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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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M.I.A.: – “Babylon”
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Earlier this year, M.I.A. launched an non-fungible token (NFT) art exhibit. Now, she’s launched an auction of her 2010 mixtape Vicki Leekx as an NFT. She’s also shared a music video for a new track, “Babylon,” which you can watch in full via ohmni.com.
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M.I.A.: previews new track ‘Babylon’ ahead of NFT auction
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Arriving today (November 12), the song will also be available via the artist's O H M N I websiteThe post M.I.A. previews new track ‘Babylon’ ahead of NFT auction appeared first on NME.
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Travis: Scott’s “Franchise” Debuts Atop Hot 100, Giving M.I.A. Her First #1 Single
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Travis Scott's latest single "Franchise" has debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It's Scott's third song to debut at #1 within a year -- following last October's "Highest In The Room" and his Kid Cudi collab "The Scotts" -- and has set a new record for the fastest accumulation of #1 debuts in…
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Travis: Scott, Young Thug, & M.I.A.’s Kimmel Performance Is Basically A Second “Franchise” Video
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Travis Scott already directed one music video for "Franchise," his new single with Young Thug and M.I.A. And for last night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, he basically delivered an entire second alternate video. We're still in the remote-performance era of late-night TV thanks to the persistence of COVID-19, so rather than assembling this super...
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Travis: Scott – “FRANCHISE” (Feat. Young Thug & M.I.A.)
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Travis Scott has spent the past month promoting his new McDonald's collaboration, but before that he had a new song, "The Plan," which was featured in Christopher Nolan's Tenet, one of the only new movies to come out in theaters this summer.
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