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M.I.A.

I like MIA. Her music is weird and bouncy and full of energy. I don't remember any of these songs particularly affecting the music zeitgeist, that will change with the following album, Kala. The production here is incredible. We see producer and writing credits for Wesley Pentz and A. Brucker who in the following album will be billed properly, as Diplo and Switch AKA Major Lazer. This is one of the first albums I recall distinctly using electronic producers to create pop music that will come to the forefront in the 2010's with the likes of Daft Punk, Skrillex, and Diplo ruling the pop music world with the help of modern pop stars. If Paper Planes was on this album I'd give it a 5.

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