4.3 + These beats are still hot! M.I.A creates a superhero persona as a globe-trotting, burner-calling, counterfeit cash-flinging, gun-toting gangster. I love the broad swath of influences, especially the Bollywood samples and tribal drums. I also love that she spotlights artists from the developing world - especially the cameo by the Wilcannia Mob on "Mango Pickle..." Despite a lull in the second half, the album's apex, "Paper Planes," ends this blingy album on a high.