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The star hits out at industry censorship in new interview Rapper, singer-songwriter M.I.A. performs during The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 20th Anniversary Tour at Festival Pier at Penn's Landing on July 13, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty ImagesM.I.A. has said that she is no longer “motivated” to release new music, blaming censorship from the music industry. Following the release of her documentary, Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. last month, M.I.A made the comments in an interview for The House of Strombo. M.I.A added that she needs to focus on another means of releasing music: “for me, I […]The post M.I.A says she’s quitting music for now, blaming censorship: “I have to find another way” appeared first on NME.
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submitted by Nick May 11th 2010 04:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Continuing its assault on our Top Stories, the N.E.E.T. label imprint has posted two bits of M.I.A.-related news this morning: 1) that M.I.A.’s new album will be titled <em>///Y/</em>, which spells Maya in the most html-phobic way imaginable, and 2) <em>///Y/</em> &#82...
submitted by Nick May 11th 2010 02:00 am (stereogum.com)
Stepped away from the computer for a few minutes and this Lady Maya BBC radio rip just exploded the internet:(via so many emails and all the blogs, but mostly Paranoid Youth, who sent it in first)“XXXO” is slated for a Hype Williams-directed video, and the MP3 is available tomorrow via iTunes. The track comes from [...]
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submitted by Nick Apr 26th 2010 03:01 pm (stereogum.com)
Before last week ended, M.I.A. dropped the Suicide-sampling “Born Free” on the internet, a track likely to appear on her forthcoming long-player. As this week begins, she’s dropping a Romain Gavras-directed video that’s been dropped from YouTube in the U.S. — it’s hella violent and not ...
submitted by Nick Apr 23rd 2010 05:00 pm (stereogum.com)
In that recent NME interview where M.I.A. cut-down Lady Gaga, she offered enthusiastic praise to her recent N.E.E.T. signees Sleigh Bells:The new Sleigh Bells album epitomizes how kids are feeling in America –- so much energy, but nothing to do with it. Everyone wants you to be an apathetic consumer over there, so it’s cool [...]


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