Kala
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CD Details
Performer: M.I.A.Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-08-21
Music Label: Interscope Records
Soundtracks:
- Bamboo Banga
- Bird Flu
- Boyz
- Jimmy
- Hussel - Afrikan Boy, , M.I.A.
- Mango Pickle Down River - M.I.A., The Wilcannia Mob
- 20 Dollar
- World Town
- Turn
- XR2
- Paper Planes
- Come Around - M.I.A., Timbaland
Music reviews of Kala
Music Review: Great only by terrible relativity
Rating: 2 Stars
2 1/2
Sounds a little too tryingly innovative via exploiting various cultural elements. For mainstream club music it certainly is deserving, but as sheer music Kala is lacking, where these promising elements rarely come together to form a compelling whole, as evidenced by a select choice examples.
Description of Kala
THIS CD FEATURES A FREE RINGTONE AND MOBILE PHONE WALLPAPER (see insert for details)M.I.A. is hailed as one of the most freshly creative artists to hit the scene, paving the way for fierce and adventurous females to break the mold. With KALA, she pulls even more globe-trekking, and genre bending into her musical mix.
Recorded in India, Trinidad, Australia, London, New York and Baltimore, M.I.A. has crafted an international sound that is as excitingly undefineable as it is infectious.
The first single from KALA, "Boyz" was just listed at #1 Rolling Stone's Hot List, and #1 song of the Month in Blender magazine!
"Electrifying" - The New York Times
Maya Arulpragasam, the British-based daughter of Sri Lankan refugees, delivered one of 2005's eye-popping debuts, Arular. For an album that proudly flaunted tin-can production, indecipherable South London slang, and lyrical nods to suicide bombers, it brought the woman who records under the name M.I.A. unexpected mainstream success--she followed its release by touring North America with Gwen Stefani and recording with Missy Elliott and Timbaland, while the single "Galang" made its way into a car commercial. Kala (the first release was named after her freedom-fighting father, this one after her mother) throws Arulpragasam's newfound pop credentials into the bustle of Bollywood rhythms, police sirens, 8-bit dancehall beats, Third World car horns, and street singers. Recorded across several continents, it presents a far more dynamic listening experience than her first album, especially with tracks like "Bamboo Banga," "Jimmy," and "Paper Planes." It's no less exhausting, though. What with the New Order sample, Timbaland cameo, and gunshot sound effects, there isn't a moment when it doesn't feel like you've unintentionally invited an entire carnival into your home. --Aidin Vaziri
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