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Hip-hop's sleeper romance with eminently deserving London boundary-smasher M.I.A. is a fun thing to behold. The love affair probably peaked, profile-wise anyway, with Kanye West's lackluster appropriation of Kala's Clash-sampling "Paper Planes" for T.I.'s "Swagger Like Us", with such famous swaggerers as Jay-Z and Lil Wayne. But this has been a story since long before the first joints were passed in anticipation of Pineapple Express; Bun B and Rich Boy sounded terrific on a "Paper Planes" remix last year, and other rapper-guesting M.I.A. remixes have kept trickling out ever since.Here, Hova and Wale each hop on separate remixes of another Kala killer, "Boyz". Jay picks up on the track's revolutionary imagery, relating it back to the hood and the American Dream, in a pretty strong verse. Barack Obama also gets a nod (he's sooo hot right now). Washington, D.C.'s own Wale starts on a familiar theme-- he's the real deal, other rappers are fake-- then eventually he, too, gets to Obama and Condoleezza Rice (WTF happened to her, anyway? Does she still work here?). Wale's likable enough to sell his ideas to this undecided voter, although for future playlists I'll probably turn to Jay's version first. Here's hoping before long we'll get to hear ?uestlove repeat the "how many, how many"-like vocal noises in a "Boyz" live performance. (via Discobelle)MP3s:> M.I.A. [ft. Jay-Z]: "Boyz (Remix)" and M.I.A. [ft. Wale]: "Boyz (Remix)"[original version from Kala; out now on XL/Interscope]
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Anderson Cooper is better at showing up in disaster areas and looking concerned than probably any other person in the history of the human race. This means he’s probably not the person you want to be lambasting on Twitter. This, however, is what M.I.A. chose to do on Wednesday. And in the ensuing exchange, Cooper’s [...]
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There’s not a band in recent memory that nailed the landing quite like Sleigh Bells did in 2010 with Treats, their M.I.A.-cosigned debut. They were CMJ darlings back when being a CMJ darling was still sort of a thing, a Band To Watch, a band with so much expectation placed on them from the moment [...]
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M.I.A.: Watch SNL Parody M.I.A., Zooey Deschanel
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Zooey Deschanel hosted SNL over the weekend with musical guest Karmin (I won’t even get into that) and overall, she did a pretty nice job. The show featured Nasim Pedrad’s M.I.A. impression for a parody episode of Piers Morgan Tonight investigating the Super Bowl Halftime “scandal” as well as Abby Elliot&a...
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Madonna: slams M.I.A. for Super Bowl middle finger
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Reuters - While phoning into Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show on Friday, Madonna blasted M.I.A. for flipping the bird during their Super Bowl halftime performance.
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Madonna: Not happy about M.I.A.'s gesture
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AP - The British hip-hop artist M.I.A. has apologized to Madonna for making an obscene gesture during the Super Bowl halftime show.
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