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M.I.A.
Matangi
Interscope Records
I’ve never minded the shouty-sloganeering and the quite-possibly-dubious politicking in M.I.A.’s music and persona because when she was on point across the first two albums it sounded good - as in the groove, the hook, the feel, there was a potency and sharpness and even when it got all cartoon-y that was cool too. She sou…
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