M.I.A’s track list for new album is out!

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We have to say, the new single from M.I.A. “Born Free” has to go down in history as one of the worst lead single choices ever. It’s so bad, it’s even worse than Christina Aguilera’s “Not Myself Tonight.” But, we are still anxious to hear some news from her new yet-to-be-titled third album. This album will bring in the numbers for her as it is the first release after her skyrocketing success with “Paper Planes,” after it appeared on the film Slumdog Millionaire. Let’s hope the rest of the album does not sound like the first single, which is a miserable failure. Click below to see the entire set list of the album.

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M.I.A. debuts new single and cover art “Born Free”

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M.I.A. is not one for the faint-hearted. The singer has just released the sleeve to her song “Born Free.” The artwork features a picture of what looks like the extrajudicial murder of some Tamil people by Sri Lankan forces. Plus, an image of an unavailable website, maybe to insinuate blocked information or sites. A very striking cover, indeed. Now, we wish we can say the same thing about the song.

M.I.A.’s third album to drop in June, family allegedly not permitted to enter US

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M.I.A. has been hard at work after the success of “Paper Planes” because of its inclusion in the movie  Slumdog Millionaire. Her third album is ready to pop. In other new, US immigration is not too happy with her former Tamil revolutionary family to come see her child. BoomBox reports: “M.I.A., the voice of ‘Swagga Like Us’ and well known for her extremely pregnant performance on said track during the 2009 Grammy Awards, has a new album on the way. Forming a major link between the bigger worlds of hip-hop and dance music and the American underground, M.I.A. has been sending random dispatches from the studio throughout the last few months and seemed to hint at a June 2010 release on her Twitter account last night.

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M.I.A. gives preview of new material and details!

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M.I.A. has finally released some information about her third album to quench our thirst. The album is set to be dropped sometime before summer. She’s been busy working with Christina Aguilera and doing this third album (after supposed retirement). The third album will have a more melodic feel to it. More musical and “really odd,” according to her, which can be interpreted in both good and bad directions. She has leaked a snippet of a song called “Theres Space For Ol Dat I See.” Click here to listen to it. So, if her first album Arular was named after her father and her second Kala after her mother, what will this be called.

List of Christina Aguilera’s impressive producer line-up for next album

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Christina Aguilera has one of the strongest voices of our era. No doubt about it. As much as we love her, we thought that the greatest hits collection was premature and Back To Basics, though it had some solid gems, had too much fluff. Still, we don’t doubt for one second her ability to deliver unlike any of her generation. If you ask us who won the Mickey Mouse Club race to the top, we’d say Christina.

Still, ever since Stripped, which is one of the greatest pop album on this green earth, we haven’t seen much of a cultural impact, let alone a single that stood up by itself. But, it’s looking like Xtina is about to rectify that with the impressive list of producers she has on the Light & Darkness bandwagon. Click below for it.

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M.I.A. gives birth

miaM.I.A. has informed her fans through her MySpace page that she has given birth to a healthy and beautiful boy . She stated that she got into labor hours after her Grammy performance. M.I.A.’s fiance Benjamin Bronfman was by her side and she jokingly stated that the family’s planning a tour together.

M.I.A. was the shining star of the Grammy Awards

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katy-perry-and-mia-2009-grammy-awards5Mad props to M.I.A. for showing up at the Grammys on her due date looking like the sun. She’s so shiny. And she performed. What a sport! On the other hand, Katy Perry’s performance was horrible vocally and she just looks redundant, but her dress is by a Lebanese designer by the name of Basil Soda.  She has to ship it back to Beirut after.

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M.I.A. releases EP after success of “Paper Planes”

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M.I.A. was just talking retirement when her single “Paper Planes” made it big because of some rap sample in the US and now she is back in the game. This time releasing an EP titled How Many Votes Fix Mix to remind people of an older hit (“Boyz” – this time remixed to feature heavy-weight Jay-Z) and introduce more material (“Far Far” and “Shells”). Right now, anything from M.I.A. is worthy of multiple spins. Talks of a third album are surfacing now.