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(1) Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, a British alternative dance musician and graphic artist of Tamil descent.
(2) An 80’s American punk/hardcore band
(3) An Argentinian progressive folk collective
(4) An alias of Raphael Merriweathers Jr.
(5) An alias of Michaela Grobelny
(1) Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, (born 18 July 1975 in Hounslow, London, U.K.) is a British artist of Sri Lankan descent. As a baby she moved with her family to their native Sri Lanka, where her father became increasingly politically active in militant activities. As the Civil War escalated the rest of the family was forced to flee as refugees, first to India and then the UK. “M.I.A.” [“Missing In Action”] references both her London neighborhood (Acton) and her politically tumultuous youth.
Her style contains elements of hip-hop, reggae, alternative, dance hall, electro and baile funk and is strongly inspired by her Sri Lankan background.
(2) American Punk/Hardcore band formed in Orange County, CA in 1981 by Chris Moon, drums; Mike Conley, bass; Nick Adams, guitar (all previously of Las Vegas, NV punk band The Swell); and Art Carasco, vocals. Their sound was generally hardcore and thrasher, though they produced more melodic and progressive sounds in their later albums. Allmusic called the band “one of the 50 best So-Cal punk bands of the great early-’80s second wave explosion. In 1984 they signed a deal with the cult Alternative Tentacles label, after the label’s founder, Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, saw them play at a secret illegal punk nightclub in Las Vegas.
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spazzinmekon treats and rot i thought were released through mom + pop and rye rye's album isn't that bad and has only been out for like...2 weeks, ha.
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ohsolucky And she's only under Roc Nation management. She signed to Mercury Records after she left XL.
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ohsolucky
Reign Of Terror was not released with NEET tho.
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hotterthanjuly Reign of Terror may not have been as rapturously received as Treats, but it wasn't a critical flop. It was generally well-reviewed. I don't think anyone was expecting it to be a massive commercial success either.
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CWAS91 v and also the commercial and critical flop Sleigh Bells album was.
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CWAS91
M.I.A. buried N.E.E.T after the complete and utter shit fest and embarrassment Rye Rye's album was. Roc Nation means more collabs, more experiments and $$$~
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Batabid NO IDEA lyrics don't have to make sense to the listener. suki zuki...OOOOH is she perhaps refering to suzuki? It just clicked as I wrote this
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anarchyO Ugh, nobody wants to hear that dying weasel sounding Rihanna chick on a mia song or Chris brown's stupid ass neither. C'mon get it together. -___-
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