Acclaimed 2005 Debut Album on Double LP!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 421/500!
"What's the opposite of a girl next door? Perhaps it might be a radicalized, globalized pop star like M.I.A., an English-Tamil writer who provocatively questioned and deconstructed ideas about power and rebellion throughout her first album. She raps and cajoles in hard-chopping cadences ('I bongo with my lingo,' indeed), and mixes jokes, disses, and political insight about the abuse of authority over electronic beats that can sound like New York City electroclash or Brazilian funk. And her hipster hit 'Galang' hit as hard as any hip-hop around at the time." - Rolling Stone, The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Features
- Double LP
- 2005 Release
- Gatefold Jacket
- Made in Czech Republic
Selections
Side A:
- Banana Skit
- Pull Up the People
- Bucky Done Gun
Side B:
- Dash the Curry Skit
- Sunshowers
- Fire Fire
- Amazon
Side C:
- One for the Head Skit
- Bingo
- Hombre
- 10 Dollar
Side D:
- U.R.A.Q.T
- Galang
- M.I.A. (unlisted hidden track)
