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"Who's dat girl called maya M.i.A. comin back with powa powa!"

That line from the 'Kala', the last album from everyone's favorite Tamili-British electronic terrorista rockstar M.I.A., is the best way to describe the artist's newest compilation " MAYA", to be officially dropped July 13th. However, being the anti- "da system" M.I.A. that she is, she was kind enough to stream the entire album for free on her myspace. I found this out through FADER which also happened to have a great cover story on her.

While the last time we may have seen the current baby mama was when her pregnant ass pranced on stage at the grammy's with TI and Jay-Z, you bet your bottom dollar that I will be spending my last dollar to get to see her at HARD NYC (and for you west coasters, I suggest you do the same for HARD LA) as those are the only US shows she'll be having for a minute (minus maybe that stunt she did at Milk Studios for the Creator's Project, all last minute and shit, and perhaps some rumored August show??)

And in terms of music, most people have probably heard of the single she released "xxxo" and wondered if this, not the edgy scary M.I.A. represented by the video for 'born free', was the new M.I.A. we'd have to get use to. After listening to the album I can assure you that "xxxo" is just a poppy cock tease for the masses, and that homegirl came back with the vengeance of a radioactive menepausal territorial mama grizzly. Someone got too close to her cub, and we're not talking about Ikhyd we're talking music. In the article, the self-proclaimed "reactionist" admits that she feeds off of negativity, and has had enough of it to deal with from US and Sri-Lankan governments, officially and secretly scheming to kick her out of the country, label her a danger, or just plain kill her/her music career. Not to mention her nausiation with aspects of the pop music world such as Lady Gaga and her long time partner (in every sense of the word) Diplo's "change" to a more commercial sound. The bitch was bad, and even though she's engaged, a bit more domesticated, and a mommy--she's even badder, with a new label, some new ruckus causing artist friends, and a new album to prove it.