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Originally Posted by Ki
I may have to check this out. It's getting good reviews everywhere, though I have no idea what genre it is, and I don't think i've ever heard of the artist before.
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Same. I don't know anything about the artist and can't recall any of her tracks, except Paper Planes (thanks to Hermione's post). I have this horrible tendency to assume an artist is going to be bad without even listening to them, not sure why but M.I.A. fell into that hole. I thought I'd open the avenue and give this album a listen.
Well... I am an idiot. This is a whole lot better than what I expected. It's unpredictable, switching back and forward with different tunes. The tribal, garage, ambient elements, and hindu cultural sound is met with boisterous and capricious beats. Then you got the whole Arabian sound in Bad Girls, and the reggae tunes. The auto tune doesn't sound horrible. She definitely has an edge and this pushes the gates through the music wall. The variety in this album is pungent.
Gotta agree with Janszoon though, the cover is horrid.