

it's from Matangi (sorry for the crap quality)
3 months to go

[Shaun]

Back in November, Spin reported that Matangi, M.I.A.'s fourth studio album, had been delayed from its planned December release. In a new interview with Australian website Gold Coast, Arulpragasam explains the reason for the delay: too many positive vibes, according to her record label, Interscope.

Lest anyone forget, back in August she tweeted to her fans, "no one in the industry collected blows in the last 3 years as much as me, this [record] is a **** you to them and a thank you to you." How she squares that "**** you" with the label's request for darker material is anyone's guess...

[Saph]

I'm glad there making her do some darker stuff

[Shaun]

i don't see the point, creative control sucks.

some of her best songs are happy and nonsensical... Boyz

[Smithy]

The fact it's being released almost a year after her most successful single ever tho

[Shaun]

Paper Planes was more successful

[Shaun]

One year ago, M.I.A. delivered unto the world her excellent single "Bad Girls", recorded back in 2007 and produced by Danja (the Timbaland protégé known for his work with the likes of Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears). Now, as Rap-Up points out, Danja has shared another M.I.A. track recorded at the same time, titled "Doobie". He calls it "somewhat of a weird, uptempo, high energy" cut with drums pushed through an arpeggiator.

Check out "Doobie" in the clip below, which finds Danja introducing the song while driving in L.A.; the track comes in at 2:34.

Youtube video

[Saph]

I love it

[Me. I Am Salman]

holy orange cloth today for final mastering #MATANGI http://instagram.com/p/WCZRamHXFm/

[Shaun]

this has been titled "Matangi Mix" and appears on: http://www.matangimixtape.com/

which would lead me to believe it's a collection of short snippets of instrumentals from the album?

[Me. I Am Salman]

omg I live

[Saph]

[Shaun]

oh

This morning, the Kenzo fashion show in Paris featured an original piece of music by M.I.A.. It's called the MATANGI mix-- the same name as her upcoming album-- and it's streaming above via MatangiMixtape.com.

Matangi is tentatively scheduled for April 15, but nothing has been cemented yet. It might feature work from Hit-Boy.

might be totally unrelated i suppose

[Me. I Am Salman]

:/

[Shaun]

Following this morning's threat of a leak, M.I.A.'s long-delayed new album Matangi has a new release date. The follow-up to 2010's /\/\/\Y/\ is due November 5 via Interscope.

News about Matangi has been trickling out for over a year. She's shared a handful of new songs: the single "Bring the Noize", "Only 1 U", "Come Walk With Me", "Doobie", "atTENTtion", and an eight-minute mix called MATANGI for a Paris fashion show. Last year, she described the album's music as "paul simon on acid", though later, she said that the album was delayed for being "too positive".

It gets its name from M.I.A.'s real first name, Mathangi. Here's what she said about the album title:

"When I went to India, I was looking on Google for stuff that was the color of a certain green, and that's when this green goddess, Matangi, popped up. I was like, that's weird, the whole time I've been alive on this planet, my mom never mentioned where my name came from. Matangi was the goddess of knowledge and the arts--music, art, dancing, spoken word. When they invented this mythology 4,000 years ago, the concept of someone being about all those things was normal."

*screams like Flanders*

[Shaun]

M.I.A.'s Matangi is due November 5 via Interscope. While we've already heard a series of new songs, including "Bring the Noize", "Only 1 U", "Come Walk With Me", "Doobie", and "atTENTtion", she's just shared another one. It's called "UNBREAK my Mixtape", appropriately tagged on SoundCloud with "soft", "lovers rock", and "break up songs".

Listen for the samples of Blur's "Tender" and Karen Dalton's "I Love You More Than Words Can Say".

[Shaun]

preview of 'Come Walk With Me', 2nd single, here:
http://www.miauk.com/come-walk-me

[Shaun]

the album artwork~



she's also been fined 1.5m by the NFL for her middle finger at the Superbowl which is beyond all realms of stupidity

[Brother Leon]

Ouchh.

[Tom4784]

**** the NFL, all it is is pussified Rugby.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Come Walk with Me is so good omfg

[Me. I Am Salman]

She's previewing tracks on her insta http://instagram.com/miamatangi(it's the recent vids)

[Smithy]

Yala preview

[Smithy]

. Karmageddon
2. MATANGI"
3. Only 1 U"
4. Warriors"
5. Come Walk With Me"
6. aTENTion"
7. Sexodus" (featuring The Weeknd)
8. Bad Girls
9. Boom Skit"
10. Double Bubble Trouble"
11. Y.A.L.A."
12. Bring The Noize"
13. Lights"
14. Know It Ain't Right"