#matangi album

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Matangi (2013) Booklet

Artist: M.I.A. Production: Danja, Hit-Boy, M.I.A., Doc McKinney, The Partysquad, Sugu, Surkin, Switch Label: N.E.E.T., Interscope

❝ (...) Its title is a variant of M.I.A.'s real first name and references the Hindu goddess Matangi. The lyrics feature themes related to Hinduism, including reincarnation and karma, and the music blends Western and Eastern styles.

The album's release was originally set for December 2012 but it was delayed multiple times; in August 2013, M.I.A. threatened to leak the album herself if the label did not finalise a release date. The first single, "Bad Girls", was released nearly two years before the album. (...) Matangi received largely positive reviews from critics and was included in several publications' year-end lists of the best albums of 2013. Its chart peak was lower on the main album chart of both the UK and United States, although in the U.S. it topped the Dance/Electronic Albums chart and reached the top ten of the Top Rap Albums listing. It also charted in other countries, including Australia, Belgium and Japan. ❞ — wikipedia

[not-your-asian-fantasy]

M.I.A. - MARIGOLD

[yellow-yarrow]

its such a shame M.I.A. and grimes became so weird cause i used to love their music

[jclolz22]

RUMOURS IN TOP ALBUMS YOU WIN

had to do my fair share of listening yk

Also I promise I am working on the matangi bot I did not forget !

[golmorehotgirl]

Saw this prompt I really liked on Twitter that was “wol + albums I associate with them.”

I really was split on if I wanted to do Arular or Matangi as I feel like lyrically and thematically Matangi suits Tavi better but aesthetically/sonically/vibes are there with Arular. Also St Vincent’s Masseduction was a very close contender!!!

Feel free to reblog with yours!!

[forthoseinterested]

10 Dollar

One of my favourite musicians is M.I.A., a British-born woman from a Tamil family (if you don’t know what ‘Tamil’ is, it’s the ethnic group from Sri Lanka, which is that little island off the southern part of India). It kills me to think about how she had a breakdown and went crazy after making all the music I enjoy (referring to her albums from 2005, 2007, and 2010), basically becoming an insane conspiracy theorist who I wish would fuck off and live the rest of her life quietly now that she has money—but today, let’s ignore all that and think about the cool person she used to be.

Often known as Maya, M.I.A. was born Mathangi Arulpragasam, a Tamil named based on the Hindu goddess Matangi. Though born in London in 1975, her family moved back to Sri Lanka before her first birthday and their experience was affected by the Sri Lankan civil war (1983). Her father, Arular, became a political dissident, her family went into hiding, and she and her siblings moved back to England with her mother Kala in 1986, returning as refugees. Maya’s first two albums were titled Arular and Kala, after her parents.

Her musical style is a wonderfully unique and independent alternative hip-hop, with lyrical content that’s often all about embracing and celebrating her own experiences of overcoming. Her vibe was fighting for what you want in the world. She reflects on the intersection of different cultures of Western expansion into countries like Sri Lanka (in tracks like Sunshowers), the refugee experience (Fire Fire) to settling down and managing to find security and identity in a new diverse place (tracks like Warriors or World Town).

I’d specifically like to highlight the track 10 dollar, from her first album. If you overhear it casually, it may sound cheery, but it has some interesting lyrics you might pick up on that are way more interesting than a song like this had any business being.

Lolita was a man eater Clocked him like a taxi meter … China Girl grew up to be a big girl Had her sights set on a bigger world Dial-a-bride from Sri Lanka Found herself a Yorkshire banker Need a visa? Got with a geezer Need some money? Paid him with her knees up Year later, started to ease up Got her own way, shouted out, “See ya”

In the first place, Maya describes a young girl in Asia who’s resorted to prostitution with Western tourists. It’s a scenario that you feel conflicted about of course, because it’s an arrangement of mutual benefit that both parties agree to, but it’s also a scenario she wouldn’t participate in if she wasn’t impoverished and desperate, so there’s arguments on both sides about the ethics of the wealthier party participating in this.

What if instead of prostitution, it was a relationship? If a rich person in America dates a poor person in America, could that be unethical in the same way if the poorer person only agrees to date you because you’re rich? I don’t know, and that’s not the point of this post.

The reason I found it so interesting is because Maya puts a positive, empowering spin on something that’s usually nothing more than a victim narrative. She tells the story of an enterprising young girl who sees opportunity and goes for it, and she not only has sex with a man but marries him and gets him to take her back to England. Then, after building up enough resources and connections that she could manage on her own, she leaves him. There’s a thematic reversal, where the person who was being used as a resource (sex object) comes to use the other party as a resource (source of money and property).

The chorus of the song is the girl’s memory of spotting him for the first time, realizing she’s low on money, and deciding in desperation to try and seduce him after seeing he’s interested. The name of the song, 10 dollars, was her price.

She skipped away to the shop She found she didn’t have enough She clocked him looking right at her And sucked on a lollipop … Yeah, what can I get for 10 dollar? Anything you want Yeah, what can I get for 10 dollar? Everything you want

[majorbaby]

thank you so much for tagging me @stereomike however long ago it was <;3 List your top 10 albums of all time and tag others to do the same.

i feel like maybe i've done this one before but anyway, this is impossible but a few of them sprang to mind immediately. in no particular order:

Brighten the Corners - Pavement

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

Matangi - MIA

A Day at the Races - Queen

Terror Twilight - Pavement

Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone - The Unicorns

I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone

Retreat from the Sun - that dog.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie

Wednesday Morning, 3 AM - Simon and Garfunkel

tagging: @marley-manson / @ummide / @persianflaw / @rescue-ram / @patronsaintofqualityfootwear / @trappergirl / @leonardcohenofficial / @kimclitsuragi / @discocaptain / @orangefarmcat / @thebreakfastgenie / @cauldronofmorning / @major-majoranon

[deaths]

i haven't posted my favorite albums in awhile so uh

old world underground - metric // the ugly art - machine girl // 3 - mom // matangi - m.i.a // atlanta millionaire club - faye webster // burn pygmalion!!!! a guide to a better romance - the scary jokes // every where is some where - k.flay // coral fang - the distillers // the fame monster - lady gaga

[junglejim4322]

Tagged by @hazardutypay 4 albums I’m currently obsessed with

1. 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane: t.A.T.u.

2. Electra heart: marina and the diamonds

3: ugly is beautiful: Oliver tree

4. Matangi: M.I.A.

I taggggg @relicide @alientitty @yakamozarda @stormalong @carygrantsbeard @sixfootbong @specters @pokemondubstep @senju @pasta5284 @spookytragedydinosaur and everyone else who follows me!! Even if I didn’t tag u consider this an @ I want to see your music I’m begging and pleading

[13x02]

i think bela was girlbossing it and should've stuck in the show longer. i wanted her to be a little >:3 all the time.

steals the colt over and over. i think she would have even stolen jack away from them and he's very reluctant to go back home bc she's like his cool new rich aunt. she would win rowena over. she would have cut every plotline in half figuring it out before the boys. she also deserved to hear M.I.A.'s 2013 masterpiece album matangi.

[f4ggydog]

favorite album?

Oh good lord there’s SOOOO MANY um carnavas, swoon and widows weeds by silversun pickups, Matangi and Kala by MIA, the family jewels by Marina and some others <333 (if u want me to add more lemme know but these come to mind)

[seph-ren]

why are people out here on social media saying that M.I.A. "betrayed her people" when her mother is literally christian and the whole surveillancing thing she has been on since 2010 have you ever even listened to the album "MAYA" WHICH CAME OUT 15 YEARS BY THE WAY .. none of this is new . you guys dont know anything like yeah the trump endorsement was stupid but please use atleast 1.5 of your brain cells she is my icon til date idc what anyone says. also if your views of christianity are inherently reductive and only restricted to european christianity instead of looking into the struggles of christian minorities worldwide... thats on YOU for being ignorant. if you actually looked into her career there is a lot of nuance to her speech and she has always phrased things really eloquently but only comes under fire bc she doesn't want to take her clothes off and thats why i have mad respect . stop reducing peoples legacy to just one very speciifc moment and spewing out your bs on social media just bc ur not well read yall r dumbfucks. like yes i am an MIA stan because the way people respond to her legacy is genuinely so telling she was the one to even create that space for political discourse in the first place in pop music look at the timing of her "borders" video and beyonce's lemonade , it lines up in a really uncanny way. also her consciously choosing to be aligned with right winged folks i see more as a response to how the music industry treated her and shadowbanned her from streaming platforms following matangi. sure these people might have shitty views, but if somebody is giving you a mic and a platform to speak where you can at least reach SOME ONE.. who isn't gonna take that?

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HEAR: Dhani Harrison - “New Religion (Ft. Graham Coxon)”

Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning musician and composer, Dhani Harrison, has released INNERSTANDING, his first solo album in six years. The new album is available now digitally, with a 2LP Neon Yellow color vinyl edition being available on February 9th, 2024, via H.O.T. Records/BMG. The album features Blur’s Graham Coxon on several tracks, including the single “New Religion”, as well as guest appearances from Liela Moss of The Duke Spirit and critically acclaimed Australian singer Mereki. Watch the visualizer for “New Religion (feat. Graham Coxon)” below: “Here we are in a new world and here is the new album that has come forth from it.” Dhani Harrison on his new album, Harrison previously previewed the album with the single “Damn That Frequency”, which also featured Coxon on saxophone – stream HERE. In addition to his appearance on that track, Coxon also features on guitar on four other songs on INNERSTANDING. The album was produced by Harrison and co-mixed with GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Paul Hicks (The Beatles, Joe Strummer, The Rolling Stones). Originally stepping onto the global stage with his band thenewno2, Dhani Harrison first earned critical acclaim for his innovative sound and approach with performances at Coachella, Lollapalooza, and on multiple late night TV shows. However, it was as solo artist that Harrison truly demonstrated his creative autonomy. 2017’s IN///PARALLEL served as a testament to his evolution as a musician, weaving intricate melodies and a subject matter that forewarned much of what the world has experienced in the years following its release. Rolling Stone hailed IN///PARALLEL writing that it was “psychedelia-tinged journey into modern-day disconnect.” Harrison is also known for scoring film and TV projects as well as collaborating with an array of diverse artists including Wu-Tang Clan, UNKLE, John McLaughlin, Annie Lennox, Pearl Jam, Nitin Sawhney, Perry Farrell, Prince, Regina Spektor, and Fistful of Mercy (alongside Ben Harper & Joseph Arthur). Since his 2013 debut as a composer on Richard La Gravenese’s Beautiful Creatures, Harrison has gone on to score the Sundance Award- winning MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A., for which he and his scoring partner Paul Hicks received an International Documentary Association (IDA) Award nomination for “Best Music Score Award.” Additional scores include R.Z.A.’s CutThroat City, Obey Giant – The Story of Shepard Fairey, Amazon’s original series Good Girls Revolt, Showtime’s White Famous, and the much-lauded HBO docuseries, The Case Against Adnan Syed. As an artist who defies categorization, Harrison continues to explore the boundaries of music and creativity. His ability to seamlessly blend diverse influences while maintaining his individuality has solidified his place as a contemporary musical visionary. With each new composition, performance, and collaboration, Dhani Harrison invites us to join him on a sonic journey that knows no limits. Read the full article

[art-lover-genderhater]

that immaculate MATANGI album had me knowing her genius since 2013 love this gyal

I see the bird.

[chrisryanspeaks]

HEAR: Dhani Harrison - “New Religion (Ft. Graham Coxon)”

Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning musician and composer, Dhani Harrison, has released INNERSTANDING, his first solo album in six years. The new album is available now digitally, with a 2LP Neon Yellow color vinyl edition being available on February 9th, 2024, via H.O.T. Records/BMG. The album features Blur’s Graham Coxon on several tracks, including the single “New Religion”, as well as guest appearances from Liela Moss of The Duke Spirit and critically acclaimed Australian singer Mereki. Watch the visualizer for “New Religion (feat. Graham Coxon)” below: “Here we are in a new world and here is the new album that has come forth from it.” Dhani Harrison on his new album, Harrison previously previewed the album with the single “Damn That Frequency”, which also featured Coxon on saxophone – stream HERE. In addition to his appearance on that track, Coxon also features on guitar on four other songs on INNERSTANDING. The album was produced by Harrison and co-mixed with GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Paul Hicks (The Beatles, Joe Strummer, The Rolling Stones). Originally stepping onto the global stage with his band thenewno2, Dhani Harrison first earned critical acclaim for his innovative sound and approach with performances at Coachella, Lollapalooza, and on multiple late night TV shows. However, it was as solo artist that Harrison truly demonstrated his creative autonomy. 2017’s IN///PARALLEL served as a testament to his evolution as a musician, weaving intricate melodies and a subject matter that forewarned much of what the world has experienced in the years following its release. Rolling Stone hailed IN///PARALLEL writing that it was “psychedelia-tinged journey into modern-day disconnect.” Harrison is also known for scoring film and TV projects as well as collaborating with an array of diverse artists including Wu-Tang Clan, UNKLE, John McLaughlin, Annie Lennox, Pearl Jam, Nitin Sawhney, Perry Farrell, Prince, Regina Spektor, and Fistful of Mercy (alongside Ben Harper & Joseph Arthur). Since his 2013 debut as a composer on Richard La Gravenese’s Beautiful Creatures, Harrison has gone on to score the Sundance Award- winning MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A., for which he and his scoring partner Paul Hicks received an International Documentary Association (IDA) Award nomination for “Best Music Score Award.” Additional scores include R.Z.A.’s CutThroat City, Obey Giant – The Story of Shepard Fairey, Amazon’s original series Good Girls Revolt, Showtime’s White Famous, and the much-lauded HBO docuseries, The Case Against Adnan Syed. As an artist who defies categorization, Harrison continues to explore the boundaries of music and creativity. His ability to seamlessly blend diverse influences while maintaining his individuality has solidified his place as a contemporary musical visionary. With each new composition, performance, and collaboration, Dhani Harrison invites us to join him on a sonic journey that knows no limits. Read the full article

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bad girls // m.i.a.